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Vitamin D3 500 IU Natural Black Cherry Flavor

by Natures Plus Source of Life Animal Parade · tablet or pill · 90 animal shaped tablets

  • Off the market since March 2021 (NIH)
  • UPC 0 97467 29923 8
  • DSLD label 228049
  • Serving 1 tablet

Vitamin D3 500 IU Natural Black Cherry Flavor by Natures Plus Source of Life Animal Parade lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 500 IU (12.5 mcg) of vitamin D3, beside 2 Nutrition Facts rows (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 24, 2020.

What is in Vitamin D3 500 IU Natural Black Cherry 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).

Vitamin D3 500 IU Natural Black Cherry Flavor: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 228049, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories6 Calories
Total Carbohydrates1 gCarbohydrate in Vitamin D3 500 IU Natural Black Cherry Flavor against 21,979 products1 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 6 g, the median 3 g.1 g

74% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate give more (median 3 g).

Sugar0 g
Xylitol1 gXylitol in Vitamin D3 500 IU Natural Black Cherry Flavor against 220 products1 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 2.5 g, the median 2 g.1 g

65% of 220 products listing xylitol give more (median 2 g).

Vitamin D3as Cholecalciferol500 IU (12.5 mcg)125%Vitamin D in Vitamin D3 500 IU Natural Black Cherry Flavor against 14,175 products12.5 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 10 mcg to 25 mcg, the median 15 mcg.DV 20 mcgUL 100 mcg12.5 mcg

53% of 14,175 products listing vitamin D give more (median 15 mcg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 228049 (entered June 24, 2020), 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:

  • 65% of the 220 products that print an amount of xylitol list more than its 1 g of xylitol (median 2 g).

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.

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
Conforms to the strictest standards for purity, including California's Proposition 65.
Keep out of reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Sugar free
Gluten free
Free from sugar, artificial colors and preservatives. Free from all of the major allergens identified in the U.S. Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act.
Storage
Keep tightly closed in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 228049.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Xylitol, Natural color, Stearic Acid, Citric Acid, Natural Flavors, natural Cherry flavor, natural Raspberry flavor, Guar Gum.

How many labels does Vitamin D3 500 IU Natural Black Cherry Flavor have?

5 labels are on file under this name since April 25, 2013: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 228049 (current) Entered June 24, 2020 · off the market March 17, 2021 · 90 animal shaped tablets · UPC 0 97467 29923 8
  2. Label 228037 Entered June 24, 2020 · off the market March 17, 2021 · 90 animal shaped tablets · UPC 0 97467 29950 4
  3. Label 200168 Entered September 24, 2019 · off the market February 20, 2020 · 90 animal shaped tablets · UPC 0 97467 29923 8
  4. Label 200270 Entered July 24, 2019 · off the market February 20, 2020 · 90 animals · UPC 0 97467 29950 4
  5. Label 20283 Entered April 25, 2013 · off the market June 11, 2018 · 90 animals · UPC 0 97467 29923 8

DSLD also links this label to: Vitamin D3 400 IU (image difference, same product), Vitamin D3 400 IU (image difference, same product), Vitamin D3 400 IU (10 mcg) (image difference, same product), D3 500 IU Sugar Free 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, NY. All Natures Plus Source of Life Animal Parade products.

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