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Cal-Mag

by Whole Foods · capsule · 100 vegetarian capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 99482 28256 1
  • DSLD label 12015
  • Serving 3 capsules
  • 33 servings

Cal-Mag by Whole Foods lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 3 capsules, such as 1,000 mg of calcium and 500 mg of magnesium. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 24, 2012.

What is in Cal-Mag?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 3 capsules. 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).

Cal-Mag: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 12015, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calciumas Calcium CarbonateCalcium (Form: as Calcium Carbonate)1,000 mg100%Calcium in Cal-Mag against 17,831 products1,000 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg1,000 mg

Higher than 95% of 17,831 products listing calcium (median 115 mg).

Magnesiumas Magnesium OxideMagnesium (Form: as Magnesium Oxide)500 mg125%Magnesium in Cal-Mag against 14,003 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 30 mg to 200 mg, the median 86 mg.UL 350 mgDV 420 mg500 mg

Higher than 96% of 14,003 products listing magnesium (median 86 mg). 1.4 times the adult UL a day.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 12015 (entered August 24, 2012), 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?

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 1,000 mg of calcium is higher than 95% of the 17,831 calcium products that print an amount; 314 list more.
  • At 1 serving a day, the most its directions give, the label lists 500 mg of magnesium, 1.4 times the adult Tolerable Upper Intake Level.

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
DIRECTIONS: TAKE 3 CAPSULES DAILY, PREFERABLY WITH FOOD.
Warnings
ALLERGEN INFORMATION: PRODUCED IN A FACILITY THAT ALSO PROCESSES TREE NUTS, MILK, EGG, SHELLFISH, FISH, WHEAT AND SOY.
NOTE: IF YOU ARE PREGNANT, NURSING, HAVE ANY HEALTH CONDITION OR ARE TAKING ANY MEDICATIONS CONSULT YOUR HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER BEFORE USING THIS PRODUCT.
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN
TAMPER EVIDENT, USE ONLY IF SEAL IS INTACT
Storage
STORE IN A COOL DRY PLACE

Source: label statements in DSLD label 12015.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, RICE FLOUR, MAGNESIUM STEARATE, Microcrystalline Cellulose.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): 100% PCR Post Consumer Recycled Bottle.

How many labels does Cal-Mag have?

One label is on file, entered on August 24, 2012.

  1. Label 12015 (current) Entered August 24, 2012 · on the market · 100 vegetarian capsules · UPC 0 99482 28256 1

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

Who makes it?

The label names Whole Foods Market (distributor), Austin, Texas. All Whole Foods products.

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