PlainVitamins

Zinc 15 mg

by Carlson · tablet or pill · 100 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 88395 05311 5
  • DSLD label 337656
  • Serving 1 tablet
  • 100 servings

Zinc 15 mg by Carlson lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 26 mg of calcium and 15 mg of zinc. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 22, 2025.

What is in Zinc 15 mg?

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).

Zinc 15 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 337656, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calciumas Dicalcium Phosphate26 mg2%Calcium in Zinc 15 mg against 17,831 products26 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg26 mg

87% of 17,831 products listing calcium give more (median 115 mg).

Zincas Zinc Gluconate15 mg136%Zinc in Zinc 15 mg against 13,186 products15 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 5 mg to 15 mg, the median 11 mg.DV 11 mgUL 40 mg15 mg

Higher than 56% of 13,186 products listing zinc (median 11 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 337656 (entered August 22, 2025), 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
Directions: Adults: take one tablet daily at mealtime.
Allergens and what it does not contain
IGEN Non-GMO Tested
Gluten-free Soy-free No artificial preservatives
Storage
Keep bottle tightly closed. Store away from heat and moisture.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 337656.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Stearic Acid, Croscarmellose Sodium, Ethylcellulose, Magnesium Stearate, Alfalfa.

How many labels does Zinc 15 mg have?

12 labels are on file under this name since December 23, 2015: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 337656 (current) Entered August 22, 2025 · on the market · 100 tablets · UPC 0 88395 05311 5
  2. Label 309264 Entered March 22, 2024 · on the market · 250 tablets · UPC 0 88395 05312 2
  3. Label 306166 Entered January 24, 2024 · off the market February 16, 2024 · 250 tablets · UPC 0 88395 05312 2
  4. Label 304909 Entered November 22, 2023 · off the market April 22, 2025 · 100 tablets · UPC 0 88395 05311 5
  5. Label 265738 Entered May 19, 2022 · off the market October 14, 2022 · 100 tablets · UPC 0 88395 05311 5
  6. Label 265375 Entered May 19, 2022 · off the market October 14, 2022 · 250 tablets · UPC 0 88395 05312 2
  7. Label 241887 Entered January 22, 2021 · off the market November 15, 2021 · 100 tablets · UPC 0 88395 05311 5
  8. Label 241884 Entered January 22, 2021 · off the market November 15, 2021 · 250 tablets · UPC 0 88395 05312 2
  9. Label 209009 Entered November 21, 2019 · off the market December 4, 2020 · 250 tablets · UPC 0 88395 05312 2
  10. Label 209007 Entered November 21, 2019 · off the market December 4, 2020 · 100 tablets · UPC 0 88395 05311 5
  11. Label 54673 Entered December 23, 2015 · off the market July 24, 2018 · 250 tablets · UPC 0 88395 05312 2
  12. Label 54671 Entered December 23, 2015 · off the market July 24, 2018 · 100 tablets · UPC 0 88395 05311 5

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

Who makes it?

The label names Carlson Division of J.R. Carlson Laboratories, Inc. (distributor), Lincolnshire, IL. All Carlson products.

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