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Optimum

by Genacol · tablet or pill · 90 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • DSLD label 257026
  • Serving 3 tablets
  • 30 servings

Optimum by Genacol lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 3 tablets, such as 1.2 g of hydrolyzed collagen, 1.5 g of glucosamine sulfate, 500 mg of chondroitin sulfate and 400 mg of MSM. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on December 18, 2021.

What is in Optimum?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 3 tablets. 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).

Optimum: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 257026, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories5 Calories
Hydrolyzed Collagenas BovineHydrolyzed Collagen (Form: from Bovine)1.2 gCollagen in Optimum against 1,008 products1.2 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.1 g to 4.2 g, the median 1 g.1.2 g

Higher than 56% of 1,008 products listing collagen (median 1 g).

Glucosamine Sulfateas Crab, KCl, Shrimp exoskeleton1.5 gGlucosamine Sulfate in Optimum against 875 products1.5 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 1.5 g, the median 1 g.1.5 g

Higher than 64% of 875 products listing glucosamine sulfate (median 1 g).

Chondroitin Sulfateas Bovine500 mgChondroitin Sulfate in Optimum against 950 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 200 mg to 1,200 mg, the median 400 mg.500 mg

Higher than 53% of 950 products listing chondroitin sulfate (median 400 mg).

MSM400 mgMethylsulfonylmethane in Optimum against 1,454 products400 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 150 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 500 mg.400 mg

51% of 1,454 products listing methylsulfonylmethane give more (median 500 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 257026 (entered December 18, 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.

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?

1 product lists 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
Recommended dosage: As a dietary supplement, take 3 tablets once daily or as directed by your health care practitioner. Take with food. Use for at least 1 month to see beneficial effects.
Warnings
Caution: Pregnant or nursing mothers, children under the age of 18 and individuals with a known medical condition should consult a physician before using this or any dietary supplement.
Do not use if safety seal is damaged or missing.
Keep out of reach of children.
The desiccant pouch should remain in the bottle.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 257026.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose, Silicon Dioxide, Vegetable Magnesium Stearate, Hypromellose, Polyethylene Glycol/Macrogol.

How many labels does Optimum have?

3 labels are on file under this name since July 23, 2020: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 257026 (current) Entered December 18, 2021 · on the market · 90 tablets
  2. Label 257020 Entered November 19, 2021 · on the market · 15.21 fluid ounces · UPC 8 28875 20020 8
  3. Label 229317 Entered July 23, 2020 · off the market July 16, 2021 · 15.21 fluid ounces · UPC 8 28875 20020 8

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

Who makes it?

The label names Genacol (distributor), Myrtle Beach, SC. All Genacol products.

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