Garcinia & L-Carnitine
by The Vitamin Shoppe · capsule · 180 vegetable capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 7 68536 00294 8
- DSLD label 295783
- Serving 2 vegetable capsules
- 90 servings
Garcinia & L-Carnitine by The Vitamin Shoppe lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 2 vegetable capsules, such as 200 mcg of chromium, 1,000 mg of garcinia cambogia fruit extract and 500 mg of L-carnitine L-tartrate. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on May 24, 2023.
What is in Garcinia & L-Carnitine?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 vegetable 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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chromiumas Chromax | 200 mcg | 571% | Higher than 72% of 7,825 products listing chromium (median 100 mcg). Per day at the most servings: 600 mcg. |
| Garcinia cambogia Fruit Extract70% Hydroxycitric Acid | 1,000 mg | Higher than 63% of 676 products listing garcinia (median 500 mg). Per day at the most servings: 3,000 mg. | |
| Hydroxycitric Acidstd. to 70% | 700 mg | Higher than 65% of 126 products listing hydroxycitric acid (median 500 mg). Per day at the most servings: 2,100 mg. | |
| L-Carnitine L-Tartrate | 500 mg | 38% of 1,338 products listing L-carnitine give more (median 500 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,500 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 295783 (entered May 24, 2023), 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?
The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Garcinia & L-Carnitine's, rare ingredients counting for more.
- Nature's Diet Caps + HCA with Chromium GTFDouglas Laboratories · off the market 3 shared, 78% alike
- Nature's Diet Caps +Douglas Laboratories 3 shared, 78% alike
- Super CitrimaxMBi Nutraceuticals 3 shared, 78% alike
- Nature's Diet Caps + HCA with ChromiumDouglas Laboratories 3 shared, 78% alike
- Super CitrimaxVitamin Discount Center · off the market 3 shared, 78% alike
- Garcinia Cambogia with ChromemateDaVinci Laboratories 3 shared, 78% alike
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: Take two (2) vegetable capsules three (3) times per day, 30 minutes before each meal.
- Warnings
- Warning: Consult your health care provider prior to use if you are pregnant, nursing, taking any medication or have any medical conditions.
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Tamper evident do not use if outer seal is broken or missing.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- Gluten-free Dairy-free Soy-free Nut-free
- Storage
- Store in a cool, dry place.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 295783.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Dicalcium Phosphate, Magnesium Stearate.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Quality promise tested & trusted.
How many labels does Garcinia & L-Carnitine have?
One label is on file, entered on May 24, 2023.
- Label 295783 (current) Entered May 24, 2023 · on the market · 180 vegetable capsules · UPC 7 68536 00294 8
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names The Vitamin Shoppe (distributor), Secaucus, NJ. All The Vitamin Shoppe products.