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5HTP 100 mg

by Vital Nutrients · capsule · 60 vegetarian capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 6 93465 11011 9
  • DSLD label 304932
  • Serving 2 capsules; amounts per 1 capsule
  • 60 servings

5HTP 100 mg by Vital Nutrients lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 10 mg of vitamin B6, 4 mg of vitamin B6 and 100 mg of L-5-hydroxytryptophan. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 24, 2024.

What is in 5HTP 100 mg?

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).

5HTP 100 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 304932, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin B6as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride10 mg588%Vitamin B6 in 5HTP 100 mg against 15,277 products14 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 2 mg to 20 mg, the median 6 mg.DV 1.7 mgUL 100 mg14 mg

Higher than 67% of 15,277 products listing vitamin B6 (median 6 mg). Per day at the most servings: 28 mg.

Vitamin B6as Pyridoxal 5-Phosphate4 mg235%
L-5-Hydroxytryptophan100 mg5-HTP in 5HTP 100 mg against 676 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 100 mg, the median 100 mg.100 mg

18% of 676 products listing 5-HTP give more (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 200 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 304932 (entered January 24, 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 2 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?

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
Recommendations Take 2 capsules twice daily, or as directed by your healthcare professional.
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children
Use only if safety seal is intact
Warning If pregnant, consult your physician before taking.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Excludes coatings, binders, gluten (wheat, rye, barley), milk/dairy (casein, whey), soy protein, egg protein, sugar. Verified by independent testing
Storage
Store sealed in a cool dry place

Source: label statements in DSLD label 304932.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Rice, Powder, Magnesium Citrate, Leucine.

How many labels does 5HTP 100 mg have?

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

  1. Label 304932 (current) Entered January 24, 2024 · on the market · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 11011 9
  2. Label 223132 Entered June 24, 2020 · off the market December 7, 2022 · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 11011 9
  3. Label 207010 Entered September 24, 2019 · off the market May 15, 2020 · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 11011 9
  4. Label 182073 Entered October 25, 2018 · off the market April 5, 2019 · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 11011 9
  5. Label 27293 Entered November 25, 2013 · off the market April 16, 2018 · 60 capsules · UPC 6 93465 11011 9
  6. Label 6623 Entered June 25, 2012 · off the market September 13, 2013 · 60 capsules · UPC 6 93465 11011 9

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

Who makes it?

The label names Vital Nutrients (manufacturer), Middleton, CT. All Vital Nutrients products.

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