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Anise Seed Powder

by TerraVita Premium Collection · powder · 4 ounces

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 64435 10703 1
  • DSLD label 289313
  • Serving 0.25 tsp (1/4 teaspoon)
  • 113 servings

Anise Seed Powder by TerraVita Premium Collection lists one ingredient: 1,000 mg of anise, powder per serving of 0.25 tsp. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on March 22, 2023.

What is in Anise Seed Powder?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 0.25 tsp. 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 Seed Powder: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 289313, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Anise, Powder1,000 mgAnise in Anise Seed Powder against 67 products1,000 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 27.5 mg to 172.5 mg, the median 50 mg.1,000 mg

Higher than 94% of 67 products listing anise (median 50 mg). Per day at the most servings: 3,000 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 289313 (entered March 22, 2023), 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?

The rows in the top or bottom tenth of the products that list the same ingredient, and any above the adult upper limit at the most servings a day the directions give:

  • Its 1,000 mg of anise is higher than 94% of the 67 anise products that print an amount; 2 list more.

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?

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
Directions Stir 1/4 of a teaspoon into a glass of water and consume 3 times daily, with meals.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 289313.

How many labels does Anise Seed Powder have?

2 labels are on file under this name since January 23, 2023: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 289313 (current) Entered March 22, 2023 · on the market · 4 ounces · UPC 0 64435 10703 1
  2. Label 282017 Entered January 23, 2023 · on the market · 1 ounce · UPC 0 64435 10704 8

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

Who makes it?

The label names TerraVita Fine Whole Herbs (manufacturer), Brampton, Ontario, Canada. All TerraVita Premium Collection products.

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