PlainVitamins

Calcium Ascorbate

by BulkSupplements.com · powder · 100 grams

  • Off the market since January 2024 (NIH)
  • UPC X001LWU3I1
  • DSLD label 311240
  • Serving 1,000 milligrams (1/3 tsp)
  • 100 servings

Calcium Ascorbate by BulkSupplements.com lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1,000 milligrams, such as 820 mg of vitamin C and 80 mg of calcium. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 22, 2024.

What is in Calcium Ascorbate?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1,000 milligrams. 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).

Calcium Ascorbate: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 311240, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin Cas Calcium AscorbateVitamin C (Form: as Calcium Ascorbate)820 mg911%Vitamin C in Calcium Ascorbate against 18,583 products820 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 270 mg, the median 100 mg.DV 90 mgUL 2,000 mg820 mg

Higher than 90% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 2,460 mg. 1.2 times the adult UL a day.

Calciumas Calcium AscorbateCalcium (Form: as Calcium Ascorbate)80 mg6%Calcium in Calcium Ascorbate against 17,831 products80 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg80 mg

62% of 17,831 products listing calcium give more (median 115 mg). Per day at the most servings: 240 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 311240 (entered August 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:

  • At 3 servings a day, the most its directions give, the label lists 2,460 mg of vitamin C, 1.2 times the adult Tolerable Upper Intake Level.

The NIH database records 1 to 3 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 Use: As a dietary supplement, take 1000 mg (1/3 tsp) up to three times daily or as directed by a physician.
Warnings
Always consult a physician before taking any dietary supplement.
Keep out of reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Free of: Added sugar, soy, dairy, yeast, gluten, additives
Storage
Store in a dry, cool place Contents are sold by weight, not volume. Settling may occur.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 311240.

How many labels does Calcium Ascorbate have?

8 labels are on file under this name since June 23, 2021: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 311240 (current) Entered August 22, 2024 · off the market January 30, 2024 · 100 grams · UPC X001LWU3I1
  2. Label 311242 Entered May 23, 2024 · off the market January 30, 2024 · 500 grams · UPC X000J41BI3
  3. Label 311241 Entered May 23, 2024 · off the market January 30, 2024 · 250 grams · UPC X001LWU3IB
  4. Label 311219 Entered March 22, 2024 · off the market January 30, 2024 · 1 kilogram · UPC X000J41BG5
  5. Label 253300 Entered July 27, 2021 · off the market April 11, 2023 · 500 grams · UPC X000J41BI3
  6. Label 253299 Entered July 27, 2021 · off the market April 11, 2023 · 250 grams · UPC X001LWU3IB
  7. Label 253297 Entered July 27, 2021 · off the market April 11, 2023 · 100 grams · UPC X001LWU3I1
  8. Label 252400 Entered June 23, 2021 · off the market April 11, 2023 · 1 kg · UPC X000J41BG5

DSLD also links this label to: Calcium Ascorbate Vitamin C Powder 1000 mg (image difference, same product), Calcium Ascorbate Powder 1000 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 BulkSupplements.com (distributor), Henderson, NV. All BulkSupplements.com products.

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