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Calcium Citrate Caps

by Physician's Preference · capsule · 240 vcaps(R)

  • Off the market since August 2020 (NIH)
  • UPC 8 11749 01016 4
  • DSLD label 11093
  • Serving 4 vegetarian capsules
  • 60 servings

Calcium Citrate Caps by Physician's Preference lists 6 ingredients, 6 with an amount per serving of 4 vegetarian capsules, such as 1,000 IU (25 mcg) of vitamin D, 600 mg of calcium, 300 mg of magnesium and 15 mg of zinc. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 24, 2012.

What is in Calcium Citrate Caps?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 4 vegetarian 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 Caps: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 11093, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin Das ErgocalciferolVitamin D (Form: as Ergocalciferol Note: a vegetarian source)1,000 IU (25 mcg)250%Vitamin D in Calcium Citrate Caps against 14,175 products25 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 10 mcg to 25 mcg, the median 15 mcg.DV 20 mcgUL 100 mcg25 mcg

Higher than 59% of 14,175 products listing vitamin D (median 15 mcg). Per day at the most servings: 50 mcg.

Calciumas Calcium CitrateCalcium (Form: from Calcium Citrate)600 mg60%Calcium in Calcium Citrate Caps against 17,831 products600 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg600 mg

Higher than 91% of 17,831 products listing calcium (median 115 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,200 mg.

Magnesiumas Magnesium OxideMagnesium (Form: from Magnesium Oxide)300 mg75%Magnesium in Calcium Citrate Caps against 14,003 products300 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 30 mg to 200 mg, the median 86 mg.UL 350 mgDV 420 mg300 mg

Higher than 87% of 14,003 products listing magnesium (median 86 mg). Per day at the most servings: 600 mg. 1.7 times the adult UL a day.

Zincas Zinc Amino Acid ChelateZinc (Form: from Zinc Amino Acid Chelate)15 mg100%Zinc in Calcium Citrate Caps 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). Per day at the most servings: 30 mg.

Copperas Copper Amino Acid ChelateCopper (Form: from Copper Amino Acid Chelate)1 mg50%Copper in Calcium Citrate Caps against 6,468 products1 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 mg to 2 mg, the median 1 mg.DV 0.9 mgUL 10 mg1 mg

40% of 6,468 products listing copper give more (median 1 mg). Per day at the most servings: 2 mg.

Manganeseas Manganese Amino Acid ChelateManganese (Form: from Manganese Amino Acid Chelate)5 mg250%Manganese in Calcium Citrate Caps against 7,016 products5 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 1 mg to 3.92 mg, the median 2 mg.DV 2.3 mgUL 11 mg5 mg

Higher than 80% of 7,016 products listing manganese (median 2 mg). Per day at the most servings: 10 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 11093 (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 600 mg of calcium is higher than 91% of the 17,831 calcium products that print an amount; 1,267 list more.
  • At 2 servings a day, the most its directions give, the label lists 600 mg of magnesium, 1.7 times the adult Tolerable Upper Intake Level.

The NIH database records 1 to 2 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 Usage: As a dietary supplement, take 4 Vcaps(R) 1 to 2 times daily, preferably with food.
Warnings
Do not eat freshness packet. Keep in bottle.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Contains no sugar, salt, yeast, wheat, gluten, milk, egg, shellfish or preservatives.
Storage
Store in cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 11093.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Cellulose, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Silica.

How many labels does Calcium Citrate Caps have?

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

  1. Label 11093 (current) Entered August 24, 2012 · off the market August 7, 2020 · 240 vcaps(R) · UPC 8 11749 01016 4

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

Who makes it?

The label names Physician's Preference(R) (distributor), Katy, TX. All Physician's Preference products.

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