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Blood Sugar Support

by Vital Nutrients · capsule · 120 vegetarian capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 6 93465 25821 7
  • DSLD label 314029
  • Serving 2 vegetarian capsules
  • 60 servings

Blood Sugar Support by Vital Nutrients lists 8 ingredients, 8 with an amount per serving of 2 vegetarian capsules, such as 4.5 mg of biotin, 500 mcg of chromium, 225 mg of american ginseng root extract and 400 mg of holy basil leaf extract. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 25, 2024.

What is in Blood Sugar Support?

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

Blood Sugar Support: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 314029, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Biotin4.5 mg15,000%Biotin in Blood Sugar Support against 9,447 products4,500 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mcg to 300 mcg, the median 200 mcg.DV 30 mcg4,500 mcg

Higher than 93% of 9,447 products listing biotin (median 200 mcg). Per day at the most servings: 9,000 mcg.

Chromiumas Chromium Polynicotinate500 mcg1,429%Chromium in Blood Sugar Support against 7,825 products500 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 45 mcg to 200 mcg, the median 100 mcg.DV 35 mcg500 mcg

Higher than 95% of 7,825 products listing chromium (median 100 mcg). Per day at the most servings: 1,000 mcg.

American Ginseng Root Extractas Panax quinquefolium Root Extractstandardized to 10% ginsenosides225 mgAmerican Ginseng in Blood Sugar Support against 235 products225 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 75 mg to 425 mg, the median 200 mg.225 mg

Higher than 63% of 235 products listing american ginseng (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 450 mg.

Holy Basil Leaf Extractas Ocimum sanctum Leaf Extract400 mgHoly Basil in Blood Sugar Support against 387 products400 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 400 mg, the median 129 mg.400 mg

Higher than 73% of 387 products listing holy basil (median 129 mg). Per day at the most servings: 800 mg.

Fenugreek Seed Fiberas Steroidal Saponinsstandardized to 2.5% steroidal saponins400 mg
Gymnema sylvestre Leaf Extractas Gymnemic Acidsstandardized to 25%-30% gymnemic acids and to 75%-80% gymnemic acids100 mgGymnema in Blood Sugar Support against 444 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 67 mg to 323.33 mg, the median 200 mg.100 mg

59% of 444 products listing gymnema give more (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 200 mg.

Cinnamonas Cinnamomum zeylanicum200 mgCinnamon in Blood Sugar Support against 601 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 500 mg, the median 200 mg.200 mg

44% of 601 products listing cinnamon give more (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 400 mg.

Vanadiumas Vanadium Citrate250 mcgVanadium in Blood Sugar Support against 1,744 products250 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 10 mcg to 100 mcg, the median 25 mcg.UL 1,800 mcg250 mcg

Higher than 90% of 1,744 products listing vanadium (median 25 mcg). Per day at the most servings: 500 mcg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 314029 (entered July 25, 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?

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 4,500 mcg of biotin is higher than 93% of the 9,447 biotin products that print an amount; 683 list more.
  • Its 500 mcg of chromium is higher than 95% of the 7,825 chromium products that print an amount; 253 list more.
  • Its 250 mcg of vanadium is higher than 90% of the 1,744 vanadium products that print an amount; 156 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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Blood Sugar Support'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
Recommendations 2 Capsules 2 times daily, or as directed by your healthcare professional.
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children
Use only if safety seal is intact
Warning If pregnant, consult your physician before taking.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Excludes coatings, binders, gluten (wheat, rye, barley), milk/dairy (casein, whey), soy protein, egg protein, sugar. Verified by independent testing
Storage
Store sealed in a cool dry place

Source: label statements in DSLD label 314029.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Silica, Leucine.

How many labels does Blood Sugar Support have?

8 labels are on file under this name since March 23, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 314029 (current) Entered July 25, 2024 · on the market · 120 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 25821 7
  2. Label 304954 Entered January 24, 2024 · on the market · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 25811 8
  3. Label 223205 Entered June 24, 2020 · off the market December 7, 2022 · 120 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 25821 7
  4. Label 223203 Entered June 24, 2020 · on the market · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 25811 8
  5. Label 182175 Entered October 25, 2018 · off the market May 15, 2020 · 120 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 25821 7
  6. Label 182172 Entered October 25, 2018 · off the market May 15, 2020 · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 25811 8
  7. Label 27327 Entered November 25, 2013 · off the market April 16, 2018 · 60 capsules · UPC 6 93465 25811 8
  8. Label 6798 Entered March 23, 2012 · off the market April 16, 2018 · 120 capsules · UPC 6 93465 25821 7

Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).

Who makes it?

The label names Vital Nutrients (manufacturer), Middletown, CT. All Vital Nutrients products.

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