Glucosamine Sulfate

by Carlson · capsule · 60 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 88395 08476 8
  • DSLD label 24986
  • Serving 1 capsule

Glucosamine Sulfate by Carlson lists one ingredient: 700 mg of glucosamine sulfate per serving of 1 capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 23, 2013.

What is in Glucosamine Sulfate?

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 Sulfate: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 24986, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Glucosamine Sulfateas Glucosamine Sulfate KClGlucosamine Sulfate (Form: from glucosamine sulfate KCl)700 mgGlucosamine Sulfate in Glucosamine Sulfate against 875 products0.7 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 1.5 g, the median 1 g.0.7 g

61% of 875 products listing glucosamine sulfate give more (median 1 g). Per day at the most servings: 1.4 g.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 24986 (entered August 23, 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 one capsule twice daily at mealtime.
Warnings
Contains crustacean shellfish (crab and shrimp).
Allergens and what it does not contain
Preservative-free. Wheat-free. Salt-free. Milk-free. Starch-free. Soy-free. Yeast-free. Corn-free. Gluten-free.
Storage
Keep bottle tightly closed. Store away from heat and moisture.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 24986.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Magnesium Stearate, Beef Gelatin Capsule.

How many labels does Glucosamine Sulfate have?

2 labels are on file under this name since August 23, 2013: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 24986 (current) Entered August 23, 2013 · on the market · 60 capsules · UPC 0 88395 08476 8
  2. Label 24983 Entered August 23, 2013 · on the market · 180 capsules · UPC 0 88395 08472 0

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

Who makes it?

The label names Carlson Division of J.R. Carlson Laboratories, Inc. (distributor), Arlington Heights, IL. All Carlson products.

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