PlainVitamins

Buffered Vitamin C Powder

by Allergy Research Group · powder · 240 grams

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 13947 70000 0
  • DSLD label 233046
  • Serving 2.35 g (1/2 Teaspoon)
  • 102 servings

Buffered Vitamin C Powder by Allergy Research Group lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 2.35 g, such as 1.07 mg of vitamin C, 202 mg of calcium, 107 mg of magnesium and 45 mg of potassium. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 23, 2020.

What is in Buffered Vitamin C Powder?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2.35 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).

Buffered Vitamin C Powder: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 233046, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin Cas Ascorbic Acid1.07 mg1,186%

This amount is far outside what other labels list for vitamin C, or disagrees with the label's own %DV: possibly a unit or transcription slip in the database. Check the label image on DSLD.

Calciumas Calcium CarbonateCalcium (Form: as Calcium Carbonate)202 mg16%Calcium in Buffered Vitamin C Powder against 17,831 products202 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg202 mg

Higher than 69% of 17,831 products listing calcium (median 115 mg).

Magnesiumas Magnesium CarbonateMagnesium (Form: as Magnesium Carbonate)107 mg25%Magnesium in Buffered Vitamin C Powder against 14,003 products107 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 30 mg to 200 mg, the median 86 mg.UL 350 mgDV 420 mg107 mg

Higher than 63% of 14,003 products listing magnesium (median 86 mg).

Potassiumas Potassium CarbonatePotassium (Form: as Potassium Carbonate)45 mg1%Potassium in Buffered Vitamin C Powder against 11,614 products45 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 190 mg, the median 99 mg.DV 4,700 mg45 mg

78% of 11,614 products listing potassium give more (median 99 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 233046 (entered August 23, 2020), 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?

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 Use As a dietary supplement, 1/2 heaping teaspoon in 8 to 12 ounces of liquid, between meals, or as directed by a healthcare practitioner.
Storage
Keep in a cool, dry place, tightly capped.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 233046.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose.

How many labels does Buffered Vitamin C Powder have?

8 labels are on file under this name since April 25, 2013: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 233046 (current) Entered August 23, 2020 · on the market · 240 grams · UPC 7 13947 70000 0
  2. Label 207141 Entered October 23, 2019 · off the market August 4, 2020 · 240 grams · UPC 7 13947 70000 0
  3. Label 79060 Entered September 21, 2017 · on the market · 300 grams · UPC 7 13947 74270 3
  4. Label 78378 Entered September 21, 2017 · off the market June 26, 2019 · 240 grams · UPC 7 13947 70000 0
  5. Label 54164 Entered December 23, 2015 · off the market July 31, 2017 · 240 grams · UPC 7 13947 70000 0
  6. Label 54119 Entered December 23, 2015 · off the market July 31, 2017 · 300 grams · UPC 7 13947 74270 3
  7. Label 20166 Entered April 25, 2013 · off the market November 18, 2015 · 300 g · UPC 7 13947 74270 3
  8. Label 20165 Entered April 25, 2013 · off the market November 19, 2015 · 240 g · UPC 7 13947 70000 0

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

Who makes it?

The label names Allergy Research Group (distributor), South Salt Lake, UT. All Allergy Research Group products.

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