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Dextrose Powder

by NOW Sports · powder · 10 pounds

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 06924 5
  • DSLD label 335342
  • Serving 20 to 40 g (2 level tablespoons (approx. 20 g)); amounts per 20 g
  • 227 servings

Dextrose Powder by NOW Sports lists one ingredient: 20 g of dextrose, powder per serving of 20 g. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on September 25, 2025.

What is in Dextrose Powder?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 20 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).

Dextrose Powder: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 335342, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories70 Calories
Total Carbohydrates18 g7%Carbohydrate in Dextrose Powder against 21,979 products18 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 6 g, the median 3 g.18 g

Higher than 94% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate (median 3 g).

Total Sugars18 gSugar in Dextrose Powder against 11,807 products18 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 4 g, the median 2 g.18 g

Higher than 97% of 11,807 products listing sugar (median 2 g).

Added Sugars18 g36%
Dextrose, Powder20 gGlucose in Dextrose Powder against 47 products20 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1.13 g to 13.04 g, the median 5 g.20 g

Higher than 81% of 47 products listing glucose (median 5 g).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 335342 (entered September 25, 2025), 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?

5 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: Mix 2 level tablespoons of dextrose powder in 16 oz. of water or juice. Consume before, during and after intense exercise for best results. Double this recipe if engaging in prolonged exertion of 2 hours or more.
Dextrose can be consumed before, during, and after the most intense training sessions.
Warnings
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Caution: For adults only. Keep out of reach of children.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition, including diabetes.
Allergens and what it does not contain
No aspartame No Sucralose No Acesulfame-K No artificial Sweeteners Non-GMO
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients.
Storage
This product is sold by weight not volume Store in a cool, dry, dark place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 335342.

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): Halal GMP Quality Assured; Informed Sport We Test - Your Trust Steroid Tested Triangle K (Kosher). 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 Dextrose Powder have?

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

  1. Label 335342 (current) Entered September 25, 2025 · on the market · 10 pounds · UPC 7 33739 06924 5
  2. Label 206242 Entered August 23, 2019 · on the market · 10 lbs · UPC 7 33739 06924 5
  3. Label 72846 Entered April 25, 2017 · off the market December 6, 2018 · 10 lbs · UPC 7 33739 06924 5
  4. Label 49533 Entered August 25, 2015 · off the market March 7, 2017 · 10 lbs · UPC 7 33739 06924 5
  5. Label 14366 Entered October 25, 2012 · off the market June 30, 2015 · 10 lbs · UPC 7 33739 06924 5

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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