Shark Cartilage 740 mg
by DC · capsule · 300 capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- DSLD label 266885
- Serving 1 capsule
- 300 servings
Shark Cartilage 740 mg by DC lists one ingredient: 740 mg of shark cartilage per serving of 1 capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 16, 2022.
What is in Shark Cartilage 740 mg?
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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shark CartilageShark Cartilage Note: freeze dried | 740 mg | Higher than 68% of 199 products listing cartilage (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 4,440 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 266885 (entered June 16, 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?
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 4 to 6 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.
- Natural Shark Cartilage 740 mgGood 'N Natural · off the market same ingredients
- Shark Cartilage 740 mgVitamin World same ingredients
- Shark Cartilage 740 mgPhysioLogics · off the market same ingredients
- Shark CartilageDouglas Laboratories same ingredients
- Natural Shark CartilageSundown Naturals same ingredients
- Shark Cartilage 740 mgGM Germa 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
- Directions: Adults, as a dietary supplement, take 1 capsule four to six times daily, preferably with meals.
- Warnings
- Tamper Evident: Do not use this product if imprinted foil seal under cap is broken or missing.
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Caution: If you are pregnant or nursing do not take this product.
- Contraindicated in those with hypercalcemia. Those with renal failure or liver failure should exercise caution in the use of shark cartilage.
- Contains fish (shark) ingredients.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- Gluten free
Source: label statements in DSLD label 266885.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Gelatin, Vegetable Cellulose, Silica, Vegetable Magnesium Stearate.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Keep tightly closed. Store at room temperature: 59 degrees - 86 degrees F (15 degrees to 30 degrees C); Quali Pure.
How many labels does Shark Cartilage 740 mg have?
3 labels are on file under this name since July 27, 2021: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 266885 (current) Entered June 16, 2022 · on the market · 300 capsules
- Label 266883 Entered June 16, 2022 · on the market · 100 capsules
- Label 244991 Entered July 27, 2021 · on the market · N/A
DSLD also links this label to: Shark Cartilage 750 (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 Dee Cee Laboratories, Inc. (manufacturer), White House, TN. All DC products.