Raspberry-Cherry Chewable Vitamin C 500 mg
by VSN Vital Strength Nutrition · other (e.g. tea bag) · 50 vegetarian wafers
- Off the market since November 2019 (NIH)
- UPC 7 19985 88228 9
- DSLD label 20902
- Serving 1 wafer
- 50 servings
Raspberry-Cherry Chewable Vitamin C 500 mg by VSN Vital Strength Nutrition lists 5 ingredients, 5 with an amount per serving of 1 wafer, such as 500 mg of vitamin C, 10 mg of acerola, 10 mg of lemon bioflavonoids and 10 mg of rose hips, beside 2 Nutrition Facts rows (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on April 25, 2013.
What is in Raspberry-Cherry Chewable Vitamin C 500 mg?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 wafer. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Calories | 5 Calories | ||
| Total Carbohydrates | 2 g | 1% | 58% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate give more (median 3 g). |
| Sugar | 2 g | 48% of 11,807 products listing sugar give more (median 2 g). | |
| Vitamin Cas Ascorbic Acid, Sodium AscorbateVitamin C (Form: as Sodium Ascorbate) (Alt. Name: Ascorbic Acid) | 500 mg | 833% | Higher than 81% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg). |
| Acerola | 10 mg | 76% of 436 products listing acerola give more (median 60 mg). | |
| Lemon Bioflavonoids | 10 mg | 89% of 2,343 products listing flavonoid give more (median 50 mg). | |
| Hesperidin Complex | 10 mg | ||
| Rose Hips | 10 mg | 78% of 195 products listing rose (unspecified) give more (median 30 mg). | |
| Rutin | 10 mg | 74% of 1,232 products listing rutin give more (median 25 mg). |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 20902 (entered April 25, 2013), 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?
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:
- 89% of the 2,343 products that print an amount of flavonoid list more than its 10 mg of lemon bioflavonoids (filed by NIH under flavonoid) (median 50 mg).
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?
3 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- Chewable C 500 mg Raspberry-CherryVitaCeutical Labs same ingredients
- Raspberry-Cherry Chewable Vitamin C 500 mgVitamer Laboratories same ingredients
- Chewable Vitamin C 500 mg Raspberry-CherryWoodstock Vitamins same ingredients
- Chewable C Fruit Flavor 120 mgSource Naturals 7 shared, 92% alike
- Chewable C Fruit Flavor 500 mgSource Naturals 7 shared, 92% alike
- Chewable Acerola Berry FlavorCountry Life 7 shared, 92% alike
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 USE: Chew one wafer daily with food.
- Warnings
- KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- CONTAINS NO artificial colors, flavors or preservatives; no wheat, gluten, milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, crustacean shellfish or fish.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 20902.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Sorbitol, Fructose, Stearic Acid, natural Raspberry flavor, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide, Guar Gum, Cellulose, Green Pepper powder.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): DOUBLE VERIFIED GLUTEN FREE(TM).
How many labels does Raspberry-Cherry Chewable Vitamin C 500 mg have?
One label is on file, entered on April 25, 2013.
- Label 20902 (current) Entered April 25, 2013 · off the market November 20, 2019 · 50 vegetarian wafers · UPC 7 19985 88228 9
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).