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True Food Zinc

by Higher Nature · tablet or pill · 30 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 5 031013 100772
  • DSLD label 42190
  • Serving 1 tablet

True Food Zinc by Higher Nature lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 15 mg of zinc and 0.5 mg of copper. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on February 25, 2015.

What is in True Food Zinc?

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).

True Food Zinc: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 42190, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Zinc 15 mg 150% Zinc in True Food Zinc against 13,186 products15 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 5 mg to 15 mg, the median 11 mg.DV 11 mgUL 40 mg15 mg

Higher than 56% of 13,186 products listing zinc (median 11 mg).
Copper 0.5 mg 50% Copper in True Food Zinc against 6,468 products0.5 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 mg to 2 mg, the median 1 mg.DV 0.9 mgUL 10 mg0.5 mg

68% of 6,468 products listing copper give more (median 1 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 42190 (entered February 25, 2015), 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?

6 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: Take 1 tablet a day, with or between meals (children over 8 years, 1 tablet alternate days), or as your health professional advises. Do not exceed recommended daily intake.
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
DOES NOT CONTAIN: salt, starch, wheat, gluten, maize, corn, lactose, dairy products, artificial preservatives, colours or flavourings.
Storage
Ensure lid is tight and store in a cool, dry, steam-free environment as damp conditions can affect the product quality.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 42190.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Proprietary Mixture (Combination), Stearic Acid, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Hydroxypropyl Cellulose, Coating.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): {Recycle}.

How many labels does True Food Zinc have?

10 labels are on file under this name since December 29, 2014: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 42191 Entered February 25, 2015 · off the market November 12, 2013 · 90 tablets · UPC 5 031013 100789
  2. Label 42190 (current) Entered February 25, 2015 · on the market · 30 tablets · UPC 5 031013 100772
  3. Label 42189 Entered February 25, 2015 · off the market October 10, 2014 · 30 tablets · UPC 5 031013 100772
  4. Label 42011 Entered February 25, 2015 · off the market May 7, 2020 · 90 tablets · UPC 5 031013 100789
  5. Label 41569 Entered January 23, 2015 · off the market January 29, 2014 · 90 tablets · UPC 5 031013 100789
  6. Label 41568 Entered January 23, 2015 · off the market August 28, 2013 · 30 tablets · UPC 5 031013 100772
  7. Label 41183 Entered January 23, 2015 · off the market December 19, 2012 · 90 tablets · UPC 5 031013 100789
  8. Label 40947 Entered December 29, 2014 · off the market December 19, 2012 · 30 tablets · UPC 5 031013 100772
  9. Label 40807 Entered December 29, 2014 · off the market June 20, 2012 · 30 tablets · UPC 5 031013 100772
  10. Label 40738 Entered December 29, 2014 · off the market July 19, 2012 · 90 tablets · UPC 5 031013 100789

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

Who makes it?

The label names Higher Nature (manufacturer), Burwash Common, East Sussex, UK. All Higher Nature products.

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