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Mega Lipoic Forte

by DC · capsule · 30 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • DSLD label 309910
  • Serving 1 to 3 capsules; amounts per 1 capsule
  • 30 servings

Mega Lipoic Forte by DC lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 119 mg of calcium and 334 mg of alpha-lipoic acid. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on April 23, 2024.

What is in Mega Lipoic Forte?

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

Mega Lipoic Forte: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 309910, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calciumas Calcium Carbonate119 mg9%Calcium in Mega Lipoic Forte against 17,831 products119 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg119 mg

Higher than 51% of 17,831 products listing calcium (median 115 mg).

Alpha-Lipoic Acid334 mgAlpha Lipoic Acid in Mega Lipoic Forte against 2,407 products334 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 150 mg, the median 50 mg.334 mg

Higher than 92% of 2,407 products listing alpha lipoic acid (median 50 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 309910 (entered April 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?

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:

  • Its 334 mg of alpha-lipoic acid (filed by NIH under alpha lipoic acid) is higher than 92% of the 2,407 alpha lipoic acid products that print an amount; 179 list more.

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?

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
Directions: As a dietary supplement, take 1 to 3 capsules daily.
Warnings
Tamper evident: Do not use this product if imprinted foil seal under cap is broken or missing.
Keep out of reach of children.
Caution: If you are pregnant, nursing or taking a prescription medication, do not take this product.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Gluten free
Storage
Keep tightly closed. Store at room temperature: 59 degrees-86 degrees F (15 degrees to 30 degrees C).

Source: label statements in DSLD label 309910.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, Magnesium Stearate, Silica.

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

How many labels does Mega Lipoic Forte have?

8 labels are on file under this name since February 25, 2021: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 309910 (current) Entered April 23, 2024 · on the market · 30 capsules
  2. Label 266539 Entered February 23, 2022 · on the market · 60 capsules
  3. Label 266532 Entered February 23, 2022 · on the market · 60 capsules
  4. Label 266529 Entered February 23, 2022 · on the market · 60 capsules
  5. Label 266524 Entered February 23, 2022 · on the market · 30 capsules
  6. Label 266518 Entered February 23, 2022 · off the market September 12, 2022 · 30 capsules
  7. Label 266515 Entered February 23, 2022 · on the market · 30 capsules
  8. Label 244669 Entered February 25, 2021 · on the market · N/A

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

Who makes it?

The label names Dee Cee Laboratories, Inc. (manufacturer), White House, TN. All DC products.

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