Best Curcumin C3 Complex 1000 mg
by Doctor's Best · tablet or pill · 120 tablets
- Off the market since May 2016 (NIH)
- UPC 7 53950 00195 4
- DSLD label 25170
- Serving 1 tablet
- 120 servings
Best Curcumin C3 Complex 1000 mg by Doctor's Best lists 6 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 500 mg of turmeric and 5 mg of black pepper fruit extract; 3 sit inside a blend without their own amounts. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on September 25, 2013.
What is in Best Curcumin C3 Complex 1000 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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turmeric | 500 mg | Higher than 72% of 2,369 products listing turmeric (median 150 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,000 mg. | |
| Standardized to >95% CurcuminoidsStandardized to >95% Curcuminoids Note: Including | 950 mg | Higher than 92% of 309 products listing curcuminoid (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,900 mg. | |
| Bisdemethoxy CurcuminBisdemethoxy Curcumin Note: 2.5 - 6.5% | no amount given | ||
| Demethoxy CurcuminDemethoxy Curcumin Note: 15 - 25% | no amount given | ||
| CurcuminCurcumin Note: 70 - 80% | no amount given | ||
| Black Pepper fruit extract | 5 mg | 33% of 2,363 products listing black pepper give more (median 5 mg). Per day at the most servings: 10 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 25170 (entered September 25, 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?
The rows in the top or bottom tenth of the products that list the same ingredient, and any above the adult upper limit at the most servings a day the directions give:
- Its 950 mg of standardized to >95% curcuminoids (filed by NIH under curcuminoid) is higher than 92% of the 309 curcuminoid products that print an amount; 17 list more.
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?
5 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- Turmeric Curcumin 750 mgDivine Bounty same ingredients
- Turmeric CurcuminVitaBreeze same ingredients
- Turmeric 500 mgBlackstone Labs same ingredients
- Turmeric Curcumin C3 Complex 500 mgHerbal Secrets · off the market same ingredients
- Turmeric Curcumin CompleteDr. Pergolizzi same ingredients
- Extra Strength Turmeric Extract 1400 mgMember's Mark 4 shared, 92% alike
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 tablet two times per day, with or without food.
- Warnings
- Consult a health care practitioner prior to use if you have gallstones.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 25170.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Stearic Acid, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide, Croscarmellose Sodium.
How many labels does Best Curcumin C3 Complex 1000 mg have?
One label is on file, entered on September 25, 2013.
- Label 25170 (current) Entered September 25, 2013 · off the market May 2, 2016 · 120 tablets · UPC 7 53950 00195 4
DSLD also links this label to: High Absorption Curcumin 1000 mg (image difference, same product), High Absorption Curcumin 1000 mg (image difference, same product), High Absorption Curcumin 1000 mg (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 Doctor's Best, Inc. (distributor), San Clemente, CA. All Doctor's Best products.