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Vitamin K-2 100 mcg

by NOW · capsule · 100 veg capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 00990 6
  • DSLD label 314219
  • Serving 1 veg capsule
  • 100 servings

Vitamin K-2 100 mcg by NOW lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 veg capsule, such as 100 mcg of vitamin K2 and 250 mg of alfalfa powder. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on October 24, 2024.

What is in Vitamin K-2 100 mcg?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 veg 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).

Vitamin K-2 100 mcg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 314219, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin K2as Menaquinone-4100 mcg83%*Vitamin K in Vitamin K-2 100 mcg against 4,607 products100 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 35 mcg to 100 mcg, the median 80 mcg.DV 120 mcg100 mcg

Higher than 69% of 4,607 products listing vitamin K (median 80 mcg).

Alfalfa powder250 mgAlfalfa in Vitamin K-2 100 mcg against 477 products250 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 500 mg, the median 200 mg.250 mg

Higher than 55% of 477 products listing alfalfa (median 200 mg).

* % Daily Value computed from the printed amount and the FDA Daily Value (21 CFR 101.9); the label prints none for that row.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 314219 (entered October 24, 2024), 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?

5 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
Suggested Usage: Take 1 capsule daily with a meal.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only. Keep out of reach of children.
Do not use if pregnant, nursing or allergic or contraindicated to aspirin. Consult physician if taking medication (especially blood thinners such as warfarin, Coumadin, heparin and aspirin) or have a medical condition.
Do not use if pregnant, nursing or allergic or contraindicated to aspirin.
Discontinue use two weeks prior to surgery or if stomach upset occurs.
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Non-GMO
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 314219.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Rice Flour, Silicon Dioxide.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Non-GMO Triangle K (Kosher); Crescent H (Halal) GMP Quality Assured.

How many labels does Vitamin K-2 100 mcg have?

10 labels are on file under this name since October 25, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 314219 (current) Entered October 24, 2024 · on the market · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 00990 6
  2. Label 315729 Entered July 25, 2024 · on the market · 250 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 00991 3
  3. Label 204942 Entered July 24, 2019 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 250 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 00991 3
  4. Label 204938 Entered July 24, 2019 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 00990 6
  5. Label 70356 Entered February 24, 2017 · off the market December 6, 2018 · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 00990 6
  6. Label 70031 Entered January 25, 2017 · off the market November 30, 2016 · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 00990 6
  7. Label 50183 Entered September 25, 2015 · off the market September 20, 2016 · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 00990 6
  8. Label 48179 Entered August 25, 2015 · off the market August 24, 2015 · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 00990 6
  9. Label 37195 Entered October 10, 2014 · off the market June 30, 2015 · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 00990 6
  10. Label 14327 Entered October 25, 2012 · off the market August 5, 2014 · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 00990 6

Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).

Who makes it?

The label names NOW Foods (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW products.

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