PlainVitamins

Zinc Glycinate

by NOW · softgel capsule · 120 softgels

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 01554 9
  • DSLD label 314226
  • Serving 1 softgel
  • 120 servings

Zinc Glycinate by NOW lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 1 softgel, such as 30 mg of zinc and 250 mg of pumpkin seed oil, cold-pressed. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 25, 2024.

What is in Zinc Glycinate?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 softgel. 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 Glycinate: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 314226, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Zincelemental30 mg273%Zinc in Zinc Glycinate against 13,186 products30 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 5 mg to 15 mg, the median 11 mg.DV 11 mgUL 40 mg30 mg

Higher than 90% of 13,186 products listing zinc (median 11 mg).

Zinc BisglycinateTRAACS150 mg
Pumpkin Seed Oil, Cold-PressedPumpkin seed Oil PlantPart: seed Note: cold-pressed250 mgPumpkin in Zinc Glycinate against 294 products250 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 30 mg to 200 mg, the median 80 mg.250 mg

Higher than 81% of 294 products listing pumpkin (median 80 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 314226 (entered July 25, 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?

5 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: Take 1 softgel daily with a meal.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Keep out of reach of children.
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or sesame ingredients.. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or sesame ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 314226.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Bovine Gelatin, Glycerin, Water, Carob, Beeswax, Soy Lecithin.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): GMP Quality Assured; K Kosher Contains Gelatin Crescent H (Halal).

How many labels does Zinc Glycinate have?

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

  1. Label 314226 (current) Entered July 25, 2024 · on the market · 120 softgels · UPC 7 33739 01554 9
  2. Label 70768 Entered February 24, 2017 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 120 softgels · UPC 7 33739 01554 9
  3. Label 52859 Entered October 22, 2015 · off the market November 30, 2016 · 120 softgels · UPC 7 33739 01554 9
  4. Label 40290 Entered December 29, 2014 · off the market September 30, 2015 · 120 softgels · UPC 7 33739 01554 9
  5. Label 14920 Entered October 25, 2012 · off the market November 26, 2014 · 120 softgels · UPC 7 33739 01554 9

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 products.

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