PlainVitamins

Growth Hormone Support

by Pure Encapsulations · capsule · 180 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 66298 00374 0
  • DSLD label 277701
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 90 servings

Growth Hormone Support by Pure Encapsulations lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 1,000 mg of L-arginine hydrochloride and 500 mg of ornithine alpha-ketoglutarate. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on March 22, 2023.

What is in Growth Hormone Support?

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).

Growth Hormone Support: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 277701, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
L-Arginine Hydrochloride1,000 mgArginine in Growth Hormone Support against 1,455 products1,000 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 167 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 500 mg.1,000 mg

Higher than 64% of 1,455 products listing arginine (median 500 mg). Per day at the most servings: 2,000 mg.

Ornithine Alpha-Ketoglutarate500 mgOrnithine ketoglutarate in Growth Hormone Support against 97 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 75 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 150 mg.500 mg

Higher than 60% of 97 products listing ornithine ketoglutarate (median 150 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,000 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 277701 (entered March 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 1 to 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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Growth Hormone Support'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 2 capsules, 1-2 times daily, on an empty stomach, before bedtime or 1 hour before a workout, or as directed by a health professional.
Warnings
Warning: If you are pregnant or lactating, have any health condition or are taking any medication, consult your health professional before use.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Use only if safety seal is intact.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Gluten-free, Non-GMO & Hypoallergenic
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 277701.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Vegetarian Capsule, Ascorbyl Palmitate.

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

How many labels does Growth Hormone Support 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 277701 (current) Entered March 22, 2023 · on the market · 180 capsules · UPC 7 66298 00374 0
  2. Label 277702 Entered November 22, 2022 · on the market · 90 capsules · UPC 7 66298 00375 7
  3. Label 219023 Entered April 23, 2020 · off the market October 22, 2018 · 180 capsules · UPC 7 66298 00374 0
  4. Label 219018 Entered April 23, 2020 · off the market October 22, 2018 · 90 capsules · UPC 7 66298 00375 7
  5. Label 182913 Entered January 7, 2019 · off the market March 22, 2022 · 90 capsules · UPC 7 66298 00375 7
  6. Label 182911 Entered January 7, 2019 · off the market March 22, 2022 · 180 capsules · UPC 7 66298 00374 0

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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