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Activated Charcoal

by Integrative Therapeutics · capsule · 100 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 8 71791 70656 9
  • DSLD label 328348
  • Serving 2 to 6 capsules; amounts per 2 capsules
  • 50 servings

Activated Charcoal by Integrative Therapeutics lists one ingredient: 560 mg of charcoal per serving of 2 capsules. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on February 23, 2025.

What is in Activated Charcoal?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 capsules. 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).

Activated Charcoal: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 328348, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Charcoal560 mgActivated Charcoal in Activated Charcoal against 103 products560 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 300 mg to 570 mg, the median 520 mg.560 mg

Higher than 65% of 103 products listing activated charcoal (median 520 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 328348 (entered February 23, 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
Recommendation: Adults take 2 capsules before or after meals as needed. Do not exceed 6 capsules daily. Take only as directed. Not for ongoing daily use.
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children.
Safety sealed with inner seal. Do not use if seal is broken or missing.
Caution: If you are pregnant, nursing, or taking any medications, consult a healthcare professional before use. Take at least two hours before or after taking medications or other dietary supplements as activated charcoal can affect their absorption.
This product may cause dark stool, which is not harmful.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Contains no wheat, gluten, corn, soy, or dairy.
Storage
Keep tightly closed. Store at room temperature. Avoid excessive heat and direct sunlight.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 328348.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Quality Global Sourcing Bottled & Tested in the USA.

How many labels does Activated Charcoal have?

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

  1. Label 328348 (current) Entered February 23, 2025 · on the market · 100 capsules · UPC 8 71791 70656 9
  2. Label 317368 Entered August 22, 2024 · on the market · 100 capsules · UPC 8 71791 70656 9
  3. Label 313708 Entered May 23, 2024 · off the market April 15, 2024 · 100 capsules · UPC 8 71791 70656 9
  4. Label 76942 Entered September 21, 2017 · on the market · 100 capsules · UPC 8 71791 70656 9
  5. Label 23483 Entered July 25, 2013 · off the market June 21, 2017 · 100 capsules · UPC 8 71791 70656 9

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

Who makes it?

The label names Integrative Therapeutics, LLC (distributor), Green Bay, WI. All Integrative Therapeutics products.

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