PlainVitamins

Best Collagen Types 1 & 3

by Doctor's Best · tablet or pill · 540 tablets

  • Off the market since October 2017 (NIH)
  • UPC 7 53950 00358 3
  • DSLD label 59998
  • Serving 3 tablets
  • 180 servings

Best Collagen Types 1 & 3 by Doctor's Best lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 3 tablets, such as 30 mg of vitamin C and 3,000 mg of collagen types 1 & 3, beside 1 Nutrition Facts row (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on May 22, 2016.

What is in Best Collagen Types 1 & 3?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 3 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).

Best Collagen Types 1 & 3: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 59998, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin Cas Calcium AscorbateVitamin C (Form: as Calcium Ascorbate)30 mg50%Vitamin C in Best Collagen Types 1 & 3 against 18,583 products30 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 270 mg, the median 100 mg.DV 90 mgUL 2,000 mg30 mg

83% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C give more (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 60 mg.

Sodium10 mg1%Sodium in Best Collagen Types 1 & 3 against 14,514 products10 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 15 mg to 142 mg, the median 55 mg.10 mg

78% of 14,514 products listing sodium give more (median 55 mg). Per day at the most servings: 20 mg.

Collagen Types 1 & 33,000 mgCollagen in Best Collagen Types 1 & 3 against 1,008 products3 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.1 g to 4.2 g, the median 1 g.3 g

Higher than 70% of 1,008 products listing collagen (median 1 g). Per day at the most servings: 6 g.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 59998 (entered May 22, 2016), 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?

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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Best Collagen Types 1 & 3's, rare ingredients counting for more.

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 Adult Use: Take 3 tablets twice daily on an empty stomach, at least 30 minutes before meals. Do not mix with other protein supplements.
Warnings
Do not mix with other protein supplements.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Non-GMO and Gluten Free

Source: label statements in DSLD label 59998.

What else is on the label?

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

How many labels does Best Collagen Types 1 & 3 have?

5 labels are on file under this name since August 23, 2013: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 59998 (current) Entered May 22, 2016 · off the market October 20, 2017 · 540 tablets · UPC 7 53950 00358 3
  2. Label 59982 Entered May 22, 2016 · off the market October 20, 2017 · 240 capsules · UPC 7 53950 00263 0
  3. Label 24446 Entered September 25, 2013 · off the market May 2, 2016 · 7.1 oz. · UPC 7 53950 00203 6
  4. Label 24445 Entered August 23, 2013 · off the market May 2, 2016 · 240 capsules · UPC 7 53950 00263 0
  5. Label 24443 Entered August 23, 2013 · off the market May 2, 2016 · 180 tablets · UPC 7 53950 00204 3

DSLD also links this label to: Collagen Types 1 & 3 1000 mg (package size difference, same product), Collagen Types 1 & 3 1000 mg (package size difference, same product), Collagen Types 1 and 3 with Peptan 1000 mg (image difference, same product), Collagen Types 1 and 3 with Peptan 1000 mg (package size difference, same product), Collagen Types 1 and 3 with Peptan 1000 mg (image difference, same product), Collagen Types 1 and 3 with Peptan 1000 mg (package size difference, same product), Collagen Types 1 and 3 1000 mg (package size difference, same product), Collagen Types 1 and 3 1000 mg (package size 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 Doctor's Best, Inc. (distributor), San Clemente, CA. All Doctor's Best products.

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