PlainVitamins

Carbo Gain 100% Complex Carbohydrate

by NOW · powder · 12 lbs

  • Off the market since November 2013 (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 02019 2
  • DSLD label 12966
  • Serving 50 to 100 g (1/2-1 cup); amounts per 50 g
  • 109 servings

Carbo Gain 100% Complex Carbohydrate by NOW lists one ingredient: 50 g of carbo powder per serving of 50 g. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on October 25, 2012.

What is in Carbo Gain 100% Complex Carbohydrate?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 50 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 100% Complex Carbohydrate: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 12966, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories190 Calories
Total Carbohydrates47 g16%Carbohydrate in Carbo Gain 100% Complex Carbohydrate against 21,979 products47 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 6 g, the median 3 g.47 g

Higher than 98% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate (median 3 g). Per day at the most servings: 141 g.

Sugar2 gSugar in Carbo Gain 100% Complex Carbohydrate 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.

Carbo Powderas Maltodextrin50 gMaltodextrin in Carbo Gain 100% Complex Carbohydrate against 39 products50 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.91 g to 26 g, the median 3 g.50 g

Higher than 87% of 39 products listing maltodextrin (median 3 g). Per day at the most servings: 150 g.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 12966 (entered October 25, 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?

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 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?

3 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: Mix a 1/2 cup of Carbo Gain in each 16 oz. of water of juice. Consume before, during and after intense exercise for best results. Double this recipe if engaging in prolonged exertion of 2 hours or more.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Contains no salt, yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, shellfish or preservatives.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 12966.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Maltodextrin.

How many labels does Carbo Gain 100% Complex Carbohydrate have?

One label is on file, entered on October 25, 2012.

  1. Label 12966 (current) Entered October 25, 2012 · off the market November 4, 2013 · 12 lbs · UPC 7 33739 02019 2

DSLD also links this label to: Carbo Gain 100% Complex Carbohydrate (package size difference, same product), Carbo Gain 100% Complex Carbohydrate (package size difference, same product), Carbo Gain (package size difference, same product), Carbo Gain (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 (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW products.

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