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CytoGainer Vanilla Shake

by CytoSport · powder · 3.31 lb

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 6 60726 22050 4
  • DSLD label 3092
  • Serving 150 g (4 scoops)
  • 10 servings

CytoGainer Vanilla Shake by CytoSport lists 21 ingredients, 1 with an amount per serving of 150 g, such as 540 mg of potassium; 20 sit inside a blend without their own amounts, beside 9 Nutrition Facts rows (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on December 23, 2011.

What is in CytoGainer Vanilla Shake?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 150 g. 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).

CytoGainer Vanilla Shake: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 3092, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories870 Calories
Calories from Fat135 Calories
Total Fat5 g22%Fat (unspecified) in CytoGainer Vanilla Shake against 11,965 products5 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 2.5 g, the median 1.5 g.5 g

Higher than 89% of 11,965 products listing fat (unspecified) (median 1.5 g). Per day at the most servings: 15 g.

Saturated Fat2.5 g34%Saturated fat in CytoGainer Vanilla Shake against 5,234 products2.5 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 1.5 g, the median 1 g.2.5 g

Higher than 83% of 5,234 products listing saturated fat (median 1 g). Per day at the most servings: 7.5 g.

Trans Fat0 g
Cholesterol150 mg67%Cholesterol in CytoGainer Vanilla Shake against 5,275 products150 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 5 mg to 45 mg, the median 15 mg.150 mg

Higher than 98% of 5,275 products listing cholesterol (median 15 mg). Per day at the most servings: 450 mg.

Sodium230 mg21%Sodium in CytoGainer Vanilla Shake against 14,514 products230 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 15 mg to 142 mg, the median 55 mg.230 mg

Higher than 86% of 14,514 products listing sodium (median 55 mg). Per day at the most servings: 690 mg.

Potassium540 mg36%Potassium in CytoGainer Vanilla Shake against 11,614 products540 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 190 mg, the median 99 mg.DV 4,700 mg540 mg

Higher than 96% of 11,614 products listing potassium (median 99 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,620 mg.

Total Carbohydrates79 g36%Carbohydrate in CytoGainer Vanilla Shake against 21,979 products79 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 6 g, the median 3 g.79 g

Higher than 99% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate (median 3 g). Per day at the most servings: 237 g.

Dietary Fiber1 g2%Fiber in CytoGainer Vanilla Shake against 6,987 products1 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 4 g, the median 2 g.1 g

56% of 6,987 products listing fiber give more (median 2 g). Per day at the most servings: 3 g.

Sugar6 gSugar in CytoGainer Vanilla Shake against 11,807 products6 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 4 g, the median 2 g.6 g

Higher than 84% of 11,807 products listing sugar (median 2 g). Per day at the most servings: 18 g.

Protein54 g124%Protein in CytoGainer Vanilla Shake against 8,985 products54 g per serving; the middle half of products list 2 g to 24 g, the median 16 g.54 g

Higher than 98% of 8,985 products listing protein (median 16 g). Per day at the most servings: 162 g.

Vitamin Ano amount given52%
Vitamin Cno amount given45%
Vitamin Dno amount given85%
Vitamin Eno amount given33%
Thiamineno amount given48%
Riboflavinno amount given95%
Niacinno amount given33%
Vitamin B6no amount given45%
Folic Acidno amount given33%
Vitamin B12no amount given62%
Biotinno amount given33%
Pantothenic Acidno amount given45%
Calciumno amount given100%
Ironno amount given33%
Phosphorusno amount given85%
Iodineno amount given33%
Magnesiumno amount given52%
Zincno amount given46%
Copperno amount given33%
Chromiumno amount given83%

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 3092 (entered December 23, 2011), 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 540 mg of potassium is higher than 96% of the 11,614 potassium products that print an amount; 479 list more.

The NIH database records 3 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?

2 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
Use CytoGainer three times a day The optimal time for a serving of CytoGainer is 30-45 minutes immediately after your workout. This timing is critical because your muscles absorb approximately 80% of the amino and carbs necessary to help them grow during the two hour period immediately following exercise. CytoGainer supplies the right kinds of complex carbs in the optimum amounts to encourage your metabolism to convert the utilize stored body fat. For additional carbs, protein, and energy take CytoGainer as a snack or meal replacement multiple times throughout the day. A final serving just before bed will provide the fuels for growth and recovery while you sleep. You won't believe how delicious, satisfying, and instantly soluble CytoGainer is in milk or water! You really can use a shaker or stir it in a glass.
Directions For a rich, creamy shake, mix 4 scoops (150 gm) in 16 oz. of cold water (provides over 600 low fat calories). Or, for even more calories (approximately 900) mix above in 2 cups of low-fat milk. No more globs or clumps since CytoGainer mixes instantly. InstaPro instantizing process is unbelievable. Use 3 servings per day.
Warnings
Allergen Statement: This product contains ingredients derived from Milk and Soy.
Allergens and what it does not contain
CytoGainer gives you large portions of Protein and Carbohydrates, without the fat and sugar.
How about the carbs? With no simple sugars, no fructose, and no sucrose, CytoGainer's highly complexed maltodextrins from corn hybrids are specifically designed to give you a time release energy effect.
No trans fatty acids
No Sucrose, fructose, aspartame

Source: label statements in DSLD label 3092.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: CytoCarb II, CytoPro II, Creatine Monohydrate, CytoVite I, Vitamin and Mineral Premix, Cellulose Gum, Xanthan Gum, Soy Lecithin, Natural and Artificial flavors, Potassium Citrate, Carrageenan, Acesulfame Potassium, Sucralose.

How many labels does CytoGainer Vanilla Shake have?

One label is on file, entered on December 23, 2011.

  1. Label 3092 (current) Entered December 23, 2011 · on the market · 3.31 lb · UPC 6 60726 22050 4

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

Who makes it?

The label names CytoSport, Inc. (manufacturer), Benicia, CA. All CytoSport products.

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