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Buffered Gold C

by California Gold Nutrition · capsule · 240 veggie capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 8 98220 01237 4
  • DSLD label 273732
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 240 servings

Buffered Gold C by California Gold Nutrition lists one ingredient: 750 mg of vitamin C per serving of 1 capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 23, 2022.

What is in Buffered Gold C?

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).

Buffered Gold C: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 273732, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin Cas Sodium Ascorbate750 mg833%Vitamin C in Buffered Gold C against 18,583 products750 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 270 mg, the median 100 mg.DV 90 mgUL 2,000 mg750 mg

Higher than 90% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg).

Sodiumas Sodium Ascorbate95 mg4%Sodium in Buffered Gold C against 14,514 products95 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 15 mg to 142 mg, the median 55 mg.95 mg

Higher than 62% of 14,514 products listing sodium (median 55 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 273732 (entered August 23, 2022), 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 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.

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 1 capsule, with or without food. Best when taken as directed by a qualified healthcare professional.
Warnings
Warnings: Keep out of reach of children.
Consult with a licensed physician, pharmacist, naturopath or other qualified healthcare professional prior to taking dietary supplements.
Sealed for your protection. Do not use if seal is missing or broken.
This product is not manufactured with milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soy, sesame or gluten. Produced in a third-party, audited and registered cGMP compliant facility that may process other products that contain these allergens or ingredients.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Formulated to Contain No gluten No GMOs No Soy
This product is not manufactured with milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soy, sesame or gluten.
Storage
Best stored at controlled room temperature 20 degrees C to 25 degrees C (68 degrees F to 77 degrees F). Improper storage conditions, such as extended exposure to direct sunlight, high heat & humidity can cause product degradation over time.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 273732.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Tapioca Starch, Rice Extract Blend.

How many labels does Buffered Gold C have?

2 labels are on file under this name since August 23, 2022: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 273732 (current) Entered August 23, 2022 · on the market · 240 veggie capsules · UPC 8 98220 01237 4
  2. Label 273072 Entered August 23, 2022 · on the market · 8.4 oz · UPC 8 98220 01235 0

DSLD also links this label to: Buffered Gold C 750 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 Madre Labs, LLC (distributor), Pasadena, CA. All California Gold Nutrition products.

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