Living Vitamin C
by Garden of Life · other (e.g. tea bag) · 60 vegetarian caplets
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 6 58010 11148 5
- DSLD label 321350
- Serving 2 caplets
- 30 servings
Living Vitamin C by Garden of Life lists 14 ingredients, 1 with an amount per serving of 2 caplets, such as 250 mg of vitamin C; 13 sit inside a blend without their own amounts. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 23, 2025.
What is in Living Vitamin C?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 caplets. 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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamin Cas Acerola Cherryorganic acerola cherry | 250 mg | 280% | Higher than 68% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg). |
| organic Living Vitamin C Complex | 1.1 g | ||
| Acerola Cherryorganic | in the blend, no amount given | ||
| Camu Camuorganic | in the blend, no amount given | ||
| organic Whole Citrus blend | 400 mg | ||
| organic Lemon | in the blend, no amount given | ||
| Orangeorganic | in the blend, no amount given | ||
| organic Mandarin Orangeorganic | in the blend, no amount given | ||
| organic Grapefruit | in the blend, no amount given | ||
| other Organic Citrus | in the blend, no amount given | ||
| organic Antioxidant Berry Blend | 80 mg | ||
| Strawberryorganic | in the blend, no amount given | ||
| Tart Cherryorganic | in the blend, no amount given | ||
| Blackberryorganic | in the blend, no amount given | ||
| Blueberryorganic | in the blend, no amount given | ||
| Raspberryorganic | in the blend, no amount given | ||
| Brown Riceorganic | in the blend, no amount given |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 321350 (entered January 23, 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; 13 ingredients sit inside a blend, so their amounts cannot be compared.
The NIH database records one serving 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.
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: Adults take 2 caplets daily with water.
- Warnings
- Caution: As with any dietary supplement, consult your healthcare practitioner before using this product, especially if you are pregnant, nursing, giving product to children, anticipate surgery, take medication on a regular basis or are otherwise under medical supervision.
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Do not use if safety seal is broken or missing.
- Manufactured in a facility that also processes soy, peanut, tree nuts and shellfish.
- Not intended for children.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- Made without soy or dairy ingredients, peanut, tree nuts or shellfish.
- Dairy free Gluten-free
- Non GMO Project Verified nongmoproject.org
- Storage
- Store in a cool dry place.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 321350.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Gum Arabic, Dextrose, Sunflower Lecithin, Tapioca Maltodextrin, Sunflower Lecithin, Palm Oil, Guar Gum.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): NSF Certified Gluten-free Certified B Corporation; USDA Organic Non GMO Project Verified nongmoproject.org; Certified Renewable Energy Green-e.org We buy 100% certified renewable energy. Listed with: USDA Organic seal, Certified gluten-free (GFCO), NSF certified (contents or GMP) (a seal is the label's claim; the certifier's own list confirms it).
How many labels does Living Vitamin C have?
4 labels are on file under this name since December 24, 2013: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 321350 (current) Entered January 23, 2025 · on the market · 60 vegetarian caplets · UPC 6 58010 11148 5
- Label 256911 Entered November 19, 2021 · off the market February 23, 2023 · 60 vegetarian caplets
- Label 63103 Entered July 25, 2016 · off the market February 23, 2023 · 60 vegetarian caplets · UPC 6 58010 11148 5
- Label 28511 Entered December 24, 2013 · off the market June 15, 2016 · 60 vegetarian caplets · UPC 6 58010 11148 5
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names Garden of Life LLC (distributor), Palm Beach Gardens, FL. All Garden of Life products.