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Glucosamine Chondroitin Complex

by Whole Foods · capsule · 60 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 99482 42260 8
  • DSLD label 26526
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 30 servings

Glucosamine Chondroitin Complex by Whole Foods lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 750 mg of glucosamine sulfate and 600 mg of chondroitin sulfate. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on October 25, 2013.

What is in Glucosamine Chondroitin Complex?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 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 Complex: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 26526, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Glucosamine Sulfate750 mgGlucosamine Sulfate in Glucosamine Chondroitin Complex against 875 products0.75 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 1.5 g, the median 1 g.0.75 g

53% of 875 products listing glucosamine sulfate give more (median 1 g). Per day at the most servings: 1.5 g.

Chondroitin Sulfate600 mgChondroitin Sulfate in Glucosamine Chondroitin Complex 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.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 26526 (entered October 25, 2013), 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 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
DIRECTIONS: TAKE 2 CAPSULES TWICE DAILY WITH FOOD.
Warnings
ALLERGEN INFORMATION: CONTAINS SHELLFISH (SHRIMP, CRAB) INGREDIENTS. GOOD MANUFACTURING PRACTICES USED TO SEGREGATE INGREDIENTS IN A FACILITY THAT ALSO PROCESSES TREE NUTS, MILK, EGG, FISH, WHEAT AND SOY INGREDIENTS.
DO NOT TAKE THIS PRODUCT IF YOU ARE ALLERGIC TO SHELLFISH.
NOTE: IF YOU ARE A DIABETIC, PREGNANT OR LACTATING, CONSULT YOUR HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONER BEFORE USING THIS PRODUCT.
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.
Tamper evident; use only if seal is intact.
Allergens and what it does not contain
CONTAINS NO ARTIFICIAL COLORS, FLAVORS OR PRESERVATIVES.
Storage
STORE IN A COOL, DRY PLACE.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 26526.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: RICE FLOUR, Gelatin, Silicon Dioxide, MAGNESIUM STEARATE.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): 100% PCR Post Consumer Recycled Bottle; (Q) WHOLE FOODS MARKET QUALITY STANDARDS.

How many labels does Glucosamine Chondroitin Complex have?

One label is on file, entered on October 25, 2013.

  1. Label 26526 (current) Entered October 25, 2013 · on the market · 60 capsules · UPC 0 99482 42260 8

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

Who makes it?

The label names Whole Foods Market (distributor), Austin, TX. All Whole Foods products.

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