PlainVitamins

MSM 1,000 mg

by Swanson · capsule · 240 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 87614 02656 5
  • DSLD label 308673
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 240 servings

MSM 1,000 mg by Swanson lists one ingredient: 1 g of TruFlex MSM per serving of 1 capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on March 22, 2024.

What is in MSM 1,000 mg?

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).

MSM 1,000 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 308673, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
TruFlex MSM1 g

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 308673 (entered March 22, 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 3 to 5 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?

2 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 one capsule three to five times per day with water.
Warnings
Warning: For adults only.
Consult your physician before using this or any product if you are pregnant or nursing, taking medication or have a medical condition.
Keep out of reach of children.
Do not use if seal is broken.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 308673.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, Magnesium Stearate.

How many labels does MSM 1,000 mg have?

3 labels are on file under this name since January 7, 2019: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 308673 (current) Entered March 22, 2024 · on the market · 240 capsules · UPC 0 87614 02656 5
  2. Label 190932 Entered February 25, 2019 · off the market August 29, 2024 · 240 capsules · UPC 0 87614 02656 5
  3. Label 184991 Entered January 7, 2019 · off the market September 19, 2018 · 240 capsules · UPC 0 87614 02656 5

DSLD also links this label to: MSM Methylsulfonlymethane 1,000 mg (package size difference, same product), MSM Methylsulfonlymethane 1,000 mg (image difference, same product), MSM Methylsulfonlymethane 1,000 mg (package size difference, same product), MSM Methylsulfonylmethane 1,000 mg (package size difference, same product), MSM Methylsulfonylmethane 1,000 mg (image difference, same product), MSM Methylsulfonylmethane 1,000 mg (package size 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 Swanson Health Products (distributor), Fargo, ND. All Swanson products.

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