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Glucosamine & Chondroitin

by NOW · capsule · 120 veg capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 03228 7
  • DSLD label 314355
  • Serving 2 veg capsules
  • 60 servings

Glucosamine & Chondroitin by NOW lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 2 veg capsules, such as 750 mg of glucosamine hydrochloride and 600 mg of chondroitin sodium sulfate, beside 2 Nutrition Facts rows (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 22, 2024.

What is in Glucosamine & Chondroitin?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 veg 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 314355, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories5 Calories
Total Carbohydrates1 g1%Carbohydrate in Glucosamine & Chondroitin against 21,979 products1 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 6 g, the median 3 g.1 g

74% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate give more (median 3 g). Per day at the most servings: 2 g.

Sodium55 ng2%

This amount is far outside what other labels list for sodium, or disagrees with the label's own %DV: possibly a unit or transcription slip in the database. Check the label image on DSLD.

Glucosamine Hydrochloride750 mgGlucosamine Hydrochloride in Glucosamine & Chondroitin against 628 products0.75 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.75 g to 1.5 g, the median 1.5 g.0.75 g

68% of 628 products listing glucosamine hydrochloride give more (median 1.5 g). Per day at the most servings: 1.5 g.

Chondroitin Sodium Sulfateas Bovine Cartilage600 mgChondroitin Sulfate in Glucosamine & Chondroitin against 950 products600 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 200 mg to 1,200 mg, the median 400 mg.600 mg

Higher than 58% of 950 products listing chondroitin sulfate (median 400 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,200 mg.

Trace Mineral Concentrateas Alfalfa200 mg

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 314355 (entered August 22, 2024), 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 2 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.

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 Usage: Take 2 capsules twice daily.
Warnings
Caution: Persons with a known allergy to shellfish should not use this product.
For adults only.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Keep out of reach of children.
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, corn, milk, egg, fish, tree nut or sesame ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Contains shellfish (crab, shrimp, lobster, crayfish).
Allergens and what it does not contain
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, corn, milk, egg, fish, tree nut or sesame ingredients.
Non-GMO
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 314355.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Stearic Acid, Silicon Dioxide.

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

How many labels does Glucosamine & Chondroitin have?

13 labels are on file under this name since October 25, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 314355 (current) Entered August 22, 2024 · on the market · 120 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 03228 7
  2. Label 314356 Entered May 23, 2024 · on the market · 240 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 03229 4
  3. Label 245780 Entered April 22, 2021 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 120 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 03228 7
  4. Label 245779 Entered April 22, 2021 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 240 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 03229 4
  5. Label 57256 Entered March 24, 2016 · off the market September 22, 2023 · 240 capsules · UPC 7 33739 03229 4
  6. Label 57255 Entered March 24, 2016 · off the market September 22, 2023 · 120 capsules · UPC 7 33739 03228 7
  7. Label 55758 Entered January 25, 2016 · on the market · 60 capsules · UPC 7 33739 03227 0
  8. Label 35625 Entered July 25, 2014 · off the market December 23, 2015 · 240 capsules · UPC 7 33739 03229 4
  9. Label 35624 Entered July 25, 2014 · off the market December 23, 2015 · 120 capsules · UPC 7 33739 03228 7
  10. Label 35622 Entered July 25, 2014 · off the market November 24, 2015 · 60 capsules · UPC 7 33739 03227 0
  11. Label 14714 Entered October 25, 2012 · off the market January 8, 2014 · 240 capsules · UPC 7 33739 03229 4
  12. Label 14713 Entered October 25, 2012 · off the market January 8, 2014 · 120 capsules · UPC 7 33739 03228 7
  13. Label 14711 Entered October 25, 2012 · off the market January 8, 2014 · 60 capsules · UPC 7 33739 03227 0

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

Who makes it?

The label names NOW FOODS (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW products.

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