Calcium Citrate

by Cardiovascular Research · capsule · 120 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 87790 94558 1
  • DSLD label 283452
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 60 servings

Calcium Citrate by Cardiovascular Research lists one ingredient: 165 mg of calcium per serving of 2 capsules. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on March 22, 2023.

What is in Calcium Citrate?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 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).

Calcium Citrate: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 283452, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calciumas Calcium Citrate165 mg13%Calcium in Calcium Citrate against 17,831 products165 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg165 mg

Higher than 61% of 17,831 products listing calcium (median 115 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 283452 (entered March 22, 2023), 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?

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
Directions Take two capsules daily, or more as directed by a physician.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 283452.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Gelatin, Silicon Dioxide, Magnesium Stearate.

How many labels does Calcium Citrate have?

One label is on file, entered on March 22, 2023.

  1. Label 283452 (current) Entered March 22, 2023 · on the market · 120 capsules · UPC 7 87790 94558 1

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

Who makes it?

The label names Cardiovascular Research, LTD. (distributor), Concord, CA. All Cardiovascular Research products.

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