PlainVitamins

C Shield 500 mg With Echinacea & Zinc

by Nature's Gifts · tablet or pill · 100 tablets

  • Off the market since October 2023 (NIH)
  • UPC 8 59558 00026 6
  • DSLD label 23802
  • Serving 1 tablet
  • 100 servings

C Shield 500 mg With Echinacea & Zinc by Nature's Gifts lists 6 ingredients, 6 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 500 mg of vitamin C, 15 mg of zinc, 100 mcg of selenium and 150 mg of echinacea purpurea powder. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 23, 2013.

What is in C Shield 500 mg With Echinacea & Zinc?

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

C Shield 500 mg With Echinacea & Zinc: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 23802, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin Cas Ascorbic Acid500 mg833%Vitamin C in C Shield 500 mg With Echinacea & Zinc against 18,583 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 270 mg, the median 100 mg.DV 90 mgUL 2,000 mg500 mg

Higher than 81% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg).

Zincas Zinc OxideZinc (Form: as Zinc Oxide)15 mg100%Zinc in C Shield 500 mg With Echinacea & Zinc against 13,186 products15 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 5 mg to 15 mg, the median 11 mg.DV 11 mgUL 40 mg15 mg

Higher than 56% of 13,186 products listing zinc (median 11 mg).

Seleniumas Sodium SelenateSelenium (Form: as Sodium Selenate)100 mcg143%Selenium in C Shield 500 mg With Echinacea & Zinc against 7,658 products100 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 27 mcg to 100 mcg, the median 55 mcg.DV 55 mcgUL 400 mcg100 mcg

Higher than 65% of 7,658 products listing selenium (median 55 mcg).

Echinacea purpurea powder150 mgEchinacea purpurea in C Shield 500 mg With Echinacea & Zinc against 484 products150 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 400 mg, the median 200 mg.150 mg

58% of 484 products listing echinacea purpurea give more (median 200 mg).

Citrus Bioflavonoid Complex50 mgFlavonoid in C Shield 500 mg With Echinacea & Zinc against 2,343 products50 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 100 mg, the median 50 mg.50 mg

46% of 2,343 products listing flavonoid give more (median 50 mg).

Goldenseal powder50 mgGoldenseal in C Shield 500 mg With Echinacea & Zinc against 308 products50 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 40 mg to 385 mg, the median 100 mg.50 mg

65% of 308 products listing goldenseal give more (median 100 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 23802 (entered August 23, 2013), 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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with C Shield 500 mg With Echinacea & Zinc'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
Suggested Use: (Adult) As a dietary supplement take one (1) tablet daily with food and water.
Warnings
Usage Warnings: Do not use if printed seal under cap is missing or damaged.
Check with your doctor before using this product if you are using medication or have any medical conditions. Do not use if you are pregnant or nursing.
Not intended for use by persons under 18.
Do not exceed recommended dosage.
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.
Storage
Store in a cool dry place, tightly closed.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 23802.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Stearic Acid, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Hydroxypropyl Cellulose, Croscarmellose Sodium, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide, purified Water, Polyethylene Glycol, FD&C Red No. 40, Polydextrose, FD&C Blue No. 2, Talc, Titanium Dioxide, Maltodextrin, Hypromellose, FD&C Yellow No. 6, vanillin.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): cGMP; MADE IN USA.

How many labels does C Shield 500 mg With Echinacea & Zinc have?

One label is on file, entered on August 23, 2013.

  1. Label 23802 (current) Entered August 23, 2013 · off the market October 17, 2023 · 100 tablets · UPC 8 59558 00026 6

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

Who makes it?

The label names Nature's Gifts International(R), Inc. (distributor), Los Alamitos, California. All Nature's Gifts products.

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