Advanced Sugar Support
by The Vitamin Shoppe · capsule · 60 veggie capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 7 66536 01464 4
- DSLD label 35098
- Serving 1 veggie capsule
Advanced Sugar Support by The Vitamin Shoppe lists 5 ingredients, 5 with an amount per serving of 1 veggie capsule, such as 200 mcg of chromium, 150 mg of alpha lipoic acid, 125 mg of cinnamon bark extract and 200 mg of gymnema sylvestre. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 26, 2014.
What is in Advanced Sugar Support?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 veggie 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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chromiumas Chromium PolynicotinateChromium (Form: as Chromium Polynicotinate (Alt. Name: ChromeMate)) | 200 mcg | 170% | Higher than 72% of 7,825 products listing chromium (median 100 mcg). Per day at the most servings: 400 mcg. |
| Alpha Lipoic Acid | 150 mg | Higher than 74% of 2,407 products listing alpha lipoic acid (median 50 mg). Per day at the most servings: 300 mg. | |
| Cinnamon bark extract | 125 mg | 52% of 84 products listing cinnamomum burmanii give more (median 150 mg). Per day at the most servings: 250 mg. | |
| Gymnema sylvestre | 200 mg | 39% of 444 products listing gymnema give more (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 400 mg. | |
| Banaba leaf extractas Corosolic AcidBanaba leaf extract (Form: std. to 1% Corosolic Acid Note: 0.24 mg) PlantPart: leaf Genus: Lagerstroemia Species: speciosa | 24 mg | 65% of 241 products listing banaba give more (median 25 mg). Per day at the most servings: 48 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 35098 (entered August 26, 2014), 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 2 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 Advanced Sugar Support's, rare ingredients counting for more.
- Metabolic XMetabolic Maintenance 4 shared, 73% alike
- Type 2 Natural AssistNature's Harmony 4 shared, 69% alike
- Glucothera ForteKlaire Labs · off the market 5 shared, 63% alike
- Nutrient DriverMTS Nutrition 4 shared, 59% alike
- GlucotheraKlaire Labs · off the market 4 shared, 50% alike
- Gda5% Core 4 shared, 46% alike
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
- DIRECTIONS: As a dietary supplement, take one (1) veggie capsule twice daily, preferably with meals.
- Warnings
- WARNING: Consult your healthcare provider if you are pregnant, nursing, taking any medication or have any medical conditions.
- KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.
- TAMPER EVIDENT Do not use if outer seal is broken or missing.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- gluten free dairy free soy free nut free
- Does not contain: Yeast, Corn, Wheat, Gluten, Sugar, Salt, Soy, Dairy, Citrus, Fish, Preservatives, Artificial Colors or Flavors.
- Storage
- STORE IN A COOL, DRY PLACE.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 35098.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Dicalcium Phosphate, Vegetable Cellulose, Magnesium Stearate, Silica.
How many labels does Advanced Sugar Support have?
One label is on file, entered on August 26, 2014.
- Label 35098 (current) Entered August 26, 2014 · on the market · 60 veggie capsules · UPC 7 66536 01464 4
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. (distributor), Secaucus, NJ. All The Vitamin Shoppe products.