Arginine & Citrulline Powder
by NOW Sports · powder · 12 ounces
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 7 33739 00204 4
- DSLD label 314240
- Serving 3 g (1 level teaspoon)
- 113 servings
Arginine & Citrulline Powder by NOW Sports lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 3 g, such as 1.5 g of L-arginine and 1.5 g of L-citrulline. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 25, 2024.
What is in Arginine & Citrulline Powder?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 3 g. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 15 Calories | ||
| L-ArginineL-Arginine Note: (free-form) (1,500 mg) | 1.5 g | Higher than 81% of 1,455 products listing arginine (median 500 mg). Per day at the most servings: 3,000 mg. | |
| L-CitrullineL-Citrulline Note: (free-form) (1,500 mg) | 1.5 g | 68% of 1,209 products listing citrulline give more (median 3 g). Per day at the most servings: 3 g. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 314240 (entered July 25, 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 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.
- L-Arginine+ L-Citrulline UnflavoredEvlution Nutrition same ingredients
- L-Arginine & L-CitrullineGNC Mega Men same ingredients
- L-Arginine & L-CitrullineGNC same ingredients
- L-Arginine L-Citrulline 1000 mgNova Nutritions same ingredients
- L-Arginine L-Citrulline Complex 1000 mgBIOVEA same ingredients
- L-Arginine L-Citrulline 1000 mgAmazing Muscle same ingredients
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 usage: Mix 1 level teaspoon twice daily as needed in 8 oz. of water or other beverage, preferably on an empty stomach.
- Warnings
- Caution: For adults only. Keep out of reach of children.
- Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication (especially antihypertensives, nitrates, or other heart medications), or have a medical condition (especially herpes, kidney impairment and/or glaucoma).
- Do not eat freshness packet enclosed.
- Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- Steroid tested Non-GMO
- Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients.
- Storage
- Store in a cool, dry, dark place after opening. This product is sold by weight not volume.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 314240.
What else is on the label?
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Crescent H (Halal) GMP Quality Assured Informed Sport We Test - You Trust Triangle K (Kosher). Listed with: Informed Sport or Informed Choice (a seal is the label's claim; the certifier's own list confirms it).
How many labels does Arginine & Citrulline Powder have?
3 labels are on file under this name since July 24, 2019: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 314240 (current) Entered July 25, 2024 · on the market · 12 ounces · UPC 7 33739 00204 4
- Label 244529 Entered February 25, 2021 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 12 ozs
- Label 204740 Entered July 24, 2019 · off the market August 8, 2023 · 12 oz. · UPC 7 33739 00204 4
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names NOW FOODS (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW Sports products.