PlainVitamins

Zinc

by Nature's Sunshine · tablet or pill · 150 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 99904 01657 6
  • DSLD label 255521
  • Serving 1 tablet
  • 150 servings

Zinc by Nature's Sunshine lists 6 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 45 mg of calcium, 35 mg of phosphorus and 25 mg of zinc; 3 sit inside a blend without their own amounts. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on September 24, 2021.

What is in Zinc?

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).

Zinc: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 255521, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calciumas Dicalcium Phosphate45 mg3%Calcium in Zinc against 17,831 products45 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg45 mg

78% of 17,831 products listing calcium give more (median 115 mg).

Phosphorusas Dicalcium Phosphate35 mg3%Phosphorus in Zinc against 3,786 products35 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 45 mg to 200 mg, the median 90 mg.DV 1,250 mgUL 4,000 mg35 mg

82% of 3,786 products listing phosphorus give more (median 90 mg).

Zincas Zinc Gluconate25 mg227%Zinc in Zinc against 13,186 products25 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 5 mg to 15 mg, the median 11 mg.DV 11 mgUL 40 mg25 mg

Higher than 85% of 13,186 products listing zinc (median 11 mg).

Proprietary Blend130 mg
Kelpas Ascophyllum nodosum, Laminaria digitatain the blend, no amount given
Thymein the blend, no amount given
Alfalfain the blend, no amount given

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 255521 (entered September 24, 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?

Every amount on this label with a position sits within the middle 80% of the products that list the same ingredient; 3 ingredients sit inside a blend, so their amounts cannot be compared.

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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Zinc's, rare ingredients counting for more.

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 daily with a meal.
Warnings
Do not use if inner seal is missing or damaged.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 255521.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Vegetable Magnesium Stearate.

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

How many labels does Zinc have?

3 labels are on file under this name since September 24, 2019: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 255521 (current) Entered September 24, 2021 · on the market · 150 tablets · UPC 0 99904 01657 6
  2. Label 220971 Entered May 22, 2020 · off the market June 9, 2021 · 150 tablets · UPC 0 99904 01657 6
  3. Label 207307 Entered September 24, 2019 · off the market April 7, 2020 · 150 tablets · UPC 0 99904 01657 6

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

Who makes it?

The label names Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. (manufacturer), Spanish Fork, UT. All Nature's Sunshine products.

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