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Algae Calcium

by Life · tablet or pill · 120 slim tablets

  • Off the market since December 2015 (NIH)
  • UPC 6 18555 71818 1
  • DSLD label 39507
  • Serving 4 tablets (3200mg)
  • 30 servings

Algae Calcium by Life lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 4 tablets, such as 400 IU (10 mcg) of vitamin D3, 45 mcg of vitamin K2, 800 mg of calcium and 50 mg of magnesium. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on November 25, 2014.

What is in Algae Calcium?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 4 tablets. 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).

Algae Calcium: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 39507, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin D3as LanolinVitamin D3 (Form: from Lanolin) (Alt. Name: Cholecalciferol)400 IU (10 mcg)100%Vitamin D in Algae Calcium against 14,175 products10 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 10 mcg to 25 mcg, the median 15 mcg.DV 20 mcgUL 100 mcg10 mcg

57% of 14,175 products listing vitamin D give more (median 15 mcg).

Vitamin K2as MenaQ745 mcg56%Vitamin K in Algae Calcium against 4,607 products45 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 35 mcg to 100 mcg, the median 80 mcg.DV 120 mcg45 mcg

67% of 4,607 products listing vitamin K give more (median 80 mcg).

Calciumas Algae800 mg80%Calcium in Algae Calcium against 17,831 products800 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg800 mg

Higher than 95% of 17,831 products listing calcium (median 115 mg).

Magnesiumas Algae50 mg13%Magnesium in Algae Calcium against 14,003 products50 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 30 mg to 200 mg, the median 86 mg.UL 350 mgDV 420 mg50 mg

59% of 14,003 products listing magnesium give more (median 86 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 39507 (entered November 25, 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?

The rows in the top or bottom tenth of the products that list the same ingredient, and any above the adult upper limit at the most servings a day the directions give:

  • Its 800 mg of calcium is higher than 95% of the 17,831 calcium products that print an amount; 891 list more.

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?

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
Directions: Take 4 tablets daily with a meal.
Warnings
Contains: Soy
Allergens and what it does not contain
Naturally gluten free, no artificial color or flavors.
Storage
Protect from heat, light and moisture. Store at 15-25(0)C (59-77(0)F).

Source: label statements in DSLD label 39507.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Coating, Stearic Acid, Croscarmellose Sodium, Magnesium Stearate, Silica.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): LIFE.

How many labels does Algae Calcium have?

One label is on file, entered on November 25, 2014.

  1. Label 39507 (current) Entered November 25, 2014 · off the market December 9, 2015 · 120 slim tablets · UPC 6 18555 71818 1

DSLD also links this label to: Algae Calcium (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 Life Nutrition Group Inc. (distributor), Brooklyn, NY. All Life products.

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