Glucosamine 500 mg
by The Vitamin Shoppe · tablet or pill · 60 tablets
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 7 66536 01965 6
- DSLD label 32554
- Serving 1 tablet
Glucosamine 500 mg by The Vitamin Shoppe lists one ingredient: 500 mg of regenasure D-glucosamine HCl per serving of 1 tablet. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on April 25, 2014.
What is in Glucosamine 500 mg?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 tablet. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regenasure D-Glucosamine HCl | 500 mg | 80% of 628 products listing glucosamine hydrochloride give more (median 1.5 g). Per day at the most servings: 1.5 g. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 32554 (entered April 25, 2014), 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 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?
6 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- Chewable Glucosamine Natural Orange And Honey-Lemon FlavourQuest · off the market same ingredients
- Joint Decision Pure Glucosamine HClLife Priority · off the market same ingredients
- Vegetarian Glucosamine 500 mgSwanson Ultra · off the market same ingredients
- Glucosamine 500 mgNature's Way same ingredients
- Formula 582DC same ingredients
- Glucosamine Hydrochloride 500 mgWonder Laboratories same ingredients
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 one (1) tablet three (3) times daily, preferably with meals.
- Warnings
- Consult your physician prior to use if you are diabetic.
- KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.
- TAMPER EVIDENT Do not use if outer seal is broken or missing.
- WARNING: Do not take if you are pregnant or nursing.
- Not to be taken by children.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- vegetarian source and shellfish free
- gluten free dairy free soy free nut free
- Does not contain: Yeast, Wheat, Gluten, Sugar, Salt, Soy, Dairy, Citrus, Fish, Animal Derivatives, Preservatives, Artificial Colors or Flavors.
- Storage
- STORE IN A COOL, DRY PLACE.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 32554.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Dicalcium Phosphate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Stearic Acid, Croscarmellose Sodium, Magnesium Stearate, purified Water, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Polyethylene Glycol.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): V SUITABLE FOR MOST VEGETARIANS.
How many labels does Glucosamine 500 mg have?
One label is on file, entered on April 25, 2014.
- Label 32554 (current) Entered April 25, 2014 · on the market · 60 tablets · UPC 7 66536 01965 6
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. (distributor), Secaucus, NJ. All The Vitamin Shoppe products.