Timed-Release Vitamin C with Rose Hips 500 mg
by Swanson Premium Brand · tablet or pill · 250 tablets
- Off the market since December 2023 (NIH)
- UPC 0 87614 01094 6
- DSLD label 202308
- Serving 1 tablet
Timed-Release Vitamin C with Rose Hips 500 mg by Swanson Premium Brand lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 500 mg of vitamin C and 50 mg of rose hips. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 23, 2019.
What is in Timed-Release Vitamin C with Rose Hips 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamin Cas Ascorbic Acid | 500 mg | 556% | Higher than 81% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,000 mg. |
| Rose HipsRose Hips Note: from concentrate | 50 mg | Higher than 53% of 195 products listing rose (unspecified) (median 30 mg). Per day at the most servings: 100 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 202308 (entered August 23, 2019), 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 1 to 2 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.
- Timed-Release Vitamin C with Rose HipsSwanson Premium Brand · off the market same ingredients
- C-500 with Rose HipsSource Naturals same ingredients
- Mark VDC same ingredients
- Natural C-500 with Rose Hips21st Century · off the market same ingredients
- Sustained Release Vitamin C-500 With Rose HipsWindmill same ingredients
- Vitamin C with Rose HipsSwanson Health Products · off the market 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
- Suggested use: As a dietary supplement, take one tablet one to two times per day with food and water. Timed-release gradually over 6 to 8 hours.
- Warnings
- Do not use if seal is broken.
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Storage
- Store in a cool, dry place.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 202308.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Guar Gum, Stearic Acid, Magnesium Stearate, Pharmaceutical Glaze.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Guaranteed purity & potency.
How many labels does Timed-Release Vitamin C with Rose Hips 500 mg have?
2 labels are on file under this name since September 21, 2017: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 202308 (current) Entered August 23, 2019 · off the market December 5, 2023 · 250 tablets · UPC 0 87614 01094 6
- Label 78616 Entered September 21, 2017 · off the market May 21, 2018 · 250 tablets · UPC 0 87614 01094 6
DSLD also links this label to: Timed-Release Vitamin C with Rose Hips (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 Swanson Health Products (distributor), Fargo, ND. All Swanson Premium Brand products.