Citracal Petites

by Bayer Citacal · tablet or pill · 50 Pouch(es)

On the market (NIH)
DSLD label 9625
Serving 1 to 2 tablets; amounts per 2 tablets

Citracal Petites by Bayer Citacal lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 2 tablets, such as 500 IU (12.5 mcg) of vitamin D and 400 mg of calcium. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 24, 2012.

What is in Citracal Petites?

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

Citracal Petites: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 9625, January 2026 release)
Ingredient	Amount	% DV	Among products listing it
Vitamin D	500 IU (12.5 mcg)	125%	53% of 14,175 products listing vitamin D give more (median 15 mcg). Per day at the most servings: 25 mcg.
CalciumCalcium Note: elemental	400 mg	40%	Higher than 82% of 17,831 products listing calcium (median 115 mg). Per day at the most servings: 800 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 9625 (entered August 24, 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 2 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?

6 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.

Calcium Citrate + Vitamin D3 MiniaturesVitamin World same ingredients
Calcium Citrate Petites +D321st Century · off the market same ingredients
Calcium Citrate Petite Plus D3Comparables by Windmill same ingredients
Calcium Citrate + D3 PetitesWell At Walgreens same ingredients
Calcium Citrate Petite with Vitamin DReliable-1 Laboratories same ingredients
Citrus Calcium with Vitamin DRugby same ingredients

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 1 to 2 tablets two times daily or as recommended by your physician, pharmacist or health professional. For breast health support, take two tablets twice daily.
Warnings: If pregnant or breast-feeding, ask a health professional before use.; KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN; Do not use if pouch is torn or open.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 9625.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Calcium Citrate, Polyethylene Glycol, Croscarmellose Sodium, Polyvinyl Alcohol, Titanium Dioxide, Magnesium Silicate, Magnesium Stearate, Vitamin D3.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): friend of the National Osteoporosis Foundation(TM); BAYER BAYER.

How many labels does Citracal Petites have?

2 labels are on file under this name since August 24, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

Label 12002 Entered August 24, 2012 · off the market June 26, 2013 · 100 coated tablets
Label 9625 (current) Entered August 24, 2012 · on the market · 50 Pouch(es)

DSLD also links this label to: Citracal Petites (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 Bayer HealthCare LLC Consumer Care (distributor), Morristown, NJ. All Bayer Citacal products.