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Mega Garlic Plus

by Herbalife Nutrition · tablet or pill · 30 tablets

  • Off the market since September 2024 (NIH)
  • UPC 0032US
  • DSLD label 286766
  • Serving 1 tablet
  • 30 servings

Mega Garlic Plus by Herbalife Nutrition lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 60 mg of vitamin C, 40 mg of calcium, 30 mg of phosphorus and 600 mg of garlic powder, beside 1 Nutrition Facts row (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 22, 2023.

What is in Mega Garlic Plus?

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

Mega Garlic Plus: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 286766, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Total Carbohydratesless than 1 g1%
Vitamin Cas Ascorbic Acid60 mg67%Vitamin C in Mega Garlic Plus against 18,583 products60 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 270 mg, the median 100 mg.DV 90 mgUL 2,000 mg60 mg

65% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C give more (median 100 mg).

Calciumas Calcium Phosphate40 mg3%Calcium in Mega Garlic Plus against 17,831 products40 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg40 mg

79% of 17,831 products listing calcium give more (median 115 mg).

Phosphorus30 mg2%Phosphorus in Mega Garlic Plus against 3,786 products30 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 45 mg to 200 mg, the median 90 mg.DV 1,250 mgUL 4,000 mg30 mg

84% of 3,786 products listing phosphorus give more (median 90 mg).

Garlic powder600 mgGarlic in Mega Garlic Plus against 1,075 products600 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 500 mg, the median 200 mg.600 mg

Higher than 82% of 1,075 products listing garlic (median 200 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 286766 (entered June 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 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.

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
Recommended use: Take 1 tablet per day with a meal.
Warnings
Contains bioengineered food ingredients.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 286766.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Croscarmellose Sodium, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Water, Titanium Dioxide, Stearic Acid, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide, Ethyl Cellulose, Sodium Alginate, Polyethylene Glycol, Ammonium Hydroxide, Medium Chain Triglycerides, Oleic Acid, Triethyl Citrate, Blue 1, Yellow 5.

How many labels does Mega Garlic Plus have?

2 labels are on file under this name since July 27, 2021: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 286766 (current) Entered June 22, 2023 · off the market September 24, 2024 · 30 tablets · UPC 0032US
  2. Label 250700 Entered July 27, 2021 · off the market February 25, 2022 · 30 tablets · UPC 0032US

DSLD also links this label to: Mega Garlic Plus (image difference, same product), Mega Garlic Plus (image difference, same product), Mega Garlic Plus (image difference, same product), Mega Garlic Plus (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 Herbalife International of America, Inc. (manufacturer, distributor), Los Angeles, CA. All Herbalife Nutrition products.

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