Zinc Citrate

by BioCare · tablet or pill · 90 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 5 033290 136901
  • DSLD label 336080
  • Serving 1 tablet
  • 90 servings

Zinc Citrate by BioCare lists one ingredient: 17.1 mg of zinc per serving of 1 tablet. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 22, 2025.

What is in Zinc Citrate?

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 Citrate: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 336080, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Zinc17.1 mg171%Zinc in Zinc Citrate against 13,186 products17.1 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 5 mg to 15 mg, the median 11 mg.DV 11 mgUL 40 mg17.1 mg

Higher than 79% of 13,186 products listing zinc (median 11 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 336080 (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: 1 tablets 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 336080.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Dicalcium Phosphate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Zinc Citrate, Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose, Magnesium Stearate.

How many labels does Zinc Citrate 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 336080 (current) Entered August 22, 2025 · on the market · 90 tablets · UPC 5 033290 136901
  2. Label 302289 Entered January 24, 2024 · off the market March 27, 2025 · 90 tablets · UPC 5 033290 136901

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

Who makes it?

The label names EU - BioCare Ltd (manufacturer), Amsterdam, NL . All BioCare products.

Where next?