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Acetyl L-Carnitine Arginate + Alpha Lipoic Acid

by Jarrow Formulas · capsule · 100 capsules

  • Off the market since October 2019 (NIH)
  • UPC 7 90011 02013 4
  • DSLD label 199452
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 100 servings

Acetyl L-Carnitine Arginate + Alpha Lipoic Acid by Jarrow Formulas lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 500 mg of acetyl-L-carnitine arginate dihydrochloride and 100 mg of alpha lipoic acid. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on February 25, 2019.

What is in Acetyl L-Carnitine Arginate + Alpha Lipoic Acid?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 capsule. 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).

Acetyl L-Carnitine Arginate + Alpha Lipoic Acid: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 199452, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Acetyl-L-Carnitine Arginate Dihydrochloride500 mg
Acetyl-L-Carnitine200 mgAcetyl L-Carnitine in Acetyl L-Carnitine Arginate + Alpha Lipoic Acid against 933 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 200 mg to 525 mg, the median 500 mg.200 mg

72% of 933 products listing acetyl L-carnitine give more (median 500 mg). Per day at the most servings: 600 mg.

Arginine170 mgArginine in Acetyl L-Carnitine Arginate + Alpha Lipoic Acid against 1,455 products170 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 167 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 500 mg.170 mg

75% of 1,455 products listing arginine give more (median 500 mg). Per day at the most servings: 510 mg.

Alpha Lipoic Acid100 mgAlpha Lipoic Acid in Acetyl L-Carnitine Arginate + Alpha Lipoic Acid against 2,407 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 150 mg, the median 50 mg.100 mg

Higher than 56% of 2,407 products listing alpha lipoic acid (median 50 mg). Per day at the most servings: 300 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 199452 (entered February 25, 2019), 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 1 to 3 servings 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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Acetyl L-Carnitine Arginate + Alpha Lipoic Acid's, rare ingredients counting for more.

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
Usage: Take 1 capsule up to 3 times per day or as directed by your qualified healthcare professional.
Warnings
Note: If you have a medical condition (especially diabetes, glucose control, or hypotension), are pregnant, lactating, trying to conceive, under the age of 18, or taking medications (especially for diabetes, glucose control, or blood pressure control), consult your healthcare professional before using this product.
Note: If you have a medical condition (especially diabetes, glucose control, or hypotension), are pregnant, lactating, trying to conceive, under the age of 18, or taking medications (especially for diabetes, glucose control, or blood pressure control), consult your healthcare professiona lbefore using this product.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
No wheat, gluten, soybeans, dairy, egg, fish/shellfish, or peanuts/tree nuts.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 199452.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide, Capsule.

How many labels does Acetyl L-Carnitine Arginate + Alpha Lipoic Acid have?

5 labels are on file under this name since March 23, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 199452 (current) Entered February 25, 2019 · off the market October 7, 2019 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 90011 02013 4
  2. Label 50593 Entered September 25, 2015 · off the market July 24, 2018 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 90011 02013 4
  3. Label 37576 Entered October 10, 2014 · off the market June 15, 2015 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 90011 02013 4
  4. Label 29116 Entered January 24, 2014 · off the market May 2, 2014 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 90011 02013 4
  5. Label 7252 Entered March 23, 2012 · off the market December 13, 2013 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 90011 02013 4

DSLD also links this label to: Acetyl L-Carnitine Arginate (image difference, same product).

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

Who makes it?

The label names Jarrow Formulas Superior Nutrition and Formulation (distributor), Los Angeles, CA. All Jarrow Formulas products.

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