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Zinc Complex

by Shaklee · tablet or pill · 120 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • DSLD label 334698
  • Serving 1 tablet
  • 120 servings

Zinc Complex by Shaklee lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 120 mg of calcium and 15 mg of zinc. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 25, 2025.

What is in Zinc Complex?

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 Complex: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 334698, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calciumas Dicalcium Phosphate120 mg9%Calcium in Zinc Complex against 17,831 products120 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg120 mg

Higher than 51% of 17,831 products listing calcium (median 115 mg).

Zincas Zinc Gluconate15 mg136%Zinc in Zinc Complex 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 334698 (entered June 25, 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: Take 1 tablet daily.
Warnings
Seal under cap for your protection.
Manufactured in a facility that may also process peanuts, tree nuts, milk, egg, soy, wheat, sesame, shellfish, and fish.
Allergens and what it does not contain
GF Gluten free No artificial flavors, sweeteners, colors, or preservatives

Source: label statements in DSLD label 334698.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Croscarmellose Sodium.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Shaklee since 1956 Safe Proven 100% Guaranteed; V Vegan; Star-K (Kosher) H (Halal).

How many labels does Zinc Complex have?

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

  1. Label 334698 (current) Entered June 25, 2025 · on the market · 120 tablets
  2. Label 4975 Entered January 25, 2012 · off the market October 17, 2023 · 120 tablets

DSLD also links this label to: +Z Boost Zinc Complex (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 Shaklee Corporation (distributor), Groveport, OH. All Shaklee products.

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