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Pantothenic Acid 500 mg

by Vital Nutrients · capsule · 100 vegetarian capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 6 93465 50611 0
  • DSLD label 305136
  • Serving 1 vegetarian capsule
  • 100 servings

Pantothenic Acid 500 mg by Vital Nutrients lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 vegetarian capsule, such as 500 mg of pantothenic acid and 40 mg of calcium. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 24, 2024.

What is in Pantothenic Acid 500 mg?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 vegetarian capsule. 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).

Pantothenic Acid 500 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 305136, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Pantothenic Acidas D-Calcium PantothenateUSP500 mg10,000%Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5) in Pantothenic Acid 500 mg against 10,060 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 6 mg to 50 mg, the median 12 mg.DV 5 mg500 mg

Higher than 98% of 10,060 products listing pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) (median 12 mg).

Calcium40 mg3%Calcium in Pantothenic Acid 500 mg against 17,831 products40 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg40 mg

79% of 17,831 products listing calcium give more (median 115 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 305136 (entered January 24, 2024), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD or its label image (PDF). 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:

  • Its 500 mg of pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) is higher than 98% of the 10,060 pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) products that print an amount; 58 list more.

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
Recommendations Take 1 capsule daily, or as directed by your healthcare professional.
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children
Use only if safety seal is intact
Warning If pregnant, consult your physician before taking.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Excludes coatings, binders, gluten (wheat, rye, barley), milk/dairy (casein, whey), soy protein, egg protein, sugar. Verified by independent testing
Storage
Store sealed in a cool dry place

Source: label statements in DSLD label 305136.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Rice, Powder, Leucine, Silica.

How many labels does Pantothenic Acid 500 mg have?

5 labels are on file under this name since March 23, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 305136 (current) Entered January 24, 2024 · on the market · 100 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 50611 0
  2. Label 223303 Entered June 24, 2020 · off the market December 7, 2022 · 100 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 50611 0
  3. Label 182537 Entered October 25, 2018 · off the market May 15, 2020 · 100 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 50611 0
  4. Label 27548 Entered November 25, 2013 · off the market April 16, 2018 · 100 capsules · UPC 6 93465 50611 0
  5. Label 6312 Entered March 23, 2012 · off the market September 13, 2013 · 100 capsules · UPC 6 93465 50611 0

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

Who makes it?

The label names Vital Nutrients (manufacturer), Middleton, CT. All Vital Nutrients products.

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