Vitamin C with Rose Hips 500 mg
by Swanson Premium Brand · capsule · 100 capsules
- Off the market since December 2023 (NIH)
- UPC 0 87614 01101 1
- DSLD label 202365
- Serving 1 capsule
Vitamin C with Rose Hips 500 mg by Swanson Premium Brand lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 500 mg of vitamin C and 12.5 mg of rose hips 4:1 extract. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 24, 2019.
What is in Vitamin C with Rose Hips 500 mg?
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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamin Cas Ascorbic Acid | 500 mg | 556% | Higher than 81% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,000 mg. |
| Rose Hips 4:1 extractRose Hips 4:1 extract Note: equivalent to 50 mg rose hips powder | 12.5 mg | 77% of 195 products listing rose (unspecified) give more (median 30 mg). Per day at the most servings: 25 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 202365 (entered June 24, 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 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.
- Vitamin C 500 mg with Rosehip 20 mgSimplySupplements same ingredients
- Vitamin C 500 mg with RosehipSimplySupplements same ingredients
- Vitamin C 500 mg With Rosehip 400 mgSimply Supplements same ingredients
- Sustained Release Vitamin C-500 With Rose HipsWindmill same ingredients
- Vitamin C with Rose Hips 1,000 mgSwanson Premium Brand · off the market same ingredients
- Natural C-500 with Rose Hips21st Century · off the market 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
- Suggested use: As a dietary supplement, take one capsule one to two times per day with food and water.
- Warnings
- Do not use if seal is broken.
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Storage
- Store in a cool, dry place.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 202365.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Gelatin, Rice Flour, Rice Extract Blend.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Guaranteed purity & potency.
How many labels does Vitamin C with Rose Hips 500 mg have?
6 labels are on file under this name since March 23, 2018: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 202365 (current) Entered June 24, 2019 · off the market December 5, 2023 · 100 capsules · UPC 0 87614 01101 1
- Label 202301 Entered June 24, 2019 · off the market December 5, 2023 · 500 tablets · UPC 0 87614 01087 8
- Label 174710 Entered June 25, 2018 · off the market September 19, 2018 · 400 capsules · UPC 0 87614 01847 8
- Label 175936 Entered April 25, 2018 · off the market September 25, 2018 · 250 capsules · UPC 0 87614 01102 8
- Label 174574 Entered March 23, 2018 · off the market September 9, 2018 · 100 capsules · UPC 0 87614 01101 1
- Label 174553 Entered March 23, 2018 · off the market June 14, 2018 · 500 tablets · UPC 0 87614 01087 8
DSLD also links this label to: C 500 mg (package size difference, same product), C 500 mg (package size difference, same product), C 500 mg (package size difference, same product), C 500 mg (package size difference, same product), C-500 500 mg (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 Swanson Health Products (distributor), Fargo, ND. All Swanson Premium Brand products.