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5-HTP Power

by Nature's Sunshine · capsule · 60 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 99904 02806 7
  • DSLD label 255150
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 60 servings

5-HTP Power by Nature's Sunshine lists 6 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 3 mg of vitamin B6, 3 mg of zinc and 35 mg of 5-htp; 3 sit inside a blend without their own amounts. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 23, 2021.

What is in 5-HTP Power?

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).

5-HTP Power: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 255150, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin B6as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride3 mg176%Vitamin B6 in 5-HTP Power against 15,277 products3 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 2 mg to 20 mg, the median 6 mg.DV 1.7 mgUL 100 mg3 mg

64% of 15,277 products listing vitamin B6 give more (median 6 mg). Per day at the most servings: 9 mg.

Zincas Zinc Gluconate3 mg27%Zinc in 5-HTP Power against 13,186 products3 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 5 mg to 15 mg, the median 11 mg.DV 11 mgUL 40 mg3 mg

84% of 13,186 products listing zinc give more (median 11 mg). Per day at the most servings: 9 mg.

5-Htp35 mg5-HTP in 5-HTP Power against 676 products35 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 100 mg, the median 100 mg.35 mg

83% of 676 products listing 5-HTP give more (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 105 mg.

Proprietary Blend306 mg
Eleutheroin the blend, no amount given
Ashwagandhain the blend, no amount given
Sumain the blend, no amount given

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 255150 (entered August 23, 2021), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD. 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; 3 ingredients sit inside a blend, so their amounts cannot be compared.

The NIH database records 3 servings 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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with 5-HTP Power's, rare ingredients counting for more.

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
Recommended Use: Take 1 capsule with a meal three times daily.
Warnings
Pregnant or lactating women should consult their health care provider prior to taking this supplement. Contact your health care provider if taking any prescription drug.
Do not use this product for more than three months without taking a 2-week rest. Do not use if inner seal is missing or damaged.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 255150.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Capsule, Vegetable Magnesium Stearate.

How many labels does 5-HTP Power have?

4 labels are on file under this name since January 25, 2013: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 255150 (current) Entered August 23, 2021 · on the market · 60 capsules · UPC 0 99904 02806 7
  2. Label 221130 Entered May 22, 2020 · off the market June 9, 2021 · 60 capsules · UPC 0 99904 02806 7
  3. Label 207752 Entered November 21, 2019 · off the market April 7, 2020 · 60 capsules · UPC 0 99904 02806 7
  4. Label 17928 Entered January 25, 2013 · off the market February 27, 2019 · 60 capsules · UPC 0 99904 02806 7

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

Who makes it?

The label names Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. (manufacturer), Spanish Fork, UT. All Nature's Sunshine products.

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