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Acetyl L-Carnitine HCl (ALCAR HCl)

by BulkSupplements.com · powder · 1 kg

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC X000H8L253
  • DSLD label 310613
  • Serving 600 mg (about 1/4 tsp)
  • 1667 servings

Acetyl L-Carnitine HCl (ALCAR HCl) by BulkSupplements.com lists one ingredient: 600 mg of acetyl-L-carnitine hydrochloride per serving of 600 mg. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 20, 2024.

What is in Acetyl L-Carnitine HCl (ALCAR HCl)?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 600 mg. 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 HCl (ALCAR HCl): Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 310613, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Acetyl-L-Carnitine Hydrochloride600 mgAcetyl L-Carnitine in Acetyl L-Carnitine HCl (ALCAR HCl) against 933 products600 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 200 mg to 525 mg, the median 500 mg.600 mg

Higher than 75% of 933 products listing acetyl L-carnitine (median 500 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,800 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 310613 (entered June 20, 2024), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD or its label image (PDF). 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?

6 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 use: As a dietary supplement, take 600 mg (about 1/6 tsp) one to three times daily, or as directed by a physician.
Warnings
Always consult a physician before taking any dietary supplement.
Keep out of reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Free of: Sugar, soy, dairy, yeast, gluten, additives
Storage
Contents are sold by weight, not volume. Settling may occur. Store in a dry, cool, dark place

Source: label statements in DSLD label 310613.

How many labels does Acetyl L-Carnitine HCl (ALCAR HCl) have?

8 labels are on file under this name since July 27, 2021: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 310613 (current) Entered June 20, 2024 · on the market · 1 kg · UPC X000H8L253
  2. Label 310616 Entered March 22, 2024 · on the market · 500 grams · UPC X000H8L4T7
  3. Label 310615 Entered March 22, 2024 · on the market · 250 grams · UPC X000H8L6Q3
  4. Label 310614 Entered March 22, 2024 · on the market · 100 grams · UPC X000H8L5TB
  5. Label 253374 Entered September 24, 2021 · off the market January 22, 2025 · 500 grams · UPC X000H8L4T7
  6. Label 253369 Entered September 24, 2021 · off the market April 11, 2023 · 250 grams · UPC X000H8L6Q3
  7. Label 253366 Entered September 24, 2021 · off the market April 11, 2023 · 100 grams · UPC X001KM0ALH
  8. Label 252563 Entered July 27, 2021 · off the market April 11, 2023 · 1 kg · UPC X000H8L253

DSLD also links this label to: Acetyl L-Carnitine Powder 1000mg (package size difference, same product), Acetyl L-Carnitine HCl 1000 mg (package size difference, same product), Acetyl L-Carnitine HCl (ALCAR HCl) Powder 1000 mg (package size difference, same product), Acetyl L-Carnitine Powder 1000 mg (image difference, same product), Acetyl L-Carnitine Powder 1000 mg (package size 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 BulkSupplements.com (distributor), Henderson, NV. All BulkSupplements.com products.

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