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Citicoline 250 mg

by Vital Nutrients · capsule · 60 vegetarian capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 6 93465 48511 8
  • DSLD label 304965
  • Serving 1 to 2 capsules; amounts per 2 capsules
  • 30 servings

Citicoline 250 mg by Vital Nutrients lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 160 mg of vitamin C and 500 mg of citicoline. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 24, 2024.

What is in Citicoline 250 mg?

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).

Citicoline 250 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 304965, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin C160 mg178%Vitamin C in Citicoline 250 mg against 18,583 products160 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 270 mg, the median 100 mg.DV 90 mgUL 2,000 mg160 mg

Higher than 61% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg).

Citicolineas CDP-Choline500 mgCiticoline in Citicoline 250 mg against 206 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 125 mg to 250 mg, the median 250 mg.500 mg

Higher than 85% of 206 products listing citicoline (median 250 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 304965 (entered January 24, 2024), 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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Citicoline 250 mg'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
Recommendations: 1 or 2 capsules daily, or as directed by your healthcare professional.
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children
Use only if safety seal is intact
Warning: If pregnant, consult your physician before taking.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Excludes coatings, binders, gluten (wheat, rye, barley), milk/dairy (casein, whey), soy protein, egg protein, sugar. Verified by independent testing
Storage
Store sealed in a cool dry place

Source: label statements in DSLD label 304965.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Cellulose, Leucine, Ascorbyl Palmitate.

How many labels does Citicoline 250 mg have?

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

  1. Label 304965 (current) Entered January 24, 2024 · on the market · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 48511 8
  2. Label 223227 Entered June 24, 2020 · off the market December 7, 2022 · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 48511 8
  3. Label 207487 Entered September 24, 2019 · off the market May 15, 2020 · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 48511 8
  4. Label 182196 Entered October 25, 2018 · off the market April 5, 2019 · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 48511 8

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

Who makes it?

The label names Vital Nutrients (manufacturer), Middleton, CT. All Vital Nutrients products.

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