Guide
How to read a Supplement Facts panel, and check it yourself
A method rather than an opinion, with the Nerve Recovery Max label as the worked example. The Supplement Facts panel is the regulated document and the front of the package is the advertisement, so read them in that order. Then take the serving size, because every figure underneath it is per serving: here 2 Capsules, with 30 servings in a bottle of 60 capsules. Then check the percentage column yourself, which takes one division each. On this panel that comes out exactly three times out of four.
By the Mynerverecoverymax Editorial Desk · Last updated October 12, 2026
The method in four lines
Read time under a minute- Read the panel, not the front. The six rows on it are the same on every bottle.
- The serving size is the unit. Here that is 2 Capsules, with 30 servings in the bottle.
- Every percentage is checkable with one division. Amount divided by the published Daily Value, times a hundred, rounded to the nearest whole percent.
- Run on this panel it comes out three times and fails once. 1.7 mcg against a 1.7 mg Daily Value is 0%, not the 100% printed.
Read the panel, not the front of the bottle
The front of a package is an advertisement. The Supplement Facts panel is a regulated document. When they disagree the panel is the one that has to be right, and the same six rows sit on every panel you will ever pick up.
| The row | What it is for | What Nerve Recovery Max prints |
|---|---|---|
| Serving size | The unit every other figure is per. | 2 Capsules |
| Servings per container | How many of those the bottle holds. | 30, and 60 capsules resolves exactly |
| Amount per serving | A weight beside a name. | Filled for all ten, and none of them shares a weight |
| % Daily Value | The amount divided by a published reference figure. | On four lines, three of which recompute exactly |
| The symbol column | A mark where no reference figure exists. | A double asterisk on all six unvalued lines |
| Other ingredients | What carries the product rather than is the product. | 5 items, starting with the capsule shell |
This panel carries no proprietary blend. No group of ingredients shares one declared weight, so every amount on this site is the manufacturer’s own printed figure and none had to be derived from a declaration order. That matters at the start of a guide about reading labels: the method below is most often needed on a panel that will not answer it, and here every row is filled in.
The rule that falls out of it
Where a package and a panel disagree, the panel wins and the disagreement is written down. The label page works all three through.
The serving size, and why it comes first
It is the first line of the panel and the one most readers skip. Every weight and every percentage underneath it is per serving, so the serving size is the unit that makes two labels comparable at all.
On this label it resolves cleanly, which is not always the case. The serving is 2 Capsules, the panel gives 30 servings, and the bottle holds 60 capsules. Two into sixty is thirty, and the panel declares thirty.
What it does not resolve belongs in a guide rather than hidden in one. The panel gives a serving of 2 capsules and 30 servings in the bottle. No frequency, no time of day and no duration is printed in any material supplied with this stock, so this site prints none. So a bottle is 30 servings, and whether that is 30 days the panel does not say.
The percentage column, and what it is a percentage of
A percentage of the Daily Value is the amount in a serving divided by a published reference figure, times a hundred. It is not a target, not a maximum and not personal to you.
A labelling reference figure, not a dose for you
One figure per nutrient, set so a single percentage can be printed on every package in the country. They are tabulated at 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8)(iv), and the same table governs a Supplement Facts panel because 21 CFR 101.36(b)(2)(ii)(B) says so: “using the units of measurement and the levels of significance given in § 101.9(c)(8)(iv)” 21 CFR 101.36
A division, and then a rounding rule
Divide the printed amount by the published Daily Value, multiply by a hundred, and round. 21 CFR 101.36(b)(2)(iii)(C) fixes the last step: “The percentages based on RDI’s and on DRV’s shall be expressed to the nearest whole percent” 21 CFR 101.36 So no judgement is left in it.
The unit, almost always
A percentage is only as good as the unit above it. Milligrams and micrograms differ by a factor of 1,000, which is large enough that one wrong letter makes the percentage beside it impossible. That is what happened on one line here.
10 amounts, printed, with no proprietary blend. A serving is 2 capsules and the bottle holds 30 of them.
- 10 amounts printed, none in a blend
- 2 capsules a serving, 30 servings a bottle
- Price and terms shown at checkout, before you pay
Checking this panel yourself, in five steps
Here is the method run end to end on the bottle in front of this desk. Every step is one line of arithmetic, and the fifth is where it stops agreeing.
Write down the serving size first
Every figure underneath it is per serving. Here that is 2 Capsules, with 30 servings declared, and 60 capsules at 2 capsules a serving is 30.
Look up the Daily Value in the unit the table gives
Not the unit the label chose. The table gives vitamin D as 20 mcg, vitamin B6 as 1.7 mg, folate as 400 mcg DFE and vitamin B12 as 2.4 mcg.
Divide, and watch the units convert
20 mcg against 20 mcg is 100%. Folate 383 mcg DFE against 400 mcg DFE is 95.75%. Vitamin B12 2 mcg against 2.4 mcg is 83.33%.
Round to the nearest whole percent and compare
The panel prints 100%, 96% and 83% for those three. Neither of the two awkward ones was rounded in the flattering direction.
Then do the fourth one
1.7 mcg against 1.7 mg is 0.1%, which rounds to 0%. The panel prints 100%.
| As printed on the panel | Per serving | Published DV | Unrounded | Rounded | Printed | In the margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamin D3 (as Cholecalciferol) | 20 mcg | 20 mcg | 100% | 100% | 100% | Comes out |
| Vitamin B6 (as Pyridoxine hydrochloride) | 1.7 mcg | 1.7 mg | 0.1% | 0% | 100% | Does not |
| Folate (230 mcg folic acid) | 383 mcg DFE | 400 mcg DFE | 95.75% | 96% | 96% | Comes out |
| Vitamin B12 (as Methylcobalamin) | 2 mcg | 2.4 mcg | 83.33% | 83% | 83% | Comes out |
Three of the four come out exactly, and two of those are awkward numbers that were not rounded the flattering way. The fourth is wrong by a factor of 1,000, which makes it a typing error rather than a different convention. The label wins on what it says; the regulation wins on what the unit means. 1.7 mcg against a 1.7 mg Daily Value is 0.1%, which rounds to 0% - not the 100% printed beside it.
The folate line is right, and this guide says so plainly
It is the only line here with two steps in it, and both are correct. Footnote 7 to the table at 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8)(iv) sets the conversion: “DFE = Dietary Folate Equivalents; 1 DFE = 1 mcg naturally occurring folate = 0.6 mcg folic acid.” 21 CFR 101.9 So 230 divided by 0.6 is 383.33, printed as 383 mcg DFE. No page on this site presents it as an error.
The symbols, the footnote, and what they do not mean
Below the percentage lines a panel changes character. The figures carry on but the column beside them goes blank, and the mark that replaces it is routinely misread.
This panel prints six lines with a weight and a double asterisk, and the footnote underneath reads ** Daily Value (DV) not established. The mark means the reference table has no entry for that ingredient, so no percentage can be calculated. It does not mean the amount is small, large or unproven, and the weight beside it is the information.
Two habits follow. Read the weight rather than the mark: Alpha Lipoic Acid is printed at 400 mg a serving here and ashwagandha powder at 25 mg. Then look for a published figure to hold it against, which exists for three of the six lines and none of the rest.
The last line of the panel is the one most readers never reach. Other Ingredients: Hypromellose (vegetable capsule), Oat Fiber Powder, Brown Rice Flour, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide.
The questions only an order desk can answer
Much of what a label leaves out is unpublished rather than unknowable, and a desk that handles the product daily can settle several of these in a minute.
| The question | What is known here |
|---|---|
| What does a bottle cost, and what are the guarantee terms? | Not published for either. The checkout forms the order and shows both before you pay. |
| How often should a serving be taken, and for how long? | Not published. The panel gives a serving and a count and no direction on when or how often to take it. |
| What is the extract ratio on the three botanical lines? | Not published. No extract ratio, marker compound or standardisation percentage is printed for the ashwagandha, the broccoli or the turmeric. |
| Who made the capsules, and where? | Not published. The bottle names a distributor in Akron, Ohio. No manufacturer, facility or registration number is named anywhere. |
Ask before you buy. The order desk is +1 (302) 200-3480; the website desk at [email protected] handles these pages and cannot see an order. NIDDK owns this condition and publishes the sentence these pages treat as the most important on them: “For safety reasons, talk with your doctor before using supplements or any complementary or alternative medicines.” NIDDK Peripheral neuropathy has causes that need diagnosing, and some of them are treatable.
A method you can take to any label
Run it on this panel, then on whatever else was in the basket, and you are comparing two documents rather than two front labels.
See the price on the seller’s page
- 10 amounts printed, none in a blend
- 2 capsules a serving, 30 servings a bottle
- Price and terms shown at checkout, before you pay
Questions
Nerve Recovery Max: common questions
What should I read first on a supplement label?
The Supplement Facts panel, before any front artwork. The panel is the regulated document and the front is the advertisement. Here the panel is also the more generous of the two: it prints an amount for all ten declared things.
How do I check a percentage of the Daily Value myself?
Divide the printed amount by the Daily Value FDA publishes, in the unit the table gives, multiply by a hundred and round. 21 CFR 101.36(b)(2)(iii)(C) requires that last step: “The percentages based on RDI’s and on DRV’s shall be expressed to the nearest whole percent” 21 CFR 101.36
References
- Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Section 101.9. Nutrition labeling of food. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2024-title21-vol2/xml/CFR-2024-title21-vol2-sec101-9.xml
- Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Section 101.36. Nutrition labeling of dietary supplements. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2024-title21-vol2/xml/CFR-2024-title21-vol2-sec101-36.xml
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Peripheral Neuropathy. https://www.niddk.nih.gov/health-information/diabetes/overview/preventing-problems/nerve-damage-diabetic-neuropathies/peripheral-neuropathy
Every source above was opened and read on October 12, 2026. None of them tested Nerve Recovery Max itself. They describe single ingredients and the categories they sit in and the labelling regulations that govern this panel, which is a different thing from testing this finished formula.