Vitamin D3 500 IU Black Cherry
by NaturesPlus Source of Life Animal Parade · tablet or pill · 90 animal-shaped tablets
- Off the market since July 2024 (NIH)
- UPC 0 97467 29950 4
- DSLD label 298651
- Serving 1 chewable animal shaped tablet
- 90 servings
Vitamin D3 500 IU Black Cherry by NaturesPlus Source of Life Animal Parade lists one ingredient: 12.5 mg of vitamin D3 per serving of 1 chewable animal shaped tablet. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on October 24, 2023.
What is in Vitamin D3 500 IU Black Cherry?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 chewable animal shaped 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 Carbohydrate | 1 g | 1% | 74% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate give more (median 3 g). |
| Total Sugars | 1 g | ||
| added Sugars | 1 g | 4% | 69% of 11,807 products listing sugar give more (median 2 g). |
| Vitamin D3as Cholecalciferol500 IU | 12.5 mg | 83% | This amount is far outside what other labels list for vitamin D, or disagrees with the label's own %DV: possibly a unit or transcription slip in the database. Check the label image on DSLD. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 298651 (entered October 24, 2023), 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?
6 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- Vitamin D3 500 IU Black Cherry FlavorNaturesPlus Animal Parade same ingredients
- Vitamin D3 5000 IU (125 mcg) Raspberry FlavorBluebonnet EarthSweet Chewables · off the market same ingredients
- Vitamin D3 125 mcg (5000 IU) Raspberry FlavorBluebonnet EarthSweet Chewables same ingredients
- D3 Gummies 5000 IU (125 mcg) Strawberrry, Peach & MangoNature Made same ingredients
- Replesta NX Cholecalciferol Natural Orange FlavorBioGaia same ingredients
- Vitamin D3 2000 IU (50 mcg) Raspberry FlavorBluebonnet EarthSweet Chewables · 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
- Directions: As a dietary supplement for children two years of age and older, chew one tablet daily. Designed for children of safe chewing age and older. May be taken in addition to Animal Parade Children's Chewable Multi-Vitamin and Mineral.
- Warnings
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- Free from all the major allergens identified in the U.S. Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act. GF Gluten Free
- GF (Gluten free)
- Storage
- Keep tightly closed in a cool, dry place.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 298651.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Cane Sugar, Fructose, Xylitol, Natural color, Stearic Acid, Citric Acid, Natural Flavors, Magnesium Stearate, Guar Gum.
How many labels does Vitamin D3 500 IU Black Cherry have?
2 labels are on file under this name since June 23, 2021: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 298651 (current) Entered October 24, 2023 · off the market July 10, 2024 · 90 animal-shaped tablets · UPC 0 97467 29950 4
- Label 249868 Entered June 23, 2021 · off the market February 28, 2022 · 90 animal shaped tablets · UPC 0 97467 29950 4
DSLD also links this label to: Vitamin D3 500 IU Natural Black Cherry (image difference, same product), Vitamin D3 500 IU Black Cherry Flavor (image difference, same product), Vitamin D3 500 IU Natural Black Cherry Flavor (image difference, same product), Vitamin D3 500 IU Natural Black Cherry Flavor (image difference, same product), Vitamin D3 500 IU Black Cherry Flavor (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 NaturesPlus Source of Life Animal Parade products.