Calcium with Vitamin D3
by Pure Encapsulations · capsule · 180 capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 7 66298 00620 8
- DSLD label 293925
- Serving 3 capsules
- 60 servings
Calcium with Vitamin D3 by Pure Encapsulations lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 3 capsules, such as 10 mcg (400 IU) of vitamin D and 450 mg of calcium. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 18, 2023.
What is in Calcium with Vitamin D3?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 3 capsules. 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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamin Das Cholecalciferol, Vitamin D3400 IU | 10 mcg (400 IU) | 50% | 57% of 14,175 products listing vitamin D give more (median 15 mcg). Per day at the most servings: 20 mcg. |
| Calciumas Calcium Citrate, Calcium Malate | 450 mg | 35% | Higher than 84% of 17,831 products listing calcium (median 115 mg). Per day at the most servings: 900 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 293925 (entered July 18, 2023), 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?
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 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?
6 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- Coral Calcium 1,200 mgSource Naturals same ingredients
- Coral Calcium 600 mgSource Naturals same ingredients
- Oyster Shell Calcium + DEqualine same ingredients
- Oystercal-D Calcium 500 mg With Vitamin D3Nature's Bounty same ingredients
- Calcium Citrate + D3Walgreens · off the market same ingredients
- Coral Oyster Shell CalciumCoral same ingredients
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 3 capsules, 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 reach of children.
- Use only if safety seal is intact.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- Gluten-free, non-GMO & hypoallergenic
- Certified Gluten-Free by the Gluten-free Certification Organization www.gluten.org
- Storage
- Store in a cool, dry place.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 293925.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Cellulose, Water, 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 Calcium with Vitamin D3 have?
3 labels are on file under this name since January 7, 2019: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 293925 (current) Entered July 18, 2023 · on the market · 180 capsules · UPC 7 66298 00620 8
- Label 219443 Entered May 22, 2020 · off the market March 15, 2020 · 180 capsules · UPC 7 66298 00620 8
- Label 182825 Entered January 7, 2019 · off the market July 21, 2022 · 180 capsules · UPC 7 66298 00620 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.