PlainVitamins

Carbo Gain

by NOW Sports · powder · 2 lbs

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 02020 8
  • DSLD label 28440
  • Serving 67 to 134 g (2/3-1 1/3 cup); amounts per 67 g
  • 14 servings

Carbo Gain by NOW Sports lists one ingredient: maltodextrin, without an amount per serving of 67 g. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on December 24, 2013.

What is in Carbo Gain?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 67 g. 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).

Carbo Gain: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 28440, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories250 Calories
Total Carbohydrates63 g21%Carbohydrate in Carbo Gain against 21,979 products63 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 6 g, the median 3 g.63 g

Higher than 98% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate (median 3 g). Per day at the most servings: 189 g.

Sugar2 gSugar in Carbo Gain against 11,807 products2 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 4 g, the median 2 g.2 g

48% of 11,807 products listing sugar give more (median 2 g). Per day at the most servings: 6 g.

Sodium45 g2%

This amount is far outside what other labels list for sodium, or disagrees with the label's own %DV: possibly a unit or transcription slip in the database. Check the label image on DSLD.

Maltodextrinas Corn100% Pure Maltodextrin (Form: from corn)no amount given

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 28440 (entered December 24, 2013), 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; 1 ingredient sits inside a blend, so their amounts cannot be compared.

The NIH database records 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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Carbo Gain's, rare ingredients counting for more.

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: Mix 2/3 cup of Carbo Gain in 24 oz. of water or juice. Consume before, during and after intense exercise for best results. Double this recipe if engaging in prolonged exertion of 2 hours or more.
Warnings
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Caution: For adults only.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Keep out of reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 28440.

What else is on the label?

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): No Aspartame - No Sucralose - No Acesulfame-K ALL NATURAL; GMP QUALITY ASSURED.

How many labels does Carbo Gain have?

2 labels are on file under this name since December 24, 2013: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 28441 Entered December 24, 2013 · off the market August 25, 2023 · 8 lbs · UPC 7 33739 02023 9
  2. Label 28440 (current) Entered December 24, 2013 · on the market · 2 lbs · UPC 7 33739 02020 8

DSLD also links this label to: Carbo Gain 100% Complex Carbohydrate (package size difference, same product), Carbo Gain 100% Complex Carbohydrate (image difference, same product), Carbo Gain 100% Complex Carbohydrate (package size difference, same product), Carbo Gain 100% Complex Carbohydrate (package size difference, same product).

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

Who makes it?

The label names NOW FOODS (distributor), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW Sports products.

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