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Iron Plus C

by Vital Nutrients · capsule · 100 vegetarian capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 6 93465 31511 8
  • DSLD label 305057
  • Serving 1 vegetarian capsule
  • 100 servings

Iron Plus C by Vital Nutrients lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 vegetarian capsule, such as 200 mg of vitamin C and 20 mg of iron. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 24, 2024.

What is in Iron Plus C?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 vegetarian 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).

Iron Plus C: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 305057, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin Cas Ascorbic Acid200 mg222%Vitamin C in Iron Plus C against 18,583 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 270 mg, the median 100 mg.DV 90 mgUL 2,000 mg200 mg

Higher than 63% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 600 mg.

Ironas Iron Aspartate20 mg111%Iron in Iron Plus C against 6,910 products20 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 1.2 mg to 18 mg, the median 5 mg.DV 18 mgUL 45 mg20 mg

Higher than 85% of 6,910 products listing iron (median 5 mg). Per day at the most servings: 60 mg. 1.3 times the adult UL a day.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 305057 (entered January 24, 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?

The rows in the top or bottom tenth of the products that list the same ingredient, and any above the adult upper limit at the most servings a day the directions give:

  • At 3 servings a day, the most its directions give, the label lists 60 mg of iron, 1.3 times the adult Tolerable Upper Intake Level.

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?

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
Recommendations 1 capsule 2 to 3 times a day with food or as directed by your healthcare professional.
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children
Use only if safety seal is intact
Warning If pregnant, consult your physician before taking.
Warning: Accidental overdose of iron-containing products is a leading cause of fatal poisoning in children under 6. Keep this product out of reach of children. In case of accidental overdose, call a doctor or poison control center immediately.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Excludes coatings, binders, gluten (wheat, rye, barley), milk/dairy (casein, whey), soy protein, egg protein, sugar. Verified by independent testing
Storage
Store sealed in a cool dry place

Source: label statements in DSLD label 305057.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Cellulose, Magnesium Silicate, Ascorbyl Palmitate.

How many labels does Iron Plus C have?

3 labels are on file under this name since October 25, 2018: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 305057 (current) Entered January 24, 2024 · on the market · 100 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 31511 8
  2. Label 223262 Entered June 24, 2020 · off the market December 7, 2022 · 100 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 31511 8
  3. Label 182370 Entered October 25, 2018 · off the market May 15, 2020 · 100 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 31511 8

DSLD also links this label to: Iron Plus C 20 mg/200 mg (image difference, same product).

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

Who makes it?

The label names Vital Nutrients (manufacturer), Middletown, CT. All Vital Nutrients products.

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