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Glucosamine Chondroitin

by Trader Joe's · tablet or pill · 90 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0056 3529
  • DSLD label 277467
  • Serving 3 tablets
  • 30 servings

Glucosamine Chondroitin by Trader Joe's lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 3 tablets, such as 1,500 mg of glucosamine and 1,200 mg of chrondroitin sulfate, beside 2 Nutrition Facts rows (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on September 22, 2022.

What is in Glucosamine Chondroitin?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 3 tablets. 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 Chondroitin: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 277467, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories15 Calories
Sodium150 mg6%Sodium in Glucosamine Chondroitin against 14,514 products150 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 15 mg to 142 mg, the median 55 mg.150 mg

Higher than 75% of 14,514 products listing sodium (median 55 mg).

Total Carbohydrates3 g1%Carbohydrate in Glucosamine Chondroitin against 21,979 products3 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 6 g, the median 3 g.3 g

47% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate give more (median 3 g).

Glucosamineas D-Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Shellfish1,500 mgGlucosamine (unspecified) in Glucosamine Chondroitin against 117 products1,500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 500 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 750 mg.1,500 mg

Higher than 82% of 117 products listing glucosamine (unspecified) (median 750 mg).

Chrondroitin SulfateBovine or Chicken Source1,200 mgChondroitin Sulfate in Glucosamine Chondroitin against 950 products1,200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 200 mg to 1,200 mg, the median 400 mg.1,200 mg

Higher than 74% of 950 products listing chondroitin sulfate (median 400 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 277467 (entered September 22, 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 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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Glucosamine Chondroitin's, rare ingredients counting for more.

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 Use: Take three tablets one time a day at breakfast.
Warnings
Contains crab, shrimp.
People with medical concerns should check with their physician before using this or any dietary supplement.
Keep out of reach of children.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 277467.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hydroxypropyl Methycellulose, Pectin, Sodium Carbonate, Hydroxypropyl Cellulose, Magnesium Stearate, Stearic Acid.

How many labels does Glucosamine Chondroitin have?

One label is on file, entered on September 22, 2022.

  1. Label 277467 (current) Entered September 22, 2022 · on the market · 90 tablets · UPC 0056 3529

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

Who makes it?

The label names Trader Joe's (distributor), Monrovia, CA. All Trader Joe's products.

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