PlainVitamins

Joint Support Powder

by NOW · powder · 11 ounces

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 03291 1
  • DSLD label 335255
  • Serving 10.5 g (1 Heaping Tablespoon (approx. 10.5 g))
  • 30 servings

Joint Support Powder by NOW lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 10.5 g, such as 8 g of bovine collagen, hydrolyzed, 1.1 g of glucosamine sulfate and 400 mg of methylsulfonylmethane, beside 2 Nutrition Facts rows (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on September 25, 2025.

What is in Joint Support Powder?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 10.5 g. 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).

Joint Support Powder: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 335255, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories35 Calories
Total Carbohydrateless than 1 g1%
Protein7 gProtein in Joint Support Powder against 8,985 products7 g per serving; the middle half of products list 2 g to 24 g, the median 16 g.7 g

62% of 8,985 products listing protein give more (median 16 g). Per day at the most servings: 14 g.

Bovine Collagen, Hydrolyzedbse-free8 gCollagen in Joint Support Powder against 1,008 products8 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.1 g to 4.2 g, the median 1 g.8 g

Higher than 85% of 1,008 products listing collagen (median 1 g). Per day at the most servings: 16 g.

Glucosamine Sulfate1,100 mg1.1 gGlucosamine Sulfate in Joint Support Powder against 875 products1.1 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 1.5 g, the median 1 g.1.1 g

Higher than 60% of 875 products listing glucosamine sulfate (median 1 g). Per day at the most servings: 2.2 g.

Glucosamine Potassium Sulfate Complex1,500 mg
Methylsulfonylmethane400 mgMethylsulfonylmethane in Joint Support Powder against 1,454 products400 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 150 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 500 mg.400 mg

51% of 1,454 products listing methylsulfonylmethane give more (median 500 mg). Per day at the most servings: 800 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 335255 (entered September 25, 2025), 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?

1 product lists 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
Suggested Usage: Mix 1 heaping tablespoon 1 to 2 times daily in juice or water.
Warnings
Caution: Persons with a known allergy to shellfish should not use this product.
For adults only. Keep out of reach of children
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition (especially glaucoma).
Contains shellfish (crab, shrimp, lobster, crayfish).
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, corn, milk, egg, fish, or tree nut ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Non-GMO
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, corn, milk, egg, fish, or tree nut ingredients.
Storage
This product is sold by weight not volume. Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 335255.

What else is on the label?

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): GMP Quality Assured.

How many labels does Joint Support Powder have?

7 labels are on file under this name since October 25, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 335255 (current) Entered September 25, 2025 · on the market · 11 ounces · UPC 7 33739 03291 1
  2. Label 245729 Entered March 25, 2021 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 11 oz. · UPC 7 33739 03291 1
  3. Label 69854 Entered January 25, 2017 · off the market September 22, 2023 · 11 oz. · UPC 7 33739 03291 1
  4. Label 59967 Entered May 22, 2016 · off the market July 18, 2016 · 11 oz. · UPC 7 33739 03291 1
  5. Label 35629 Entered July 25, 2014 · off the market January 19, 2016 · 11 oz. · UPC 7 33739 03291 1
  6. Label 28750 Entered December 24, 2013 · off the market January 8, 2014 · 11 oz. · UPC 7 33739 03291 1
  7. Label 14903 Entered October 25, 2012 · off the market May 30, 2013 · 11 oz. · UPC 7 33739 03291 1

DSLD also links this label to: Collagen Joint Support Powder (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 NOW FOODS (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW products.

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