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Defense Assorted Citrus

by Halls · lozenge · 14 drops

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 3 12546 00045 2
  • DSLD label 275976
  • Serving 1 drop (ages 5-13); amounts per 2 drops
  • 7 servings

Defense Assorted Citrus by Halls lists one ingredient: 135 mg of vitamin C per serving of 2 drops. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 23, 2022.

What is in Defense Assorted Citrus?

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

Defense Assorted Citrus: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 275976, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories25 Calories
Total Carbohydrates6 g2%Carbohydrate in Defense Assorted Citrus against 21,979 products6 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 6 g, the median 3 g.6 g

Higher than 73% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate (median 3 g). Per day at the most servings: 12 g.

Sugar4 gSugar in Defense Assorted Citrus against 11,807 products4 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 4 g, the median 2 g.4 g

Higher than 68% of 11,807 products listing sugar (median 2 g). Per day at the most servings: 8 g.

Vitamin C135 mg225%Vitamin C in Defense Assorted Citrus against 18,583 products135 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 270 mg, the median 100 mg.DV 90 mgUL 2,000 mg135 mg

Higher than 57% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 270 mg.

Sodium20 mg1%Sodium in Defense Assorted Citrus against 14,514 products20 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 15 mg to 142 mg, the median 55 mg.20 mg

67% of 14,514 products listing sodium give more (median 55 mg). Per day at the most servings: 40 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 275976 (entered August 23, 2022), 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 1 to 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
Suggested Use: As a dietary supplement take one (1) serving. For ages 5-13, do not exceed two (2) servings per day. For ages 14 and over, do not exceed six (6) servings per day.
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children.
If you are pregnant, nursing or taking any medications, consult your doctor before use.
Choking Warning: Not for children under 4. www.MDLZKidsSafe.com
Contains: Soy.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 275976.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Glucose Syrup, Sugar, Sodium Ascorbate, Citric Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Natural flavor, Beta-Carotene, Soy Lecithin, Red 40.

How many labels does Defense Assorted Citrus have?

3 labels are on file under this name since March 23, 2018: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 275976 (current) Entered August 23, 2022 · on the market · 14 drops · UPC 3 12546 00045 2
  2. Label 180036 Entered August 31, 2018 · on the market · 30 drops · UPC 3 12546 62754
  3. Label 174982 Entered March 23, 2018 · on the market · 30 drops

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

Who makes it?

The label names Mondelez Global LLC (distributor), East Hanover, NJ. All Halls products.

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