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Citracal Regular

by Bayer Citacal · tablet or pill · 150 coated tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 16500 53506 5
  • DSLD label 11999
  • Serving 1 to 2 tablets; amounts per 2 tablets

Citracal Regular by Bayer Citacal lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 2 tablets, such as 400 IU (10 mcg) of vitamin D and 500 mg of calcium, beside 1 Nutrition Facts row (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 24, 2012.

What is in Citracal Regular?

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 Regular: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 11999, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin D400 IU (10 mcg)100%Vitamin D in Citracal Regular against 14,175 products10 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 10 mcg to 25 mcg, the median 15 mcg.DV 20 mcgUL 100 mcg10 mcg

57% of 14,175 products listing vitamin D give more (median 15 mcg). Per day at the most servings: 20 mcg.

CalciumCalcium Note: elemental500 mg50%Calcium in Citracal Regular against 17,831 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg500 mg

Higher than 85% of 17,831 products listing calcium (median 115 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,000 mg.

Sodium5 mg1%Sodium in Citracal Regular against 14,514 products5 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 15 mg to 142 mg, the median 55 mg.5 mg

89% of 14,514 products listing sodium give more (median 55 mg). Per day at the most servings: 10 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 11999 (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.

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.
Warnings
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN
Do not use if printed foil seal is torn or missing.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 11999.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Calcium Citrate, Polyethylene Glycol, Croscarmellose Sodium, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Magnesium Silicate, Titanium Dioxide, Propylene Glycol Dicaprylate/Dicaprate, Oligofructose Enriched Inulin, Magnesium Stearate, Vitamin D3.

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

How many labels does Citracal Regular have?

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

  1. Label 11999 (current) Entered August 24, 2012 · on the market · 150 coated tablets · UPC 0 16500 53506 5
  2. Label 9437 Entered June 25, 2012 · on the market · 150 coated tablets · UPC 3 01780 83715 3

DSLD also links this label to: Citracal Plus (image difference, same product), Citracal Plus (package size difference, same product), Citracal Maximum (package size difference, same product), Citracal Maximum (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 (distributor), Morristown, NJ. All Bayer Citacal products.

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