PlainVitamins

Shark Cartilage

by BulkSupplements.com · powder · 1 kilogram

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 8 49720 02773 3
  • DSLD label 330733
  • Serving 1,500 mg (about 1/2 tsp)
  • 667 servings

Shark Cartilage by BulkSupplements.com lists one ingredient: 1,500 mg of shark cartilage per serving of 1,500 mg. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on April 24, 2025.

What is in Shark Cartilage?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1,500 mg. 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).

Shark Cartilage: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 330733, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Shark Cartilage1,500 mgCartilage in Shark Cartilage against 199 products1,500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 40 mg to 750 mg, the median 100 mg.1,500 mg

Higher than 89% of 199 products listing cartilage (median 100 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 330733 (entered April 24, 2025), 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 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 Use: As a dietary supplement, take 1500 mg (about 1/2 tsp) once daily, or as directed by a physician.
Warnings
Allergen information: Fish
Always consult a physician before taking any dietary supplement.
Keep out of reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Free of: Added sugar, soy, dairy, yeast, gluten, additives
Storage
Contents are sold by weight, not volume. Settling may occur. Store in a dry, cool place

Source: label statements in DSLD label 330733.

How many labels does Shark Cartilage have?

10 labels are on file under this name since August 23, 2021: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 330733 (current) Entered April 24, 2025 · on the market · 1 kilogram · UPC 8 49720 02773 3
  2. Label 330731 Entered April 24, 2025 · on the market · 250 grams · UPC 8 49720 02772 6
  3. Label 311555 Entered July 25, 2024 · on the market · 250 grams · UPC 8 49720 02772 6
  4. Label 311556 Entered June 20, 2024 · on the market · 500 grams · UPC 8 49720 02771 9
  5. Label 311554 Entered June 20, 2024 · on the market · 100 grams · UPC 8 49720 02769 6
  6. Label 311553 Entered June 20, 2024 · on the market · 1 kg · UPC 8 49720 02773 3
  7. Label 254409 Entered November 19, 2021 · on the market · 500 grams · UPC 8 49720 02771 9
  8. Label 254407 Entered November 19, 2021 · on the market · 100 grams · UPC 8 49720 02769 6
  9. Label 254408 Entered October 22, 2021 · on the market · 250 grams · UPC 8 49720 02772 6
  10. Label 252833 Entered August 23, 2021 · on the market · 1 kg · UPC 8 49720 02773 3

DSLD also links this label to: Shark Cartilage Powder 1500 mg (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 BulkSupplements.com (distributor), Henderson, NV. All BulkSupplements.com products.

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