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Zinc Ascorbate

by BioCare · capsule · 60 vegetable capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 5 033290 294601
  • DSLD label 336079
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 60 servings

Zinc Ascorbate by BioCare lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 100 mg of vitamin C and 15.5 mg of zinc. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 24, 2025.

What is in Zinc Ascorbate?

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

Zinc Ascorbate: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 336079, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin C100 mg125%Vitamin C in Zinc Ascorbate against 18,583 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 270 mg, the median 100 mg.DV 90 mgUL 2,000 mg100 mg

50% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C give more (median 100 mg).

Zinc15.5 mg155%Zinc in Zinc Ascorbate against 13,186 products15.5 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 5 mg to 15 mg, the median 11 mg.DV 11 mgUL 40 mg15.5 mg

Higher than 78% of 13,186 products listing zinc (median 11 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 336079 (entered July 24, 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: 1 capsule taken daily with food, or as professionally directed.
Warnings
This product should not be used as a substitute for a varied diet and healthy lifestyle. Do not exceed the stated recommended daily intake. Do not purchase if the seal is broken. If you are under medical supervision, please consult a doctor before use.
Keep out of reach of children.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 336079.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Vitamin C, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Silicon Dioxide, Magnesium Stearate.

How many labels does Zinc Ascorbate have?

2 labels are on file under this name since January 24, 2024: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 336079 (current) Entered July 24, 2025 · on the market · 60 vegetable capsules · UPC 5 033290 294601
  2. Label 302288 Entered January 24, 2024 · off the market March 27, 2025 · 60 vegetable capsules · UPC 5 033290 294601

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

Who makes it?

The label names UK - BioCare Ltd (manufacturer), Redditch , UK. All BioCare products.

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