Bone Meal Powder
by Now · powder · 1 pound
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 7 33739 01220 3
- DSLD label 313600
- Serving 2.8 g (1 level scoop)
- 162 servings
Bone Meal Powder by Now lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 2.8 g, such as 750 mg of calcium, 250 mg of phosphorus, 5 mg of magnesium and 2.8 g of bone meal, powder. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on November 22, 2024.
What is in Bone Meal Powder?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2.8 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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calcium | 750 mg | 58% | Higher than 94% of 17,831 products listing calcium (median 115 mg). |
| Phosphorus | 250 mg | 20% | Higher than 82% of 3,786 products listing phosphorus (median 90 mg). |
| Magnesium | 5 mg | 1% | 96% of 14,003 products listing magnesium give more (median 86 mg). |
| Bone Meal, Powderas Bovine Bone Meal, PowderBone meal powder complex, Bone meal powder (bovine) (BSE-free), enriched with calcium carbonate and magnesium oxide | 2.8 g | 55% of 49 products listing bone give more (median 3 g). |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 313600 (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?
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 750 mg of calcium is higher than 94% of the 17,831 calcium products that print an amount; 985 list more.
- 96% of the 14,003 products that print an amount of magnesium list more than its 5 mg of magnesium (median 86 mg).
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?
The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Bone Meal Powder's, rare ingredients counting for more.
- Natural Bone Mealtnvitamins 3 shared, 74% alike
- BiostSP Standard Process · off the market 3 shared, 56% alike
- Bone & Marrow 3,000 mgMK Supplements 3 shared, 53% alike
- Magnesium 250 mgIndiana Botanic Gardens 3 shared, 52% alike
- Target-Mins Calcium Magnesium Complex 1000 mg : 500 mgCountry Life · off the market 3 shared, 52% alike
- Reacted Cal-MagOrtho Molecular Products 3 shared, 52% 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 Usage: Mix 1 level teaspoon daily, mixed into milk, fruit or vegetable juice.
- Warnings
- 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.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients.
- Non-GMO
- Storage
- This product is sold by weight not volume. Store in a cool, dry place after opening.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 313600.
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.
How many labels does Bone Meal Powder have?
2 labels are on file under this name since October 1, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 313600 (current) Entered November 22, 2024 · on the market · 1 pound · UPC 7 33739 01220 3
- Label 12608 Entered October 1, 2012 · off the market November 4, 2013 · 1 lb · UPC 7 33739 01220 3
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 products.