PlainVitamins

Modified Citrus Pectin

by NOW · powder · 1 lb

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 03076 4
  • DSLD label 245721
  • Serving 1 heaping teaspoon (approx. 5 g)
  • 91 servings

Modified Citrus Pectin by NOW lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 heaping teaspoon, such as 420 mg of potassium and 5 g of modified citrus pectin powder, beside 3 Nutrition Facts rows (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on March 25, 2021.

What is in Modified Citrus Pectin?

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

Modified Citrus Pectin: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 245721, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Total Carbohydrates4 g1%Carbohydrate in Modified Citrus Pectin against 21,979 products4 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 6 g, the median 3 g.4 g

Higher than 53% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate (median 3 g). Per day at the most servings: 12 g.

Dietary Fiber3 g11%Fiber in Modified Citrus Pectin against 6,987 products3 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 4 g, the median 2 g.3 g

Higher than 63% of 6,987 products listing fiber (median 2 g). Per day at the most servings: 9 g.

Sodium180 mg8%Sodium in Modified Citrus Pectin against 14,514 products180 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 15 mg to 142 mg, the median 55 mg.180 mg

Higher than 80% of 14,514 products listing sodium (median 55 mg). Per day at the most servings: 540 mg.

Potassium420 mg9%Potassium in Modified Citrus Pectin against 11,614 products420 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 190 mg, the median 99 mg.DV 4,700 mg420 mg

Higher than 93% of 11,614 products listing potassium (median 99 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,260 mg.

modified Citrus Pectin powdermodified Citrus Pectin powder (Alt. Name: PectaSol-C) Note: 5,000 mg5 gPectin in Modified Citrus Pectin against 526 products5,000 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 20 mg to 250 mg, the median 86 mg.5,000 mg

Higher than 95% of 526 products listing pectin (median 86 mg). Per day at the most servings: 15,000 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 245721 (entered March 25, 2021), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD. 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 420 mg of potassium is higher than 93% of the 11,614 potassium products that print an amount; 743 list more.
  • Its 5,000 mg of modified citrus pectin powder (filed by NIH under pectin) is higher than 95% of the 526 pectin products that print an amount; 3 list more.

The NIH database records 1 to 3 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 Usage: Take 1 heaping teaspoon 3 times daily with warm water or juice. For maintenance use, take 1 heaping teaspoon once a day.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only.
Keep out of reach of children.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, corn, milk, egg, fish, shellfish 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 yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, corn, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 245721.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: None.

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

How many labels does Modified Citrus Pectin have?

3 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 245721 (current) Entered March 25, 2021 · on the market · 1 lb · UPC 7 33739 03076 4
  2. Label 71052 Entered February 24, 2017 · off the market September 22, 2023 · 1 lb · UPC 7 33739 03076 4
  3. Label 14455 Entered October 25, 2012 · off the market November 24, 2015 · 1 lb · UPC 7 33739 03076 4

DSLD also links this label to: Modified Citrus Pectin 800 mg (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 (packager), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW products.

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