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Glucosamine & Chondroitin

by Carlson · tablet or pill · 90 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 88395 45020 4
  • DSLD label 216202
  • Serving 3 tablets
  • 30 servings

Glucosamine & Chondroitin by Carlson lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 3 tablets, such as 250 mg of potassium, 1.5 g of chondroitin sulfate, 1.5 g of glucosamine sulfate and 300 mg of MSM. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on March 24, 2020.

What is in Glucosamine & Chondroitin?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 3 tablets. 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).

Glucosamine & Chondroitin: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 216202, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Potassiumas Glucosamine SulfatePotassium (Form: from Glucosamine Sulfate)250 mg5%Potassium in Glucosamine & Chondroitin against 11,614 products250 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 190 mg, the median 99 mg.DV 4,700 mg250 mg

Higher than 85% of 11,614 products listing potassium (median 99 mg).

Chondroitin Sulfate1.5 gChondroitin Sulfate in Glucosamine & Chondroitin against 950 products1,500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 200 mg to 1,200 mg, the median 400 mg.1,500 mg

Higher than 99% of 950 products listing chondroitin sulfate (median 400 mg).

Glucosamine Sulfateas Crab, Glucosamine Sulfate Potassium Chloride, ShrimpGlucosamine Sulfate (Form: as Glucosamine Sulfate Potassium Chloride, contains Crab, and Shrimp)1.5 gGlucosamine Sulfate in Glucosamine & Chondroitin against 875 products1.5 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 1.5 g, the median 1 g.1.5 g

Higher than 64% of 875 products listing glucosamine sulfate (median 1 g).

MSM300 mgMethylsulfonylmethane in Glucosamine & Chondroitin against 1,454 products300 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 150 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 500 mg.300 mg

56% of 1,454 products listing methylsulfonylmethane give more (median 500 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 216202 (entered March 24, 2020), 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:

  • Its 1,500 mg of chondroitin sulfate is higher than 99% of the 950 chondroitin sulfate products that print an amount; 4 list more.

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?

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
Directions: Adults: take three tablets daily at mealtime.
Warnings
Contains crab and shrimp.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Gluten-free No artificial preservatives
Storage
Keep bottle tightly closed. Store away from heat and moisture.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 216202.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Stearic Acid, Ethylcellulose, Croscarmellose Sodium, Pharmaceutical Glaze, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide.

How many labels does Glucosamine & Chondroitin have?

2 labels are on file under this name since March 24, 2020: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 216202 (current) Entered March 24, 2020 · on the market · 90 tablets · UPC 0 88395 45020 4
  2. Label 216195 Entered March 24, 2020 · on the market · 45 tablets · UPC 0 88395 45010 5

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

Who makes it?

The label names Carlson Division of J.R. Carlson Laboratories, Inc. (distributor), Arlington Heights, IL. All Carlson products.

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