PlainVitamins

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Cartilage supplements

Half of the 199 cartilage supplements in the NIH label database that print an amount list 100 mg or less per serving; the middle half list 40 mg to 750 mg (DSLD version 9.4.0, January 2026). The 35 products whose only supplement ingredient is cartilage list a median of 750 mg.

Products listing it
247199 print an amount; 46 list it inside a blend without an amount
Median per serving
100 mgmiddle half 40 mg to 750 mg

How much cartilage do supplements contain?

The median product lists 100 mg per serving. One in ten lists 40 mg or less, one in ten 1,500 mg or more. The amount printed most often is 40 mg (80 products).

Products by amount of cartilage per serving

199 products, log scale; extreme 0.2% at each end left out of the drawing.

Cartilage: products by amount per serving30 mg100 mg300 mg1,000 mg
Cartilage: products by amount per serving30 mg100 mg300 mg1,000 mg3,000 mg
Cartilage: products by amount per serving30 mg100 mg300 mg1,000 mg3,000 mg
Cartilage: products by amount per serving30 mg100 mg300 mg1,000 mg3,000 mg
Cartilage: products by amount per serving30 mg100 mg300 mg1,000 mg3,000 mg
The amounts printed most often
Amount per servingProductsFor example
40 mg80 One Daily Bone Health + UC-II For Joints (CVS Pharmacy); Comfort (GNC TriFlex); BeneFlex Joint Relief (BeneFlex)
750 mg16 Super Joint Formula (Vitabase); Shark Cartilage 750 mg (Vitabase); Joint Recovery (Lifestyle Fitness & Nutrition)
100 mg11 Arthro-Syn (Douglas Laboratories); Sports Injury Formula With Bromelain & Zinc (Martin Avenue Pharmacy); Gluco-Flex Forte (Douglas Laboratories)
740 mg11 Shark Cartilage 740 mg (Nature's Bounty); Shark Cartilage 740 mg (Vitamin World); Shark Cartilage (Douglas Laboratories)
400 mg8 Glucosalage SO4 (OL Olympian Labs); Glucosalage (OL Olympian Labs); Disc-Discovery (DaVinci Laboratories)
1,000 mg8 Shark Cartilage 500 mg (21st Century); Amino All (Nutri-West); Joint Wellness (Bio Nutrition)
50 mg6 Liga-PN (Nutri-West); Flex Solve 24/7 (American BioSciences); Joint Advantage Gold Original (Dr. David Williams)
500 mg6 Super Joint Complex (VitaCeutical Labs); Super Joint Complex (Vitamer Laboratories); Purified Chondroitin Sulfate (AB American Biologics)
150 mg5 Uni-Joint Formula (Douglas Laboratories); LigaZyme (Allergy Research Group); Joint Advantage Gold 5X (Dr. David Williams)
1,500 mg5 Shark Cartilage 750 mg (Thompson); Pure Shark Cartilage 750 mg (Solgar); 100% Pure Shark Cartilage (Solgar)

Source: Supplement Facts rows of every product's current label, NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database version 9.4.0; amounts in one measure (weight).

Which products list the most cartilage?

On-market products, per serving, with a plausible amount: the rule leaves out likely entry slips, such as an amount far beyond every other label with no %DV or strength on the label to back it (each product page still shows its own amount, marked).

In which products and brands?

Products listing cartilage by DSLD product type

Cartilage by product typeOther Combinations138Non-Nutrient/Non-Botanical52Amino acid/Protein6Botanical with Nutrients3
Cartilage by product typeOther Combinations138Non-Nutrient/Non-Botanical52Amino acid/Protein6Botanical with Nutrients3
Cartilage by product typeOther Combinations138Non-Nutrient/Non-Botanical52Amino acid/Protein6Botanical with Nutrients3
Cartilage by product typeOther Combinations138Non-Nutrient/Non-Botanical52Amino acid/Protein6Botanical with Nutrients3
Cartilage by product typeOther Combinations138Non-Nutrient/Non-Botanical52Amino acid/Protein6Botanical with Nutrients3

Brands listing it most: OL Olympian Labs (9), NOW (7), Douglas Laboratories (6), The Vitamin Shoppe (4), Bronson (3), Doctor's Best (3), NewtonEverett (3), New Earth Edge (3), Puritan's Pride (3), Solgar (3).

Every product listing cartilage

247 products, A to Z by name (page 3 of 5), each with the amount its label prints; an amount far outside what other labels print is marked as a possible slip.

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