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Carbo Grabbers

by Nature's Sunshine · capsule · 60 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 99904 03070 1
  • DSLD label 255187
  • Serving 1 to 2 capsules; amounts per 2 capsules
  • 30 servings

Carbo Grabbers by Nature's Sunshine lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 18 mcg of chromium and 600 mg of white kidney bean extract. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on September 24, 2021.

What is in Carbo Grabbers?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 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).

Carbo Grabbers: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 255187, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Chromium18 mcg51%Chromium in Carbo Grabbers against 7,825 products18 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 45 mcg to 200 mcg, the median 100 mcg.DV 35 mcg18 mcg

90% of 7,825 products listing chromium give more (median 100 mcg). Per day at the most servings: 54 mcg.

White Kidney Bean extractas SoyWhite Kidney Bean extract (Form: contains Soy) Genus: Phaseolus Species: vulgaris600 mgBean in Carbo Grabbers against 208 products600 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 300 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 500 mg.600 mg

Higher than 51% of 208 products listing bean (median 500 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,800 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 255187 (entered September 24, 2021), 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:

  • 90% of the 7,825 products that print an amount of chromium list more than its 18 mcg of chromium (median 100 mcg).

The NIH database records 1 to 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?

4 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
Recommended Use: Take 1-2 capsules up to three times daily before eating foods high in carbohydrates.
Warnings
Do not use if inner seal is missing or damaged.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 255187.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Capsule, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Ko Pareve (Kosher).

How many labels does Carbo Grabbers have?

3 labels are on file under this name since January 25, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 255187 (current) Entered September 24, 2021 · on the market · 60 capsules · UPC 0 99904 03070 1
  2. Label 208276 Entered October 23, 2019 · off the market June 9, 2021 · 60 capsules · UPC 0 99904 03070 1
  3. Label 4582 Entered January 25, 2012 · off the market December 29, 2016 · 60 capsules · UPC 0 99904 03070 1

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

Who makes it?

The label names Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. (manufacturer), Spanish Fork, UT. All Nature's Sunshine products.

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