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D-Ribose Powder 5000 mg

by NOW Sports · powder · 8 ounces

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 02147 2
  • DSLD label 314365
  • Serving 5 g (1 1/2 level teaspoons)
  • 45 servings

D-Ribose Powder 5000 mg by NOW Sports lists one ingredient: 5 g of bioenergy ribose per serving of 5 g. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 22, 2024.

What is in D-Ribose Powder 5000 mg?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 5 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).

D-Ribose Powder 5000 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 314365, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories20 Calories
Total Carbohydrates5 g2%Carbohydrate in D-Ribose Powder 5000 mg against 21,979 products5 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 6 g, the median 3 g.5 g

Higher than 65% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate (median 3 g).

Total Sugars5 gSugar in D-Ribose Powder 5000 mg against 11,807 products5 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 4 g, the median 2 g.5 g

Higher than 78% of 11,807 products listing sugar (median 2 g).

Bioenergy Riboseas D-Ribose, Powder5,000 mg5 gRibose in D-Ribose Powder 5000 mg against 199 products5 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 5 g, the median 2 g.5 g

Higher than 72% of 199 products listing ribose (median 2 g).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 314365 (entered August 22, 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?

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
Suggested usage: Take 1 1/2 level teaspoons daily, prior to exercise.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Keep out of reach of children.
Do not eat freshness packet enclosed.
Not manufactured with yeast, 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
Steroid free Non GMO Project Verified nongmoproject.org
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry, dark place after opening.
This product is sold by weight not volume.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 314365.

What else is on the label?

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): GMP Quality Assured Crescent H (Halal); Informed Sport We Test - You Trust Triangle K (Kosher) Non GMO Project Verified nongmoproject.org. Listed with: Informed Sport or Informed Choice (a seal is the label's claim; the certifier's own list confirms it).

How many labels does D-Ribose Powder 5000 mg have?

7 labels are on file under this name since July 24, 2019: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 314365 (current) Entered August 22, 2024 · on the market · 8 ounces · UPC 7 33739 02147 2
  2. Label 314364 Entered August 22, 2024 · on the market · 1 lb · UPC 7 33739 02137 3
  3. Label 245434 Entered February 25, 2021 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 8 ounces
  4. Label 245386 Entered February 25, 2021 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 1 lb · UPC 7 33739 02137 3
  5. Label 205381 Entered July 24, 2019 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 8 oz. · UPC 7 33739 02147 2
  6. Label 205380 Entered July 24, 2019 · on the market · 4 oz. · UPC 7 33739 02146 5
  7. Label 205344 Entered July 24, 2019 · off the market August 28, 2023 · 1 lb · UPC 7 33739 02137 3

DSLD also links this label to: D-Ribose Powder (image difference, same product), D-Ribose Powder (package size difference, same product), D-Ribose Powder (package size difference, same product), D-Ribose Powder (image difference, same product), D-Ribose Powder (package size difference, same product), D-Ribose Powder (package size difference, same product), D-Ribose Powder (image difference, same product), D-Ribose Powder (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 NOW Foods (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW Sports products.

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