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Calcium Citrate

by Allergy Research Group · capsule · 180 vegetarian capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 13947 70230 1
  • DSLD label 233066
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 180 servings

Calcium Citrate by Allergy Research Group lists one ingredient: 150 mg of calcium per serving of 1 capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 23, 2020.

What is in Calcium Citrate?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 capsule. 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 233066, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calciumas Calcium CitrateCalcium (Form: as Calcium Citrate)150 mg11%Calcium in Calcium Citrate against 17,831 products150 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg150 mg

Higher than 58% of 17,831 products listing calcium (median 115 mg). Per day at the most servings: 450 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 233066 (entered August 23, 2020), 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 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, 1 capsule one to three times daily between meals on empty stomach, or as directed by a healthcare practitioner.
Warnings
Contraindicated with use of aluminum containing drugs.
Storage
Keep in a cool, dry place, tightly capped.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 233066.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, L-Leucine.

How many labels does Calcium Citrate have?

4 labels are on file under this name since April 25, 2013: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 233066 (current) Entered August 23, 2020 · on the market · 180 vegetarian capsules · UPC 7 13947 70230 1
  2. Label 182962 Entered October 25, 2018 · off the market August 4, 2020 · 180 vegetarian capsules · UPC 7 13947 70230 1
  3. Label 54243 Entered December 23, 2015 · off the market July 19, 2018 · 180 vegetarian capsules · UPC 7 13947 70230 1
  4. Label 20168 Entered April 25, 2013 · off the market November 19, 2015 · 180 vegetarian capsules · UPC 7 13947 70230 1

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

Who makes it?

The label names Allergy Research Group (distributor), South Salt Lake, UT. All Allergy Research Group products.

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