PlainVitamins

Cal/Mag Citrate/Malate

by VitalBulk · tablet or pill · N/A

  • On the market (NIH)
  • DSLD label 258721
  • Serving 1 tablet

Cal/Mag Citrate/Malate by VitalBulk lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 400 mg of calcium and 185 mg of magnesium. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 22, 2022.

What is in Cal/Mag Citrate/Malate?

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).

Cal/Mag Citrate/Malate: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 258721, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calciumas Calcium Carbonate, Calcium Citrate400 mg31%Calcium in Cal/Mag Citrate/Malate against 17,831 products400 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg400 mg

Higher than 82% of 17,831 products listing calcium (median 115 mg).

Magnesiumas Magnesium Malate, Magnesium Oxide185 mg3%

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

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 258721 (entered January 22, 2022), 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: Take one (1) tablet daily with food. Do not exceed recommended daily dose unless directed by your health care practitioner.
Warnings
Do not exceed recommended daily dose unless directed by your health care practitioner.
This product may be produced in a facility that also makes products containing milk, eggs, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, and soy.
Food supplements should not be used as a substitute for a varied diet.
In case of adverse event: 855-885-2855
Allergens and what it does not contain
Tested gluten free Certified nonGE tested

Source: label statements in DSLD label 258721.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Stearic Acid, Polydextrose, Magnesium Stearate, Maltodextrin, Medium Chain Triglycerides.

How many labels does Cal/Mag Citrate/Malate have?

5 labels are on file under this name since April 25, 2017: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 258721 (current) Entered January 22, 2022 · on the market · N/A
  2. Label 233526 Entered August 23, 2020 · off the market July 30, 2021 · N/A
  3. Label 208246 Entered October 23, 2019 · off the market July 17, 2020 · N/A
  4. Label 72672 Entered April 25, 2017 · off the market February 25, 2019 · N/A
  5. Label 72623 Entered April 25, 2017 · off the market March 9, 2017 · N/A

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

Who makes it?

The label names VitalBulk (manufacturer), Watsonville, CA. All VitalBulk products.

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