Vitamin C 500 mg Natural Orange Flavor
by Bluebonnet EarthSweet Chewables · tablet or pill · 180 chewable tablets
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 7 43715 00506 8
- DSLD label 178048
- Serving 1 tablet
Vitamin C 500 mg Natural Orange Flavor by Bluebonnet EarthSweet Chewables lists one ingredient: 500 mg of vitamin C per serving of 1 tablet. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 25, 2018.
What is in Vitamin C 500 mg Natural Orange Flavor?
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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 5 Calories | ||
| Total Carbohydrates | 1 g | 1% | 74% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate give more (median 3 g). |
| Sugar | 1 g | 69% of 11,807 products listing sugar give more (median 2 g). | |
| Added Sugars | 1 g | 2% | |
| Vitamin Cas Calcium Ascorbate, L-Ascorbic AcidVitamin C (Form: as Calcium Ascorbate) (Alt. Name: L-Ascorbic Acid) | 500 mg | 556% | Higher than 81% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg). |
| Sodiumas Sodium AscorbateSodium (Form: as Sodium Ascorbate) | 15 mg | 1% | 72% of 14,514 products listing sodium give more (median 55 mg). |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 178048 (entered June 25, 2018), 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.
- Chewable Vitamin C-500 mg Orange FlavoredRugby same ingredients
- Vitamin C 500 mg Naturally Orange FlavoredUltimate Nutrition · off the market same ingredients
- 100% Natural Fruit Chew C 250 mg Tangy Orange FlavorNatural Factors Big Friends · off the market same ingredients
- Vitamin C Chewable 500 mg Orange FlavorWell At Walgreens same ingredients
- Vitamin C 500 mgKroger same ingredients
- Natural Orange Flavor Chewable Vitamin C 500 mgRexall same ingredients
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, take one chewable tablet daily or as directed by a healthcare practitioner.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- Free of milk, egg, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soybeans. Also free of yeast, gluten, barley and rice.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 178048.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: natural Orange flavor, EarthSweet, Vegetable Magnesium Stearate, Stearic Acid.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Vegan; K Parve; Gluten free.
How many labels does Vitamin C 500 mg Natural Orange Flavor have?
2 labels are on file under this name since June 25, 2018: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 178048 (current) Entered June 25, 2018 · on the market · 180 chewable tablets · UPC 7 43715 00506 8
- Label 178046 Entered June 25, 2018 · on the market · 90 chewable tablets · UPC 7 43715 00505 1
DSLD also links this label to: Vitamin C 500 mg Orange Flavor (package size 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 Bluebonnet Nutrition Corporation (manufacturer), Sugar Land, TX. All Bluebonnet EarthSweet Chewables products.