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Peptic-Care (Zinc-L-Carnosine)

by Pure Encapsulations · capsule · 60 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 66298 01090 8
  • DSLD label 278223
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 60 servings

Peptic-Care (Zinc-L-Carnosine) by Pure Encapsulations lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 16 mg of zinc and 58 mg of carnosine. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on November 22, 2022.

What is in Peptic-Care (Zinc-L-Carnosine)?

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

Peptic-Care (Zinc-L-Carnosine): Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 278223, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Zinc16 mg145%Zinc in Peptic-Care (Zinc-L-Carnosine) against 13,186 products16 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 5 mg to 15 mg, the median 11 mg.DV 11 mgUL 40 mg16 mg

Higher than 78% of 13,186 products listing zinc (median 11 mg). Per day at the most servings: 32 mg.

Zinc-L-Carnosine Complex75 mgZinc-l-Carnosine in Peptic-Care (Zinc-L-Carnosine) against 36 products150 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 34.38 mg to 75 mg, the median 75 mg.150 mg

Higher than 97% of 36 products listing zinc-l-carnosine (median 75 mg). Per day at the most servings: 300 mg.

Carnosine58 mgCarnosine in Peptic-Care (Zinc-L-Carnosine) against 154 products58 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 500 mg, the median 100 mg.58 mg

64% of 154 products listing carnosine give more (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 116 mg.

Zinc-L-Carnosine Complex75 mg

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 278223 (entered November 22, 2022), 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 150 mg of zinc-L-carnosine complex (filed by NIH under zinc-l-carnosine) (2 rows of the label added together) is higher than 97% of the 36 zinc-l-carnosine products that print an amount.

The NIH database records 1 to 2 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
Recommendations: As a dietary supplement, take 1 capsule, 1–2 times daily, with meals.
Warnings
Warning: If you are pregnant or lactating, have any health condition or are taking any medication, consult your health professional before use.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Use only if safety seal is intact.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Certified Gluten-Free by the Gluten-Free Certification Organization, www.gluten.org
Gluten-free, Non-GMO & Hypoallergenic
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 278223.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: hypoallergenic Plant Fiber, Vegetarian Capsule, Ascorbyl Palmitate.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): GFCO.org (Gluten-Free Certification Organization). Listed with: Certified gluten-free (GFCO) (a seal is the label's claim; the certifier's own list confirms it).

How many labels does Peptic-Care (Zinc-L-Carnosine) have?

2 labels are on file under this name since February 25, 2019: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 278223 (current) Entered November 22, 2022 · on the market · 60 capsules · UPC 7 66298 01090 8
  2. Label 187445 Entered February 25, 2019 · off the market March 22, 2022 · 60 capsules · UPC 7 66298 01090 8

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

Who makes it?

The label names Pure Encapsulations (manufacturer), Sudbury, MA. All Pure Encapsulations products.

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