PlainVitamins

Suma 500 mg

by Source Naturals · tablet or pill · 24 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 21078 00250 5
  • DSLD label 82187
  • Serving 2 to 4 tablets; amounts per 2 tablets
  • 12 servings

Suma 500 mg by Source Naturals lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 2 tablets, such as 53 mg of calcium and 1 g of suma. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 25, 2018.

What is in Suma 500 mg?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 tablets. 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).

Suma 500 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 82187, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calcium53 mg6%Calcium in Suma 500 mg against 17,831 products53 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg53 mg

71% of 17,831 products listing calcium give more (median 115 mg).

Suma1 gSuma in Suma 500 mg against 93 products1,000 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 450 mg, the median 60 mg.1,000 mg

Higher than 85% of 93 products listing suma (median 60 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 82187 (entered January 25, 2018), 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?

2 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.

  • Suma 500 mgPlanetary Herbals same ingredients
  • SumaPlanetary Herbals same ingredients
  • Suma-VDouglas Laboratories 1 shared, 78% alike
  • Suma RootNature's Answer · off the market 1 shared, 78% alike
  • Super SumaBeachbody Extreme Nutrition 1 shared, 78% alike
  • Suma 2,000 mgNature's Answer 1 shared, 78% 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: 2 to 4 tablets daily between meals.
Warnings
Note: If you are pregnant, may become pregnant, or breastfeeding, consult your health care professional before using this product.
Do not use if either tamper-evident seal is broken or missing.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Suitable For Vegetarians And Hypoallergenic: Contains no yeast, dairy, egg, gluten, corn, soy or wheat. Contains no sugar, starch, salt, preservatives, or artificial color, flavor or fragrance.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 82187.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Dibasic Calcium Phosphate, Stearic Acid, Silicon Dioxide, Colloidal, modified Cellulose Gum, Magnesium Stearate.

How many labels does Suma 500 mg have?

2 labels are on file under this name since November 20, 2017: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 82187 (current) Entered January 25, 2018 · on the market · 24 tablets · UPC 0 21078 00250 5
  2. Label 80977 Entered November 20, 2017 · on the market · 50 tablets · UPC 0 21078 00251 2

Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).

Who makes it?

The label names Source Naturals, Inc. (distributor), Santa Cruz, CA. All Source Naturals products.

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