PlainVitamins

Carbo Gain 100% Complex Carbohydrate

by NOW Sports · powder · 8 lbs

  • Off the market since March 2013 (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 02023 9
  • DSLD label 12972
  • Serving 50 to 100 g (1/2-1 cup); amounts per 50 g
  • 72 servings

Carbo Gain 100% Complex Carbohydrate by NOW Sports lists one ingredient: 50 g of carbo powder per serving of 50 g. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on October 25, 2012.

What is in Carbo Gain 100% Complex Carbohydrate?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 50 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).

Carbo Gain 100% Complex Carbohydrate: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 12972, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories190 Calories
Total Carbohydrates47 g16%Carbohydrate in Carbo Gain 100% Complex Carbohydrate against 21,979 products47 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 6 g, the median 3 g.47 g

Higher than 98% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate (median 3 g). Per day at the most servings: 141 g.

Sugar2 gSugar in Carbo Gain 100% Complex Carbohydrate against 11,807 products2 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 4 g, the median 2 g.2 g

48% of 11,807 products listing sugar give more (median 2 g). Per day at the most servings: 6 g.

Carbo Powderas Maltodextrin50 gMaltodextrin in Carbo Gain 100% Complex Carbohydrate against 39 products50 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.91 g to 26 g, the median 3 g.50 g

Higher than 87% of 39 products listing maltodextrin (median 3 g). Per day at the most servings: 150 g.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 12972 (entered October 25, 2012), 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.

The NIH database records 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?

3 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: Mix a 1/2 cup of Carbo Gain in each 16 oz. of water or juice. Consume before, during and after intense exercise for best results. Double this recipe if engaging in prolonged exertion of 2 hours or more.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Contains no salt, yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, shellfish or preservatives.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 12972.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Maltodextrin.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): No Aspartame - No Sucralose - No Acesulfame-K ALL NATURAL; GMP QUALITY ASSURED.

How many labels does Carbo Gain 100% Complex Carbohydrate have?

2 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 12972 (current) Entered October 25, 2012 · off the market March 8, 2013 · 8 lbs · UPC 7 33739 02023 9
  2. Label 12969 Entered October 25, 2012 · off the market March 18, 2013 · 2 lbs · UPC 7 33739 02020 8

DSLD also links this label to: Carbo Gain 100% Complex Carbohydrate (package size difference, same product), Carbo Gain (package size difference, same product), Carbo Gain (image difference, same product), Carbo Gain (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 NOW FOODS (manufacturer), BLOOMINGDALE, IL. All NOW Sports products.

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