AHCC 500 mg
by Protocol For Life Balance · capsule · 60 veg capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 7 07359 13032 6
- DSLD label 69385
- Serving 2 veg capsules
- 30 servings
AHCC 500 mg by Protocol For Life Balance lists 4 ingredients; 4 sit inside a blend without their own amounts, beside 2 Nutrition Facts rows (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 25, 2017.
What is in AHCC 500 mg?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 veg 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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 5 Calories | ||
| Total Fat | less than 0.5 g | 1% | |
| Total Carbohydrates | less than 1 g | 1% | |
| AHCCAHCC Note: (proprietary blend of) (1,000 mg) | 1 g | ||
| Mushroom mycelia extract | in the blend, no amount given | ||
| Candelilla Wax | in the blend, no amount given | ||
| Cyclodextrin | in the blend, no amount given | ||
| Cellulose | in the blend, no amount given |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 69385 (entered January 25, 2017), 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; 4 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?
1 product lists the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- AHCC 500 mgNOW same ingredients
- AHCC 1000 mgPrescribed Choice · off the market 6 shared, 94% alike
- ImmPower 500 mgAmerican BioSciences · off the market 4 shared, 89% alike
- Kinoko Gold AHCCQuality Of Life Labs · off the market 4 shared, 89% alike
- AHCCIagen Professional 4 shared, 89% alike
- AHCC 250 mgThe Vitamin Shoppe 5 shared, 78% alike
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 2 capsules 3 times daily, or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.
- Warnings
- CAUTIONS/INTERACTIONS: At doses exceeding the recommended daily serving, AHCC has been associated with mild, transient GI disturbances.
- In vitro data suggest that AHCC is an inducer of CYP450 2D6 and therefore may theoretically interact with drugs such as doxorubicin, ondansetron, tamoxifen, etc.
- Do Not Eat Freshness Packet. Keep in Bottle.
- Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut 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, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 69385.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Cellulose, Cellulose powder, Silica, Magnesium Stearate.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): GMP.
How many labels does AHCC 500 mg have?
4 labels are on file under this name since June 25, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 69385 (current) Entered January 25, 2017 · on the market · 60 veg capsules · UPC 7 07359 13032 6
- Label 41712 Entered January 23, 2015 · off the market November 30, 2016 · 60 veg capsules · UPC 7 07359 13032 6
- Label 15323 Entered November 21, 2012 · off the market January 16, 2015 · 60 vcaps(R) · UPC 7 07359 13032 6
- Label 10430 Entered June 25, 2012 · off the market October 21, 2010 · 60 vcaps(R) · UPC 7 07359 13032 6
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names Protocol For Life Balance (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All Protocol For Life Balance products.