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Glucosamine Sulfate

by Doctor's Best · capsule · 180 capsules

  • Off the market since May 2016 (NIH)
  • UPC 7 53950 00086 5
  • DSLD label 62094
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 90 servings

Glucosamine Sulfate by Doctor's Best lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 168 mg of chloride, 184 mg of potassium and 1,500 mg of glucosamine sulfate 2KCl. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 24, 2016.

What is in Glucosamine Sulfate?

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

Glucosamine Sulfate: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 62094, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Chlorideas Glucosamine Sulfate 2KClChloride (Form: from Glucosamine Sulfate 2KCl)168 mg4%Chloride in Glucosamine Sulfate against 1,476 products168 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 183.5 mg, the median 75 mg.DV 2,300 mgUL 3,600 mg168 mg

Higher than 72% of 1,476 products listing chloride (median 75 mg).

Potassiumas Glucosamine Sulfate 2KClPotassium (Form: from Glucosamine Sulfate 2KCl)184 mg6%Potassium in Glucosamine Sulfate against 11,614 products184 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 190 mg, the median 99 mg.DV 4,700 mg184 mg

Higher than 74% of 11,614 products listing potassium (median 99 mg).

Glucosamine Sulfate 2KCl1,500 mgGlucosamine Sulfate in Glucosamine Sulfate against 875 products1.5 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 1.5 g, the median 1 g.1.5 g

Higher than 64% of 875 products listing glucosamine sulfate (median 1 g).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 62094 (entered June 24, 2016), 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?

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 Adult Use: Take 2 capsules daily, with or without food, or as recommended by a nutritionally-informed physician.
Warnings
Contains shellfish (crab, shrimp, lobster, crayfish)
Allergens and what it does not contain
Non-GMO / Gluten Free / Soy Free
Storage
Store in a cool dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 62094.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Rice Flour, Gelatin, Magnesium Stearate, Stearic Acid, Silicon Dioxide.

How many labels does Glucosamine Sulfate have?

One label is on file, entered on June 24, 2016.

  1. Label 62094 (current) Entered June 24, 2016 · off the market May 2, 2016 · 180 capsules · UPC 7 53950 00086 5

DSLD also links this label to: Best Glucosamine Sulfate (image difference, same product), Best Glucosamine Sulfate (image difference, same product), Glucosamine Sulfate 750 mg (image difference, same product), Glucosamine Sulfate 750 mg (image difference, same product), Glucosamine Sulfate 750 mg (image difference, same product), Glucosamine Sulfate 750 mg (image 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 Doctor's Best, Inc. (distributor), California. All Doctor's Best products.

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