BulkSupplements.com Potassium Citrate Powder - Potassium Citrate Supplement, Potassium Powder, Potassium 99mg - Gluten Free, 300mg per Serving, 1kg (2.2 lbs) (Pack of 1)

Nice potassium supplement. Great for keeping a good mineral balance.I used to work as a product designer, developer and sourcing agent, as well as a buyer for big box retail, so I can be pretty rough on quality issues. My pet peeves include bad descriptions or instructions, plastic on metal construction (doomed to fail), planned obsolescence, and Sellers selling items they know don’t work. I mean, how many people have to tell you it doesn’t work until you see that and change the manufacturing process?I review products on hand selection by small, foreign or startup companies who launch new or innovative products often ask consumers to test drive their products to obtain feedback and for market exposure.They know that even focus group information can be gamed by a savvy marketing group to say what the seller wants to hear, or to rephrase negative opinions of a product that the consumer might want the maker or seller to know. 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Good priced potassium, I add it to all the water I drink along with other supplements.

So the manufacturer put the dosage in milligrams, which is a precise measurement, but most of us don't really have a goo way to measure out such a small amount based on weight. Thus, I think most of us want to use volume to measure out the dosage - teaspoons.I took 1/4 teaspoon of powder and weighed it in a scale that measures grams and milligrams. There are two problems with this, though. First, I have no way of knowing just how well calibrated my scale is. It could be dead on, or it could be off by a small amount. Being off by a small amount makes a huge difference here. Second, I measured out 1/4 teaspoon, which I noted is not a precise way of measuring things. First, there are going to be variations in each 1/4 teaspoon spoon. Does mine hold slightly more or slightly less or exactly 1/4 teaspoon? Second, the amount that I scooped could have contained slightly more or slightly less than the amount that another person would have scooped out using the exactly same scoop. The end result is that there is just no way for me to scoop out 1/4 teaspoon from my spoon and use my scale and have the result be exactly what you're going to get.Thus, if you're asking how many milligrams or grams in a teaspoon, the answer is that it depends. There is a range of answers. For what it's worth, the amount I scooped out of my 1/4 teaspoon was shown to weigh 1.39 grams on my scale. Given that data, you can extrapolate 5.56g per teaspoon. 5.56g/275mg = 20.22 servings. As there are 98mg of potassium per serving, that would come out to about 1981mg of potassium per teaspoon or about 495mg per 1/4 tsp.The top rated review gives a lower number, 1,533mg in a tsp, which is about 77% of my number. 1/4 tsp for her would have weighed a little over 1.07g. There is not a lot of difference, really, between the volumes that would weigh 1.07g versus 1.39g.Depending on your purposes, then, I would either invest in a scale that you can calibrate with something so that you can verify exactly how much you are dosing yourself when you scoop, or I would err on the side of caution and scoop out a little less than what you might want just so you can be sure that you aren't giving yourself too much potassium.Aside from the dosage issue, the flavor tasted salty to me. I was expecting it to be sour. Maybe in a larger amount than what I tasted some sourness would come through, but depending on what you are adding this to and the volume of liquid or food, I don't think you're going to notice the taste of this unless you use a fair bit.