Ascorbyl Palmitate 500 mg
by NOW · capsule · 100 veg capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 7 33739 00608 0
- DSLD label 313564
- Serving 1 veg capsule
- 100 servings
Ascorbyl Palmitate 500 mg by NOW lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 veg capsule, such as 200 mg of vitamin C and 500 mg of ascorbyl palmitate. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on November 22, 2024.
What is in Ascorbyl Palmitate 500 mg?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 veg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamin Cas Ascorbyl Palmitate | 200 mg | 222% | Higher than 90% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,400 mg. |
| Ascorbyl Palmitate | 500 mg |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 313564 (entered November 22, 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 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.
- Ascorbyl Palmitate 500 mg Esterfied Vitamin CNOW · off the market same ingredients
- Ascorbyl PalmitateSource Naturals same ingredients
- Esterified Vitamin CRoyal Guard same ingredients
- Esterified Vitamin C 675 mgNaturesPlus same ingredients
- Liposomal Vitamin C SoftgelsLiposomal Nutritionals same ingredients
- Vitamin C 750 mgGaspari Nutrition 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: Take 1 capsule 1 to 2 times daily, preferably with food.
- Warnings
- Caution: For adults only.
- Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition (especially an iron storage disorder).
- Keep out of reach of children.
- 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.
- Ascorbyl Palmitate may increase iron bioavailability.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- Non-GMO
- Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients.
- Storage
- Store in a cool, dry place after opening.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 313564.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Rice Flour, Stearic Acid, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Silicon Dioxide.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Triangle K (Kosher); GMP Quality Assured.
How many labels does Ascorbyl Palmitate 500 mg have?
3 labels are on file under this name since August 25, 2015: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 313564 (current) Entered November 22, 2024 · on the market · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 00608 0
- Label 244358 Entered February 25, 2021 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 00608 0
- Label 48057 Entered August 25, 2015 · off the market August 14, 2023 · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 00608 0
DSLD also links this label to: Ascorbyl Palmitate 500 mg Esterfied Vitamin C (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 NOW FOODS (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW products.