Copper Glycinate 3 mg

by NOW · tablet or pill · 120 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 01433 7
  • DSLD label 314116
  • Serving 1 tablet
  • 120 servings

Copper Glycinate 3 mg by NOW lists 12 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 3 mg of copper; 10 sit inside a blend without their own amounts. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 20, 2024.

What is in Copper Glycinate 3 mg?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 tablet. 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).

Copper Glycinate 3 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 314116, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Copperelemental3 mg333%Copper in Copper Glycinate 3 mg against 6,468 products3 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 mg to 2 mg, the median 1 mg.DV 0.9 mgUL 10 mg3 mg

Higher than 96% of 6,468 products listing copper (median 1 mg).

Albion Copper Bisglycinate30 mg
Organic Fruit & Veggie Blendorganic blend of50 mg
Cauliflowerorganicin the blend, no amount given
Spinachorganicin the blend, no amount given
Carrotorganicin the blend, no amount given
Beetorganicin the blend, no amount given
Tomatoorganicin the blend, no amount given
Blueberryorganicin the blend, no amount given
Cranberryorganicin the blend, no amount given
Cherryorganicin the blend, no amount given
Raspberryorganicin the blend, no amount given
Strawberryin the blend, no amount given

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 314116 (entered June 20, 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?

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 3 mg of copper is higher than 96% of the 6,468 copper products that print an amount; 110 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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Copper Glycinate 3 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
Suggested Usage: Take 1 tablet daily with a meal.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only. Keep out of reach of children.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients.
Non-GMO
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 314116.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Maltodextrin, Citric Acid, Stearic Acid, Silicon Dioxide, Ascorbyl Palmitate.

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

How many labels does Copper Glycinate 3 mg have?

2 labels are on file under this name since June 22, 2023: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 314116 (current) Entered June 20, 2024 · on the market · 120 tablets · UPC 7 33739 01433 7
  2. Label 292046 Entered June 22, 2023 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 120 tablets · UPC 7 33739 01433 7

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

Who makes it?

The label names NOW Foods (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW products.

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