PlainVitamins

Beta-Alanine Powder

by NOW Sports · powder · 500 grams

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 02007 9
  • DSLD label 314248
  • Serving 2 g (1/2 Level Teaspoon)
  • 250 servings

Beta-Alanine Powder by NOW Sports lists one ingredient: 2 g of CarnoSyn per serving of 2 g. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on November 22, 2024.

What is in Beta-Alanine Powder?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 g. 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).

Beta-Alanine Powder: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 314248, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
CarnoSynas Beta-AlanineCarnoSyn Beta-Alanine Note: 2,000 mg2 gBeta-Alanine in Beta-Alanine Powder against 1,778 products2 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1.6 g to 3.2 g, the median 2 g.2 g

47% of 1,778 products listing beta-alanine give more (median 2 g). Per day at the most servings: 8 g.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 314248 (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 3 to 4 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.

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 a 1/2 level teaspoon 3 to 4 times daily. Mix into 8 oz. of water or your favorite beverage. For best results, allow at least 2 hours between doses.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only. Keep out of reach of children.
Beta-Alanine may cause a harmless, temporary tingling sensation on the skin for some individuals. After a few weeks of supplementation with Beta-Alanine, this sensation normally lessens or subsides.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
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.
Do not eat freshness packet enclosed.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Steroid tested Non-GMO
Packaged and quality tested in the USA.
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients.
Storage
This product is sold by weight not volume. Store in a cool, dry, dark place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 314248.

What else is on the label?

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): GMP Quality Assured; Triangle K (Kosher).

How many labels does Beta-Alanine Powder have?

3 labels are on file under this name since July 24, 2019: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 314248 (current) Entered November 22, 2024 · on the market · 500 grams · UPC 7 33739 02007 9
  2. Label 245297 Entered April 22, 2021 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 500 grams
  3. Label 205160 Entered July 24, 2019 · off the market August 25, 2023 · 500 grams · UPC 7 33739 02007 9

DSLD also links this label to: Beta-Alanine (image difference, same product), Beta-Alanine (image difference, same product), Beta-Alanine (image difference, same product), Beta-Alanine (image difference, same product), Beta-Alanine (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 (packager), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW Sports products.

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