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Time Release Buffered Vitamin C 500 mg

by Country Life · tablet or pill · 100 tablets

  • Off the market since April 2016 (NIH)
  • UPC 0 15794 07051 1
  • DSLD label 35592
  • Serving 1 tablet

Time Release Buffered Vitamin C 500 mg by Country Life lists 5 ingredients, 5 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 500 mg of vitamin C, 100 mg of calcium, 6 mg of magnesium and 100 mg of lemon bioflavonoids. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 25, 2014.

What is in Time Release Buffered Vitamin C 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).

Time Release Buffered Vitamin C 500 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 35592, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin Cas Ascorbic Acid, Rose Hip500 mg833%Vitamin C in Time Release Buffered Vitamin C 500 mg against 18,583 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 270 mg, the median 100 mg.DV 90 mgUL 2,000 mg500 mg

Higher than 81% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg).

Calciumas Calcium CarbonateCalcium (Form: as Calcium Carbonate)100 mg10%Calcium in Time Release Buffered Vitamin C 500 mg against 17,831 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg100 mg

53% of 17,831 products listing calcium give more (median 115 mg).

Magnesiumas Magnesium OxideMagnesium (Form: as Magnesium Oxide)6 mg2%Magnesium in Time Release Buffered Vitamin C 500 mg against 14,003 products6 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 30 mg to 200 mg, the median 86 mg.UL 350 mgDV 420 mg6 mg

96% of 14,003 products listing magnesium give more (median 86 mg).

Lemon Bioflavonoids100 mgFlavonoid in Time Release Buffered Vitamin C 500 mg against 2,343 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 100 mg, the median 50 mg.100 mg

Higher than 62% of 2,343 products listing flavonoid (median 50 mg).

Rose Hips10 mgDog Rose in Time Release Buffered Vitamin C 500 mg against 397 products10 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 10 mg to 65 mg, the median 25 mg.10 mg

71% of 397 products listing dog rose give more (median 25 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 35592 (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?

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:

  • 96% of the 14,003 products that print an amount of magnesium list more than its 6 mg of magnesium (median 86 mg).

The NIH database records one serving a day from the label's directions; its % Daily Values are for children less than 4 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.

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, take one (1) tablet daily with food.
Warnings
Do not accept if seal is broken.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
NO: Yeast, wheat, soy, gluten, milk, salt, sugar, starch, preservatives or artificial color.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 35592.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Stearic Acid, Coating, Magnesium Stearate, Silica.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Good Manufacturing Procedures GMP CERTIFIED; Manufactured with WIND POWER; K.

How many labels does Time Release Buffered Vitamin C 500 mg have?

2 labels are on file under this name since July 25, 2014: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 35592 (current) Entered July 25, 2014 · off the market April 20, 2016 · 100 tablets · UPC 0 15794 07051 1
  2. Label 35590 Entered July 25, 2014 · off the market April 20, 2016 · 250 tablets · UPC 0 15794 07054 2

DSLD also links this label to: Buffered Vitamin C 500 mg (image difference, same product), Buffered Vitamin C 500 mg (image difference, same product), Buffered Vitamin C 500 mg (image 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 Country Life (manufacturer), Hauppauge, NY. All Country Life products.

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