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Calcium (MCHA) with Magnesium

by Pure Encapsulations · capsule · 180 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 66298 00857 8
  • DSLD label 293922
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 180 servings

Calcium (MCHA) with Magnesium by Pure Encapsulations lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 140 mg of calcium and 70 mg of magnesium. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 18, 2023.

What is in Calcium (MCHA) with Magnesium?

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 (MCHA) with Magnesium: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 293922, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calciumas Microcrystalline Hydroxyapatite140 mg11%Calcium in Calcium (MCHA) with Magnesium against 17,831 products140 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg140 mg

Higher than 56% of 17,831 products listing calcium (median 115 mg). Per day at the most servings: 280 mg.

Magnesiumas Magnesium Citrate70 mg17%Magnesium in Calcium (MCHA) with Magnesium against 14,003 products70 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 30 mg to 200 mg, the median 86 mg.UL 350 mgDV 420 mg70 mg

54% of 14,003 products listing magnesium give more (median 86 mg). Per day at the most servings: 140 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 293922 (entered July 18, 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 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
Recommendations: As a dietary supplement, take 1 capsule, 1-2 times daily, with or between meals, or as directed by a health professional.
Warnings
Warning: If you are pregnant or lactating, have any health condition or are taking any medication, consult your health professional before use.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Use only if safety seal is intact.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Certified Gluten-Free by the Gluten-Free Certification Organization, www.gluten.org
Gluten-free, Non-GMO & Hypoallergenic
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 293922.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Water, Ascorbyl Palmitate.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): GFCO.org (Gluten-Free Certification Organization). Listed with: Certified gluten-free (GFCO) (a seal is the label's claim; the certifier's own list confirms it).

How many labels does Calcium (MCHA) with Magnesium have?

3 labels are on file under this name since January 7, 2019: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 293922 (current) Entered July 18, 2023 · on the market · 180 capsules · UPC 7 66298 00857 8
  2. Label 219441 Entered May 22, 2020 · off the market March 15, 2020 · 180 capsules · UPC 7 66298 00857 8
  3. Label 184387 Entered January 7, 2019 · off the market July 21, 2022 · 180 capsules · UPC 7 66298 00857 8

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

Who makes it?

The label names Pure Encapsulations (manufacturer), Sudbury, MA. All Pure Encapsulations products.

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