PlainVitamins

MSM Powder

by Bluebonnet · powder · 8 ounces

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 43715 00961 5
  • DSLD label 316411
  • Serving 2.6 g (1/2 Teaspoon)
  • 87 servings

MSM Powder by Bluebonnet lists one ingredient: 2,600 mg of methylsulfonylmethane per serving of 2.6 g. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on December 21, 2024.

What is in MSM Powder?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2.6 g. 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 Powder: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 316411, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Methylsulfonylmethane2,600 mgMethylsulfonylmethane in MSM Powder against 1,454 products2,600 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 150 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 500 mg.2,600 mg

Higher than 98% of 1,454 products listing methylsulfonylmethane (median 500 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 316411 (entered December 21, 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 2,600 mg of methylsulfonylmethane is higher than 98% of the 1,454 methylsulfonylmethane products that print an amount; 28 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 1/2 teaspoon (2.6 g) daily with water or as directed by a healthcare practitioner.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only. Keep out of reach of children.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Free of milk, egg, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, wheat, peanuts, soybeans and sesame. Also free of corn, barley, rice, sodium and sugar.
Gluten free Made with Non-GMO ingredients
Storage
Store tightly closed in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 316411.

What else is on the label?

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): K Parve (Kosher) Made with Non GMO Ingredients.

How many labels does MSM Powder have?

5 labels are on file under this name since July 25, 2018: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 316411 (current) Entered December 21, 2024 · on the market · 8 ounces · UPC 7 43715 00961 5
  2. Label 314829 Entered December 21, 2024 · on the market · 4 ounces · UPC 7 43715 00959 2
  3. Label 268359 Entered June 16, 2022 · off the market August 22, 2023 · 4 ounces · UPC 7 43715 00959 2
  4. Label 179062 Entered July 25, 2018 · off the market August 22, 2023 · 8 oz. · UPC 7 43715 00961 5
  5. Label 179028 Entered July 25, 2018 · off the market December 17, 2021 · 4 oz. · UPC 7 43715 00959 2

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

Who makes it?

The label names Bluebonnet Nutrition Corporation (manufacturer), Sugar Land, Texas. All Bluebonnet products.

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