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Caprylic Acid

by NuMedica · capsule · 120 vegetable capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 8 12527 01664 4
  • DSLD label 323499
  • Serving 4 capsules
  • 30 servings

Caprylic Acid by NuMedica lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 4 capsules, such as 100 mg of calcium, 50 mg of magnesium, 5 mg of zinc and 1.35 g of caprylic acid. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 23, 2025.

What is in Caprylic Acid?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 4 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).

Caprylic Acid: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 323499, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calciumas Calcium Caprylate100 mg8%Calcium in Caprylic Acid against 17,831 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg100 mg

53% of 17,831 products listing calcium give more (median 115 mg).

Magnesiumas Magnesium Caprylate50 mg12%Magnesium in Caprylic Acid against 14,003 products50 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 30 mg to 200 mg, the median 86 mg.UL 350 mgDV 420 mg50 mg

59% of 14,003 products listing magnesium give more (median 86 mg).

Zincas Zinc Caprylate5 mg45%Zinc in Caprylic Acid against 13,186 products5 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 5 mg to 15 mg, the median 11 mg.DV 11 mgUL 40 mg5 mg

72% of 13,186 products listing zinc give more (median 11 mg).

Caprylic Acidas Calcium Caprylate, Magnesium Caprylate, Zinc Caprylate1.35 gCaprylic Acid in Caprylic Acid against 234 products1,350 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 203.13 mg to 2,363 mg, the median 500 mg.1,350 mg

Higher than 69% of 234 products listing caprylic acid (median 500 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 323499 (entered January 23, 2025), 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 four capsules once per day with food or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.
Warnings
Caution: Keep out of reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Does not contain: Milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soy. Sourced from Non-GMO ingredients.
GF Gluten-free
Storage
Storage: Keep tightly closed in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 323499.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Bamboo Silica.

How many labels does Caprylic Acid have?

3 labels are on file under this name since July 25, 2018: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 323499 (current) Entered January 23, 2025 · on the market · 120 vegetable capsules · UPC 8 12527 01664 4
  2. Label 213399 Entered February 26, 2020 · off the market May 30, 2023 · 120 vegetable capsules · UPC 8 12527 01664 4
  3. Label 179405 Entered July 25, 2018 · off the market November 5, 2019 · 120 vegetable capsules · UPC 8 12527 01664 4

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

Who makes it?

The label names NuMedica LLC (distributor), Tulsa, OK. All NuMedica products.

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