PlainVitamins

Joint Support

by Doctor's Best · capsule · 60 veggie caps

  • Off the market since June 2019 (NIH)
  • UPC 7 53950 00409 2
  • DSLD label 82309
  • Serving 1 veggie capsule
  • 60 servings

Joint Support by Doctor's Best lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 1 veggie capsule, such as 40 mg of UC-II standardized cartilage and 500 mg of curcumin C3 complex. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 25, 2018.

What is in Joint Support?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 veggie capsule. 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).

Joint Support: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 82309, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
UC-II standardized Cartilage40 mgCartilage in Joint Support against 199 products40 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 40 mg to 750 mg, the median 100 mg.40 mg

57% of 199 products listing cartilage give more (median 100 mg).

Total Collagen10 mgCollagen in Joint Support against 1,008 products0.01 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.1 g to 4.2 g, the median 1 g.0.01 g

90% of 1,008 products listing collagen give more (median 1 g).

Curcumin C3 Complexas Turmeric500 mgTurmeric in Joint Support against 2,369 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 500 mg, the median 150 mg.500 mg

Higher than 72% of 2,369 products listing turmeric (median 150 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 82309 (entered January 25, 2018), 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:

  • 57% of the 199 products that print an amount of cartilage list more than its 40 mg of UC-II standardized cartilage (filed by NIH under cartilage) (median 100 mg).
  • 90% of the 1,008 products that print an amount of collagen list more than its 0.01 g of total collagen (filed by NIH under collagen) (median 1 g).

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?

1 product lists 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 1 capsule daily with food, preferably in the evening before bedtime, or as recommended by a nutritionally-informed physician.
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 82309.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Modified Cellulose, Rice powder, Magnesium Stearate, Potassium Chloride.

How many labels does Joint Support have?

One label is on file, entered on January 25, 2018.

  1. Label 82309 (current) Entered January 25, 2018 · off the market June 30, 2019 · 60 veggie caps · UPC 7 53950 00409 2

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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