Vitamin C

by Ultimate Nutrition Platinum Series · tablet or pill · 120 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 99071 00334 8
  • DSLD label 293472
  • Serving 1 tablet
  • 120 servings

Vitamin C by Ultimate Nutrition Platinum Series lists one ingredient: 500 mg of vitamin C per serving of 1 tablet. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 18, 2023.

What is in Vitamin C?

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).

Vitamin C: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 293472, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Sodium30 mg1%Sodium in Vitamin C against 14,514 products30 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 15 mg to 142 mg, the median 55 mg.30 mg

62% of 14,514 products listing sodium give more (median 55 mg). Per day at the most servings: 60 mg.

Total Carbohydratesless than 1 g1%
Sugarless than 1 g
Vitamin Cas Sodium Ascorbate500 mg833%Vitamin C in Vitamin C 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). Per day at the most servings: 1,000 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 293472 (entered July 18, 2023), 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?

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.

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, chew one tablet up to twice daily.
Warnings
Do not use if seal is broken or missing
Keep out of reach of children
Storage
Store in a cool dry place

Source: label statements in DSLD label 293472.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Dextrose, Sucrose, Fructose, Natural flavor, FD&C Yellow #6, Vegetable Oil, Hydrogenated, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Silica.

How many labels does Vitamin C have?

One label is on file, entered on July 18, 2023.

  1. Label 293472 (current) Entered July 18, 2023 · on the market · 120 tablets · UPC 0 99071 00334 8

DSLD also links this label to: Vitamin C 500 mg Naturally Orange Flavored (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 Ultimate Nutrition, Inc. (distributor), Farmington, CT. All Ultimate Nutrition Platinum Series products.

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