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Vitamin C 500

by BioCare · capsule · 60 vegetable capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 5 033290 172602
  • DSLD label 309768
  • Serving 1 to 2 capsules; amounts per 1 capsule
  • 60 servings

Vitamin C 500 by BioCare lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 400 mg of vitamin C, 30 mg of magnesium and 100 mg of bilberry extract. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on March 22, 2024.

What is in Vitamin C 500?

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

Vitamin C 500: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 309768, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin C400 mg500%Vitamin C in Vitamin C 500 against 18,583 products400 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 270 mg, the median 100 mg.DV 90 mgUL 2,000 mg400 mg

Higher than 79% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg).

Magnesium30 mg8%Magnesium in Vitamin C 500 against 14,003 products30 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 30 mg to 200 mg, the median 86 mg.UL 350 mgDV 420 mg30 mg

75% of 14,003 products listing magnesium give more (median 86 mg).

Bilberry Extract4:1, equivalent 400 mg bilberries100 mgBilberry in Vitamin C 500 against 896 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 20 mg to 100 mg, the median 50 mg.100 mg

Higher than 69% of 896 products listing bilberry (median 50 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 309768 (entered March 22, 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?

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?

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: 1 or 2 capsules taken daily with food, or as professionally directed.
Warnings
This product should not be used as a substitute for a varied diet and healthy lifestyle. Do not exceed the stated recommended daily intake. Do not purchase if the seal is broken. If you are under medical supervision, please consult a doctor before use.
Keep out of reach of children.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 309768.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Vitamin C, Bilberry Extract, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Rice Fiber.

How many labels does Vitamin C 500 have?

2 labels are on file under this name since January 24, 2024: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 309768 (current) Entered March 22, 2024 · on the market · 60 vegetable capsules · UPC 5 033290 172602
  2. Label 302283 Entered January 24, 2024 · off the market January 11, 2024 · 60 vegetable capsules · UPC 5 033290 172602

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

Who makes it?

The label names UK - BioCare Ltd (manufacturer), Redditch , UK. All BioCare products.

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