A method for the determination of 12 statins [atorvastatin ATOR , cerivastatin CERI , fluvastatin FLU , lovastatin LO , lovastatin acid LOA , mevastatin ME , mevastatin acid MEA , pitavastatin PITA , pravastatin PRA , rosuvastatin ROSU , simvastatin SIM , and simvastatin acid SIMA ] in dietary supplements by ultra-performance liquid chromatography UPLC has been developed. Statins were ultrasonically extracted with 50 v/v methanol. Clean-up was performed using an Oasis MAX mini-cartridge column with methanol and methanol containing 0.2 v/v phosphoric acid as an eluting solvent. UPLC separation was performed on an ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18 column 2.1 mm i.d. 150 mm, 1.7 μm with 0.2 v/v phosphoric acid aqueous solutionacetonitrile gradient. The method was validated for dietary supplements spiked with the 12 statins at the quantitation limits and 10 times the quantitation limits, and the recoveries of statins were between 89.2 and 100.9 . Relative standard deviation values of repeatability and intermediate precision were not more than 7 . The analytical method was applied to 24 commercial dietary supplements. LO and LOA were found at maximum concentrations of 4.85 mg/packet and 1.28 mg/capsule, respectively. Other statins were not detected. When a dietary supplement was consumed according to the directions on the package, the daily intake of LO was 6.74 mg. This could be dangerous to consumers because it exceeds one half of the lowest recommended daily dose of LO 10 mg .