Magnesium Sleep Supplements

What qualifies as a magnesium-sleep supplement?

This page is for sleep- or relaxation-positioned products where magnesium is a defining ingredient rather than a minor component. It is narrower than broad sleep support and should compare magnesium form, elemental magnesium, serving size and added sleep-related ingredients.

Current magnesium-sleep products use different formula architectures

Moon Juice Magnesi-Om currently provides 310 mg magnesium chelate blend plus 112 mg L-theanine. Moon Juice Sleepy Magnesi-Om currently provides 200 mg magnesium chelate blend, 200 mg L-theanine and 0.3 mg plant-based melatonin. NOW Magnesium Glycinate Tablets currently provide 200 mg elemental magnesium from magnesium bisglycinate per two-tablet serving.

Pure Encapsulations Magnesium Glycinate currently provides 120 mg magnesium per capsule. Thorne Magnesium Bisglycinate is positioned for restful sleep and relaxation. BioOptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough is a current multi-form magnesium product rather than a single-form glycinate product.

This creates the first information-gain layer: magnesium-sleep products differ by magnesium form, elemental amount and whether they add other sleep-related ingredients.

Magnesium form should be recorded explicitly

Glycinate/bisglycinate products should be separated from broader multi-form blends. The product name alone is not enough because two magnesium products can differ substantially in form, serving size and added ingredients.

A normalized table should therefore record magnesium form, elemental magnesium per full serving, dosage form, added L-theanine, added melatonin, and whether the formula is single-form or multi-form.

Some magnesium sleep products still contain melatonin

Moon Juice Sleepy Magnesi-Om currently contains 0.3 mg plant-based melatonin. It should therefore not be treated as a non-melatonin product merely because magnesium is the primary category anchor.

This is an important cross-category rule: the magnesium page can include the product, but the non-melatonin page should preserve the user's exclusion constraint and keep melatonin-containing products out.

Single-form and multi-form magnesium products are different catalog classes

NOW, Pure Encapsulations and Thorne represent glycinate/bisglycinate approaches, while BioOptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough uses a broader multi-form architecture. Moon Juice products add other sleep-oriented ingredients. Those distinctions justify a magnesium-specific comparison page.

Recommended magnesium-sleep comparison fields

The core fields are magnesium form, elemental magnesium per full serving, serving form, added L-theanine, added melatonin, single- versus multi-form architecture, and source-check date. Multi-form products should not be assigned form-specific amounts unless the current label explicitly provides them.

This model lets the page answer exact product questions while keeping the broad sleep-support page focused on category routing rather than magnesium chemistry.

How this page differs from broad sleep support

The broad sleep page compares melatonin, non-melatonin, botanical and magnesium pathways. This page assumes the user has already chosen magnesium as the main product class and now needs form, amount and formula-complexity comparison.

Moon Juice Magnesi-Om adds L-theanine, while Sleepy Magnesi-Om adds both L-theanine and 0.3 mg melatonin. Other magnesium products are more magnesium-focused. A useful table should therefore separate magnesium architecture from co-ingredients instead of treating every magnesium sleep product as equivalent.

Added sleep-oriented ingredients create a second comparison axis

This is particularly important when comparing single-form glycinate products with multi-form blends, because the names of the compounds do not provide a reliable basis for calculating equivalent elemental magnesium without the label.

Magnesium labels can name a compound such as magnesium bisglycinate while separately declaring the amount of elemental magnesium supplied. MenPS should compare elemental magnesium only when the current label makes that value clear and should not infer elemental content from the weight of the magnesium compound.

Elemental magnesium must be separated from compound weight

Magnesium form and amount are catalog facts, not sleep-efficacy rankings

Manufacturer pages can verify form, elemental magnesium, serving size and added ingredients. They do not independently prove that a finished magnesium product improves sleep quality or treats a sleep disorder.

Current-source verification

All six magnesium-sleep rows were freshly checked against current manufacturer or current brand sources during the September audit. Exact form-by-form amounts in multi-form products should be taken from the current live label before later material updates.

Useful follow-up questions

Are all magnesium sleep products melatonin-free?

No. Sleepy Magnesi-Om currently contains 0.3 mg melatonin.

Is magnesium glycinate the only form used in sleep products?

No. Current products include glycinate/bisglycinate and broader multi-form magnesium blends.

Does more elemental magnesium mean a better sleep supplement?

No. Amount and form are product attributes, not automatic efficacy rankings.

Primary product sources used for this snapshot

Product identity, serving information and current formula facts were checked against current manufacturer or current brand sources. These sources support catalog facts, not independent efficacy conclusions.

• Moon Juice Magnesi-Om - current product source
• Moon Juice Sleepy Magnesi-Om - current product source
• Pure Encapsulations Magnesium Glycinate - current product source
• NOW Magnesium Glycinate Tablets - current product source
• Thorne Magnesium Bisglycinate - current product source
• BioOptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough - current product source