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Formula 244

by DC · capsule · 90 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • DSLD label 266504
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 90 servings

Formula 244 by DC lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 500 mg of bee propolis extract and 100 mg of royal jelly. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on February 23, 2022.

What is in Formula 244?

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

Formula 244: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 266504, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Bee Propolis extractBee Propolis extract Note: equivalent to Bee Propolis500 mgPropolis in Formula 244 against 260 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 400 mg, the median 150 mg.500 mg

Higher than 77% of 260 products listing propolis (median 150 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,500 mg.

Royal Jelly100 mgRoyal Jelly in Formula 244 against 242 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 20 mg to 472.5 mg, the median 100 mg.100 mg

46% of 242 products listing royal jelly give more (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 300 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 266504 (entered February 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 3 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?

4 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
Directions: As a dietary supplement, take 1 capsule three times daily.
Warnings
Tamper Evident: Do not use this product if imprinted foil seal under cap is broken or missing.
Keep out of reach of children.
Caution: If you are pregnant, nursing or allergic to bee products do not take this product.
Storage
Keep tightly closed. Store at room temperature: 59 degrees - 86 degrees F (15 degrees to 30 degrees C).

Source: label statements in DSLD label 266504.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Vegetable Cellulose, Gelatin, Silica, Vegetable Magnesium Stearate.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Quali Pure.

How many labels does Formula 244 have?

4 labels are on file under this name since February 25, 2021: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 266504 (current) Entered February 23, 2022 · on the market · 90 capsules
  2. Label 266502 Entered February 23, 2022 · on the market · 90 capsules
  3. Label 266498 Entered February 23, 2022 · on the market · 30 capsules
  4. Label 244668 Entered February 25, 2021 · on the market · N/A

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

Who makes it?

The label names Dee Cee Laboratories, Inc. (manufacturer), White House, TN. All DC products.

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