Glucosamine Chondroitin with Manganese

by Pure Encapsulations · capsule · 360 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 66298 00405 1
  • DSLD label 299052
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 360 servings

Glucosamine Chondroitin with Manganese by Pure Encapsulations lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 2 mg of manganese, 500 mg of glucosamine hydrochloride and 400 mg of chondroitin sulfate. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on November 22, 2023.

What is in Glucosamine Chondroitin with Manganese?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 capsule. 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 with Manganese: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 299052, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Manganeseas Manganese Ascorbate2 mg87%Manganese in Glucosamine Chondroitin with Manganese against 7,016 products2 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 1 mg to 3.92 mg, the median 2 mg.DV 2.3 mgUL 11 mg2 mg

38% of 7,016 products listing manganese give more (median 2 mg). Per day at the most servings: 6 mg.

Glucosamine Hydrochlorideas Crab, Shrimp500 mgGlucosamine Hydrochloride in Glucosamine Chondroitin with Manganese against 628 products0.5 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.75 g to 1.5 g, the median 1.5 g.0.5 g

80% of 628 products listing glucosamine hydrochloride give more (median 1.5 g). Per day at the most servings: 1.5 g.

Chondroitin Sulfateas Bovine400 mgChondroitin Sulfate in Glucosamine Chondroitin with Manganese against 950 products400 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 200 mg to 1,200 mg, the median 400 mg.400 mg

48% of 950 products listing chondroitin sulfate give more (median 400 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,200 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 299052 (entered November 22, 2023), 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 to 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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Glucosamine Chondroitin with Manganese'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
Recommendations: As a dietary supplement take 1 capsule, 3 times daily, with meals, for 2-3 weeks. Maintenance dose: take 1 capsule, 2 times daily, with meals.
Warnings
Warning: If you are pregnant or lactating, have any health condition or are taking any medication, consult your health professional before use.
Do not take if you are sensitive to shellfish.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Use only if safety seal is intact.
Contains shellfish (crab, shrimp)
Allergens and what it does not contain
Certified Gluten-Free by the Gluten-Free Certification Organization, www.gluten.org
Gluten-free & Non-GMO
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 299052.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Water, Ascorbyl Palmitate.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): GFCO.org (Gluten-Free Certification Organization). Listed with: Certified gluten-free (GFCO) (a seal is the label's claim; the certifier's own list confirms it).

How many labels does Glucosamine Chondroitin with Manganese have?

6 labels are on file under this name since January 7, 2019: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 299052 (current) Entered November 22, 2023 · on the market · 360 capsules · UPC 7 66298 00405 1
  2. Label 277680 Entered March 22, 2023 · on the market · 120 capsules · UPC 7 66298 00403 7
  3. Label 218895 Entered April 23, 2020 · off the market October 22, 2018 · 360 capsules · UPC 7 66298 00405 1
  4. Label 218881 Entered April 23, 2020 · off the market November 20, 2018 · 120 capsules · UPC 7 66298 00403 7
  5. Label 184294 Entered January 7, 2019 · off the market March 22, 2022 · 120 capsules · UPC 7 66298 00403 7
  6. Label 182906 Entered January 7, 2019 · off the market July 5, 2023 · 360 capsules · UPC 7 66298 00405 1

DSLD also links this label to: Micellar Creme Chocolate Milkshake (flavor difference), Micellar Creme Strawberry Milkshake (flavor difference), Micellar Creme Vanilla Milkshake (flavor difference), Micellar Creme Vanilla Milkshake (flavor difference), Micellar Creme Strawberry Milkshake (flavor difference), Micellar Creme Chocolate Milkshake (flavor difference), Gluten/Dairy Digest (flavor difference), Micellar Creme Vanilla Milkshake (flavor difference).

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

Who makes it?

The label names Pure Encapsulations (manufacturer), Sudbury, MA. All Pure Encapsulations products.

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