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Glucosamine Chondroitin

by Bluebonnet · capsule · 60 vegetable capsules

  • Off the market since August 2023 (NIH)
  • UPC 7 43715 01109 0
  • DSLD label 268364
  • Serving 3 capsules
  • 20 servings

Glucosamine Chondroitin by Bluebonnet lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 3 capsules, such as 1,500 mg of glucosamine sulfate and 1,200 mg of chondroitin sulfate. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 16, 2022.

What is in Glucosamine Chondroitin?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 3 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).

Glucosamine Chondroitin: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 268364, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Glucosamine Sulfateas Crustacean Shellfish1,500 mgGlucosamine Sulfate in Glucosamine Chondroitin against 875 products1.5 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 1.5 g, the median 1 g.1.5 g

Higher than 64% of 875 products listing glucosamine sulfate (median 1 g).

Chondroitin Sulfate1,200 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 268364 (entered June 16, 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?

6 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 three capsules daily or as directed by a healthcare practitioner.
Warnings
Contains: Crustacean shellfish (crab, lobster, shrimp)
Caution: For adults only.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Keep out of reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Free of milk, egg, fish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soybeans. Also free of corn, yeast, gluten, barley, rice and sugar.
Made with Non GMO ingredients
Gluten free

Source: label statements in DSLD label 268364.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Kosher Vegetable Capsules, Vegetable Magnesium Stearate.

How many labels does Glucosamine Chondroitin have?

3 labels are on file under this name since July 25, 2018: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 268364 (current) Entered June 16, 2022 · off the market August 22, 2023 · 60 vegetable capsules · UPC 7 43715 01109 0
  2. Label 179129 Entered July 25, 2018 · off the market August 22, 2023 · 120 vegetable capsules · UPC 7 43715 01110 6
  3. Label 179128 Entered July 25, 2018 · off the market December 17, 2021 · 60 vegetable capsules · UPC 7 43715 01109 0

DSLD also links this label to: Damiana Leaves (image difference, same product), Damiana Leaves (image difference, same product), Damiana Leaves (image difference, same product), Damiana Leaves 800 mg (image difference, same product), Glucosamine Chondroitin Sulfate (image difference, same product), Damiana Leaves 600 mg (image difference, same product).

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

Who makes it?

The label names Bluebonnet Nutrition Corporation (manufacturer), Sugar Land, TX. All Bluebonnet products.

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