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Vitamin C 500 mg

by Natures Plus · tablet or pill · 90 tablets

  • Off the market since February 2022 (NIH)
  • UPC 0 97467 02331 4
  • DSLD label 191094
  • Serving 1 sustained release tablet

Vitamin C 500 mg by Natures Plus lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 sustained release 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 February 25, 2019.

What is in Vitamin C 500 mg?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 sustained release 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 500 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 191094, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin Cas Ascorbic Acid500 mg833%Vitamin C in Vitamin C 500 mg 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).

Rose Hips50 mgDog Rose in Vitamin C 500 mg against 397 products50 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 10 mg to 65 mg, the median 25 mg.50 mg

Higher than 63% of 397 products listing dog rose (median 25 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 191094 (entered February 25, 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 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: As a dietary supplement, one tablet daily.
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Free from artificial colors and preservatives. Free from the common allergens yeast, wheat, corn, soy and milk.
Gluten free
Storage
Keep tightly closed in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 191094.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Stearic Acid, Magnesium Stearate, Silica, Carob, Pharmaceutical Glaze.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Hypo-Allergenic; Quality Natural Supplements.

How many labels does Vitamin C 500 mg have?

3 labels are on file under this name since August 24, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 191094 (current) Entered February 25, 2019 · off the market February 28, 2022 · 90 tablets · UPC 0 97467 02331 4
  2. Label 49301 Entered August 25, 2015 · off the market June 11, 2018 · 90 tablets · UPC 0 97467 02331 4
  3. Label 12676 Entered August 24, 2012 · off the market February 28, 2022 · 90 tablets · UPC 0 97467 02320 8

DSLD also links this label to: Sustained Release Vitamin C 500 mg (image difference, same product), Vitamin C 500 mg with Rose Hips Sustained Release (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 Natural Organics Laboratories, Inc. makers of Nature's Plus (manufacturer), Amityville, New York. All Natures Plus products.

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