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Absolute Colostrum

by California Academy of Health · powder · 3.2 ounces

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 8 96291 00283 6
  • DSLD label 251181
  • Serving 1.5 g (1 Teaspoon)
  • 60 servings

Absolute Colostrum by California Academy of Health lists one ingredient: 1.25 g of dried bovine colostrum per serving of 1.5 g. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 23, 2021.

What is in Absolute Colostrum?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1.5 g. The capsule beside an amount places it among every product in the NIH database that lists the same ingredient: the bar is the middle half of their amounts, the line in it the median, the whiskers the 10th and 90th percentiles; the green tick is the FDA Daily Value and the red dashed tick the adult upper limit (IOM).

Absolute Colostrum: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 251181, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories5 Calories
Calories from Fat0 Calories
dried Bovine Colostrum1.25 gColostrum in Absolute Colostrum against 216 products1,250 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 250 mg to 1,200 mg, the median 800 mg.1,250 mg

Higher than 76% of 216 products listing colostrum (median 800 mg).

Protein1 g2%Protein in Absolute Colostrum against 8,985 products1 g per serving; the middle half of products list 2 g to 24 g, the median 16 g.1 g

77% of 8,985 products listing protein give more (median 16 g).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 251181 (entered August 23, 2021), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD. Amounts are what the maker printed; DSLD does not test products. Daily Values: the FDA's Daily Value page.

Is that a lot?

Every amount on this label with a position sits within the middle 80% of the products that list the same ingredient.

The NIH database records one serving a day from the label's directions; its % Daily Values are for adults and children 4 or more years of age. The directions as printed are further down this page.

The Tolerable Upper Intake Level is the most of a nutrient per day, from food, water and supplements together, that is likely to pose no risk for almost all adults (Institute of Medicine, 2011). It does not apply under medical supervision. This page compares labels; it is not medical advice.

Sources: amounts from the DSLD label; Daily Values from 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8)(iv); adult upper limits from the Institute of Medicine's DRI summary tables (2011). How positions are computed.

Which products have the closest formulas?

3 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.

Source: ingredient lists of every product's current label in DSLD (version 9.4.0); similarity weights each shared ingredient by how rare it is.

What does the label say about taking it?

Quoted from the label as DSLD transcribed it: the maker's words, including any claim about what the product does, which the FDA has not evaluated and PlainVitamins does not endorse.

Directions
Suggested serving: 1 teaspoon per day.
Warnings
Warnings: Please discard the inedible freshness packet.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Contains No: Sugar, salt, starch, yeast, wheat, gluten, corn, soy, egg, shellfish or preservatives. No synthetic growth hormones.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 251181.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: 100% pure dried Bovine Colostrum.

How many labels does Absolute Colostrum have?

3 labels are on file under this name since January 25, 2017: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 251181 (current) Entered August 23, 2021 · on the market · 3.2 ounces · UPC 8 96291 00283 6
  2. Label 206360 Entered November 21, 2019 · off the market May 7, 2021 · 3.2 oz. · UPC 8 96291 00283 6
  3. Label 69867 Entered January 25, 2017 · off the market March 12, 2019 · 3.2 oz. · UPC 8 96291 00283 6

Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).

Who makes it?

The label names California Academy of Health - CAOH (manufacturer). All California Academy of Health products.

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