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Ascorbyl Palmitate 500 mg

by Source Naturals · tablet or pill · 180 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 21078 01511 6
  • DSLD label 295582
  • Serving 1 to 5 tablets; amounts per 1 tablet
  • 180 servings

Ascorbyl Palmitate 500 mg by Source Naturals lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 203 mg of vitamin C, 106 mg of calcium and 500 mg of ascorbyl palmitate. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 23, 2023.

What is in Ascorbyl Palmitate 500 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).

Ascorbyl Palmitate 500 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 295582, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin Cas Ascorbyl Palmitate203 mg338%Vitamin C in Ascorbyl Palmitate 500 mg against 18,583 products703 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 270 mg, the median 100 mg.DV 90 mgUL 2,000 mg703 mg

Higher than 90% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg).

Calcium106 mg11%Calcium in Ascorbyl Palmitate 500 mg against 17,831 products106 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg106 mg

52% of 17,831 products listing calcium give more (median 115 mg).

Ascorbyl Palmitateas Vitamin C Ester500 mg

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 295582 (entered August 23, 2023), 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 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
Suggested Use: 1 to 5 times daily with meals.
Warnings
Note: If you are pregnant, may become pregnant or breastfeeding, consult your health care professional before using this product.
Do not use if either tamper-evident seal is broken or missing.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Suitable for vegetarians and hypoallergenic: contains no yeast, dairy, egg, gluten, corn, soy or wheat. Contains no sugar, starch, salt, preservatives, or artificial color, flavor or fragrance.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 295582.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Dibasic Calcium Phosphate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Stearic Acid, Hydroxypropyl Cellulose, Modified Cellulose Gum, Silicon Dioxide, Colloidal.

How many labels does Ascorbyl Palmitate 500 mg have?

8 labels are on file under this name since June 23, 2017: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 295582 (current) Entered August 23, 2023 · on the market · 180 tablets · UPC 0 21078 01511 6
  2. Label 274486 Entered October 24, 2022 · on the market · 90 capsules · UPC 0 21078 01616 8
  3. Label 273130 Entered August 23, 2022 · on the market · 90 tablets · UPC 0 21078 01376 1
  4. Label 213500 Entered February 26, 2020 · on the market · 45 tablets · UPC 0 21078 01375 4
  5. Label 212163 Entered January 25, 2020 · off the market December 22, 2021 · 90 tablets · UPC 0 21078 01376 1
  6. Label 212157 Entered December 22, 2019 · off the market April 18, 2019 · 180 tablets · UPC 0 21078 01511 6
  7. Label 81000 Entered November 20, 2017 · off the market April 18, 2019 · 180 capsules · UPC 0 21078 01617 5
  8. Label 75527 Entered June 23, 2017 · off the market September 15, 2017 · 180 capsules · UPC 0 21078 01617 5

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

Who makes it?

The label names Source Naturals, Inc. (manufacturer), Santa Cruz, CA. All Source Naturals products.

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