Vitamin C with Echinacea
by Solaray · capsule · 120 ct
- On the market (NIH)
- DSLD label 13318
- Serving 1 to 2 vegetarian capsules; amounts per 2 vegetarian capsules
- 60 servings
Vitamin C with Echinacea by Solaray lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 2 vegetarian capsules, such as 1,000 mg of vitamin C and 600 mg of echinacea root. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on October 1, 2012.
What is in Vitamin C with Echinacea?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 vegetarian capsules. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamin Cas Ascorbic Acid | 1,000 mg | 1,667% | Higher than 91% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg). |
| Echinacea Rootas Echinacea angustifolia, Echinacea purpureaEchinacea Root (Form: from Echinacea purpurea, and Echinacea angustifolia) PlantPart: Root | 600 mg | Higher than 88% of 234 products listing echinacea (median 200 mg). | |
| Vitamin C Support Baseas Acerola Cherry, Bioflavonoid concentrate, Rose Hips | 27 mg |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 13318 (entered October 1, 2012), 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?
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 1,000 mg of vitamin C is higher than 91% of the 18,583 vitamin C products that print an amount; 445 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?
2 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- Vitamin C-500 mg Plus EchinaceaNature's Bounty same ingredients
- EchinaceaProCaps Laboratories same ingredients
- Echinacea With Forti-CNature's Answer · off the market 2 shared, 80% alike
- Echinacea 400 mgVitaCeutical Labs 1 shared, 76% alike
- Echinacea 400 mgWindmill Herbals · off the market 1 shared, 76% alike
- Echinacea Max-V Angustifolia & PurpureaDouglas Laboratories 1 shared, 76% alike
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: Use only as directed. Take one to two vegetarian capsules daily with a meal or glass of water. For optimal results, take continually for 14 days.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 13318.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Vegetable Cellulose Capsule, Magnesium Stearate.
How many labels does Vitamin C with Echinacea have?
One label is on file, entered on October 1, 2012.
- Label 13318 (current) Entered October 1, 2012 · on the market · 120 ct
DSLD also links this label to: Vitamin C Echinacea 500 mg (image difference, same product), Vitamin C Echinacea 500 mg (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 Solaray (manufacturer). All Solaray products.