PlainVitamins

Waxy Maize

by NOW Sports · powder · 5.5 pounds

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 02014 7
  • DSLD label 314509
  • Serving 40 to 80 g (1-2 scoops); amounts per 40 g
  • 62 servings

Waxy Maize by NOW Sports lists one ingredient: 40 g of amylopectin per serving of 40 g. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 20, 2024.

What is in Waxy Maize?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 40 g. 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).

Waxy Maize: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 314509, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories150 Calories
Total Carbohydrates37 g13%Carbohydrate in Waxy Maize against 21,979 products37 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 6 g, the median 3 g.37 g

Higher than 97% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate (median 3 g).

Amylopectinas Waxy Maize Starch40 g

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 314509 (entered June 20, 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?

6 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: Mix 1 level scoop into 16 oz. of water or juice. Consume before, during and after intense exercise for best results. Double this amount if engaging in prolonged exertion of 2 hours or more.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only. Keep out of reach of children.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
No aspartame No sucralose No acesulfame-K No artificial sweeteners Steroid free Non-GMO
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients.
Storage
This product is sold by weight not volume. Store in a cool, dry, dark place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 314509.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Waxy Maize Starch, Powder.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): GMP Quality Assured Crescent H (Halal) Informed Sport We Test - You Trust Steroid Tested Triangle K (Kosher). Listed with: Informed Sport or Informed Choice (a seal is the label's claim; the certifier's own list confirms it).

How many labels does Waxy Maize have?

2 labels are on file under this name since September 24, 2019: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 314509 (current) Entered June 20, 2024 · on the market · 5.5 pounds · UPC 7 33739 02014 7
  2. Label 205175 Entered September 24, 2019 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 5.5 lbs · UPC 7 33739 02014 7

DSLD also links this label to: Waxy Maize 100% Pure Powder (image difference, same product), Waxy Maize Pure Powder (image difference, same product), Waxy Maize Pure Powder (image difference, same product), Waxy Maize Pure Powder (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 NOW Foods (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW Sports products.

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