Chondroitin Sulfate 500 mg
by The Vitamin Shoppe · tablet or pill · 100 tablets
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 7 66536 01462 0
- DSLD label 35840
- Serving 1 to 3 tablets; amounts per 1 tablet
Chondroitin Sulfate 500 mg by The Vitamin Shoppe lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 123 mg of calcium, 95 mg of phosphorus and 500 mg of chondroitin sulfate, beside 1 Nutrition Facts row (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 25, 2014.
What is in Chondroitin Sulfate 500 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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sodium | 39 mg | 2% | 59% of 14,514 products listing sodium give more (median 55 mg). |
| Calciumas Dicalcium PhosphateCalcium (Form: from Dicalcium Phosphate) | 123 mg | 12% | Higher than 53% of 17,831 products listing calcium (median 115 mg). |
| Phosphorusas Dicalcium PhosphatePhosphorus (Form: from Dicalcium Phosphate) | 95 mg | 10% | Higher than 51% of 3,786 products listing phosphorus (median 90 mg). |
| Chondroitin Sulfate | 500 mg | Higher than 53% of 950 products listing chondroitin sulfate (median 400 mg). |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 35840 (entered July 25, 2014), 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?
The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Chondroitin Sulfate 500 mg's, rare ingredients counting for more.
- Flexezy-ERPhysician's Signature 3 shared, 59% alike
- ChondriotinPharmax 2 shared, 57% alike
- Chondroitin Sulfate 500 mgWonder Laboratories 2 shared, 57% alike
- Csa 500DC 2 shared, 57% alike
- Chondroitin Sulfate 600 mgNOW 2 shared, 57% alike
- Chondroitin Sulfate 600 mgSolgar 2 shared, 50% 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
- DIRECTIONS: As a dietary supplement, take one (1) to three (3) tablets daily, preferably one with each meal.
- Warnings
- WARNING: Do not use this product if you are allergic to sulfur.
- KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.
- TAMPER EVIDENT Do not use if outer seal is broken or missing.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- gluten free dairy free soy free nut free
- Does not contain: Yeast, Corn, Wheat, Gluten, Sugar, Soy, Starch, Dairy, Citrus, Fish, Preservatives, Artificial Colors or Flavors.
- Storage
- STORE IN A COOL, DRY PLACE.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 35840.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Stearic Acid, Croscarmellose Sodium, Magnesium Stearate, Pharmaceutical Glaze.
How many labels does Chondroitin Sulfate 500 mg have?
One label is on file, entered on July 25, 2014.
- Label 35840 (current) Entered July 25, 2014 · on the market · 100 tablets · UPC 7 66536 01462 0
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names Vitamin Shoppe, Inc. (distributor), Secaucus, NJ. All The Vitamin Shoppe products.