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Alpha Lipoic Acid 300 mg

by Carlson · tablet or pill · 30 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 88395 08070 8
  • DSLD label 337476
  • Serving 1 tablet
  • 30 servings

Alpha Lipoic Acid 300 mg by Carlson lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 39 mg of calcium and 300 mg of alpha-lipoic acid. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 22, 2025.

What is in Alpha Lipoic Acid 300 mg?

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

Alpha Lipoic Acid 300 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 337476, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calciumas Dicalcium Phosphate39 mg3%Calcium in Alpha Lipoic Acid 300 mg against 17,831 products39 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg39 mg

81% of 17,831 products listing calcium give more (median 115 mg). Per day at the most servings: 78 mg.

Alpha-Lipoic Acid300 mgAlpha Lipoic Acid in Alpha Lipoic Acid 300 mg against 2,407 products300 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 150 mg, the median 50 mg.300 mg

Higher than 87% of 2,407 products listing alpha lipoic acid (median 50 mg). Per day at the most servings: 600 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 337476 (entered August 22, 2025), 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 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?

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: Adults: take one tablet once or twice daily at mealtime. Do not chew tablets.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Gluten-free No Artificial Preservatives

Source: label statements in DSLD label 337476.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Silicon Dioxide, Croscarmellose Sodium, Magnesium Stearate, Ethyl Cellulose.

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

How many labels does Alpha Lipoic Acid 300 mg have?

5 labels are on file under this name since December 23, 2015: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 337476 (current) Entered August 22, 2025 · on the market · 30 tablets · UPC 0 88395 08070 8
  2. Label 241677 Entered January 22, 2021 · off the market April 22, 2025 · 30 tablets · UPC 0 88395 08070 8
  3. Label 241675 Entered December 26, 2020 · on the market · 90 tablets · UPC 0 88395 08071 5
  4. Label 55068 Entered December 23, 2015 · off the market December 4, 2020 · 90 tablets · UPC 0 88395 08071 5
  5. Label 55022 Entered December 23, 2015 · off the market December 4, 2020 · 30 tablets · UPC 0 88395 08070 8

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

Who makes it?

The label names Carlson Division of J.R. Carlson Laboratories, Inc. (distributor), Lincolnshire, IL. All Carlson products.

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