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Anise

by Herb Pharm · liquid · 1 fluid ounce

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 90700 00002 8
  • DSLD label 302465
  • Serving 0.7 ml
  • 42 servings

Anise by Herb Pharm lists one ingredient: 634 mg of anise extract per serving of 0.7 ml. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 24, 2024.

What is in Anise?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 0.7 ml. 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).

Anise: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 302465, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Anise extractExtraction rate 280 mg herb per 0.7 ml. Dry herb / menstruum ratio: 1: 2.5634 mgAnise in Anise against 67 products634 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 27.5 mg to 172.5 mg, the median 50 mg.634 mg

Higher than 88% of 67 products listing anise (median 50 mg). Per day at the most servings: 3,170 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 302465 (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 to 5 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
Suggested Use Shake well before using Adults: Add 1 squeeze of the dropper bulb to 2 oz. of water or juice, 2 to 5 times per day. Best taken between meals.
Warnings
Keep out of the reach of children
Allergens and what it does not contain
Gluten-Free
Storage
Store away from heat & light

Source: label statements in DSLD label 302465.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cane Alcohol, Water, Distilled.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): USDA Organic. Listed with: USDA Organic seal (a seal is the label's claim; the certifier's own list confirms it).

How many labels does Anise have?

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

  1. Label 302465 (current) Entered January 24, 2024 · on the market · 1 fluid ounce · UPC 0 90700 00002 8
  2. Label 209759 Entered November 21, 2019 · on the market · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00102 5
  3. Label 209754 Entered November 21, 2019 · off the market August 31, 2023 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00002 8
  4. Label 175512 Entered April 25, 2018 · off the market July 22, 2019 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00002 8
  5. Label 45950 Entered May 22, 2015 · off the market January 24, 2018 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00002 8
  6. Label 39411 Entered November 25, 2014 · off the market July 22, 2019 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00102 5
  7. Label 39410 Entered November 25, 2014 · off the market May 19, 2015 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00002 8
  8. Label 22973 Entered June 25, 2013 · off the market October 28, 2014 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00002 8

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

Who makes it?

The label names Herb Pharm (manufacturer), Williams, OR. All Herb Pharm products.

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