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Pantothenic Acid 500 mg

by NOW · capsule · 250 veg capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 00488 8
  • DSLD label 335289
  • Serving 1 veg capsule
  • 250 servings

Pantothenic Acid 500 mg by NOW lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 veg capsule, such as 500 mg of pantothenic acid and 45 mg of calcium. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 25, 2025.

What is in Pantothenic Acid 500 mg?

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

Pantothenic Acid 500 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 335289, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Pantothenic Acidas Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin B5500 mg10,000%Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5) in Pantothenic Acid 500 mg against 10,060 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 6 mg to 50 mg, the median 12 mg.DV 5 mg500 mg

Higher than 98% of 10,060 products listing pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) (median 12 mg).

Calciumas Calcium Pantothenate45 mg3%Calcium in Pantothenic Acid 500 mg 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).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 335289 (entered June 25, 2025), 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 500 mg of pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) is higher than 98% of the 10,060 pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) products that print an amount; 58 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
Suggested Usage: Take 1 capsule daily with a meal.
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 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 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 335289.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Stearic Acid.

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 Pantothenic Acid 500 mg have?

8 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 335289 (current) Entered June 25, 2025 · on the market · 250 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 00488 8
  2. Label 313897 Entered June 20, 2024 · on the market · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 00486 4
  3. Label 244408 Entered February 25, 2021 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 00486 4
  4. Label 72038 Entered March 24, 2017 · off the market August 11, 2023 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 00486 4
  5. Label 70217 Entered January 25, 2017 · off the market January 21, 2025 · 250 capsules · UPC 7 33739 00488 8
  6. Label 47882 Entered July 24, 2015 · off the market November 30, 2016 · 250 capsules · UPC 7 33739 00488 8
  7. Label 47880 Entered July 24, 2015 · off the market March 7, 2017 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 00486 4
  8. Label 14172 Entered October 25, 2012 · off the market June 30, 2015 · 250 capsules · UPC 7 33739 00488 8

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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