Best Curcumin C3 Complex
by Doctor's Best · capsule · 120 capsules
- Off the market since May 2016 (NIH)
- UPC 7 53950 00107 7
- DSLD label 24451
- Serving 1 to 3 capsules; amounts per 1 capsule
- 120 servings
Best Curcumin C3 Complex by Doctor's Best lists 3 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 500 mg of turmeric and 3 mg of black pepper fruit extract; 1 sits inside a blend without its own amount. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 23, 2013.
What is in Best Curcumin C3 Complex?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turmeric | 500 mg | Higher than 72% of 2,369 products listing turmeric (median 150 mg). | |
| Standardized to > 95% Curcuminoidsas Bisdemethoxy Curcumin, Curcumin, Demethoxy CurcuminStandardized to > 95% Curcuminoids (Form: including: Bisdemethoxy Curcumin Note: 2.5 - 6.5%, Demethoxy Curcumin Note: 15 - 25%, Curcumin Note: 70 - 80%) Note: including | no amount given | ||
| Black Pepper fruit extract | 3 mg | 83% of 2,363 products listing black pepper give more (median 5 mg). |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 24451 (entered August 23, 2013), 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; 1 ingredient sits inside a blend, so their amounts cannot be compared.
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.
- Curcumin C3 Complex 500 mgDaVinci Laboratories of Vermont · off the market same ingredients
- Premium Curcumin 95% 500 mgSwiss BioEnergetics same ingredients
- Curcumin C3 Complex 500 mgDaVinci Laboratories same ingredients
- Turmeric with Black PepperNature's Blend same ingredients
- Turmeric Curcumin with BioPerineNOW same ingredients
- Turmeric Supreme Extra StrengthGaia Herbs Curcumin Synergy · off the market 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 Adult Use: Take 1 to 3 capsules daily with food.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 24451.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Rice powder, Magnesium Stearate, Gelatin.
How many labels does Best Curcumin C3 Complex have?
2 labels are on file under this name since August 23, 2013: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 24451 (current) Entered August 23, 2013 · off the market May 2, 2016 · 120 capsules · UPC 7 53950 00107 7
- Label 24448 Entered August 23, 2013 · off the market May 2, 2016 · 30 capsules · UPC 7 53950 00298 2
DSLD also links this label to: High Absorption Curcumin 500 mg (image difference, same product), High Absorption Curcumin 500 mg (package size difference, same product), High Absorption Curcumin 500 mg (image difference, same product), High Absorption Curcumin 500 mg (package size difference, same product), High Absorption Curcumin 500 mg (image difference, same product), High Absorption Curcumin 500 mg (package size difference, same product), High Absorption Curcumin 500 mg (image difference, same product), High Absorption Curcumin 500 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.