PlainVitamins

L-Leucine

by BulkSupplements.com · powder · 500 grams

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC X000IXTYQ1
  • DSLD label 312180
  • Serving 2,500 mg (About 1 tsp)
  • 200 servings

L-Leucine by BulkSupplements.com lists one ingredient: 2,500 mg of L-leucine per serving of 2,500 mg. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on May 23, 2024.

What is in L-Leucine?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2,500 mg. 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).

L-Leucine: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 312180, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
L-Leucine2,500 mgLeucine in L-Leucine against 2,056 products2.5 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 3.5 g, the median 2.5 g.2.5 g

42% of 2,056 products listing leucine give more (median 2.5 g). Per day at the most servings: 5 g.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 312180 (entered May 23, 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?

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?

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
Suggested use: As a dietary supplement, take 2500 mg (about 1 tsp) once or twice daily, or as directed by a physician.
Warnings
Always consult a physician before taking any dietary supplement.
Keep out of reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Free of: Added sugar, soy, dairy, yeast, gluten, additives
Storage
Contents are sold by weight, not volume. Settling may occur. Store in a dry, cool place

Source: label statements in DSLD label 312180.

How many labels does L-Leucine have?

12 labels are on file under this name since August 23, 2021: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 312180 (current) Entered May 23, 2024 · on the market · 500 grams · UPC X000IXTYQ1
  2. Label 312179 Entered May 23, 2024 · on the market · 250 grams · UPC X000IXTZ1P
  3. Label 312178 Entered May 23, 2024 · on the market · 100 grams · UPC X000IXTYUR
  4. Label 312177 Entered May 23, 2024 · on the market · 1 kilogram · UPC X0001XTYJ3
  5. Label 294896 Entered August 23, 2023 · on the market · 1 kilogram · UPC X0001XTYJ3
  6. Label 294893 Entered August 23, 2023 · on the market · 500 grams · UPC X000IXTYQ1
  7. Label 294895 Entered July 18, 2023 · on the market · 100 grams · UPC X000IXTYUR
  8. Label 294894 Entered July 18, 2023 · on the market · 250 grams · UPC X000IXTZ1P
  9. Label 254546 Entered October 22, 2021 · off the market March 28, 2022 · 500 grams
  10. Label 254544 Entered October 22, 2021 · off the market March 28, 2022 · 250 grams
  11. Label 254543 Entered October 22, 2021 · off the market March 28, 2022 · 100 grams
  12. Label 252781 Entered August 23, 2021 · on the market · 1 kg

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

Who makes it?

The label names BulkSupplements.com (distributor), Henderson, NV. All BulkSupplements.com products.

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