PlainVitamins

Pyruvate 1000 mg

by NOW Sports · tablet or pill · 180 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 02141 0
  • DSLD label 66038
  • Serving 1 tablet

Pyruvate 1000 mg by NOW Sports lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 130 mg of calcium and 1 g of calcium pyruvate. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on October 22, 2016.

What is in Pyruvate 1000 mg?

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

Pyruvate 1000 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 66038, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calciumas Calcium PyruvateCalcium (Form: from Calcium Pyruvate)130 mg13%Calcium in Pyruvate 1000 mg against 17,831 products130 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg130 mg

Higher than 54% of 17,831 products listing calcium (median 115 mg).

Calcium Pyruvateas Pyruvic AcidCalcium Pyruvate (Form: 60% Pyruvic Acid) Note: 1,000 mg1 g

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 66038 (entered October 22, 2016), 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?

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 tablet daily, preferably with food.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Keep out of reach of children.
Do Not Eat Freshness Packet. Keep in Bottle.
Not manufactured with yeast, 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 yeast, 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 66038.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Magnesium Stearate, Vegetarian Coating.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): GMP QUALITY ASSURED.

How many labels does Pyruvate 1000 mg have?

6 labels are on file under this name since February 25, 2013: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 66038 (current) Entered October 22, 2016 · on the market · 180 tablets · UPC 7 33739 02141 0
  2. Label 62411 Entered July 25, 2016 · on the market · 90 tablets · UPC 7 33739 02140 3
  3. Label 28456 Entered December 24, 2013 · off the market April 18, 2016 · 180 tablets · UPC 7 33739 02141 0
  4. Label 28454 Entered December 24, 2013 · off the market March 31, 2016 · 90 tablets · UPC 7 33739 02140 3
  5. Label 13277 Entered February 25, 2013 · off the market April 10, 2013 · 90 tablets · UPC 7 33739 02140 3
  6. Label 13272 Entered February 25, 2013 · off the market April 18, 2013 · 180 tablets · UPC 7 33739 02141 0

DSLD also links this label to: Pyruvate (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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