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Artichoke

by Sunshine Naturals · capsule · 60 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 89939 10149 0
  • DSLD label 271161
  • Serving 2 capsules; amounts per 1 capsule
  • 60 servings

Artichoke by Sunshine Naturals lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 250 mg of artichoke extract, dry and 150 mg of boldo. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 23, 2022.

What is in Artichoke?

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).

Artichoke: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 271161, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Artichoke Extract, Dryas Cynara scolymusAlcachofa250 mgArtichoke in Artichoke against 433 products250 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 250 mg, the median 100 mg.250 mg

Higher than 75% of 433 products listing artichoke (median 100 mg).

Boldo150 mgBoldo in Artichoke against 32 products150 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 55 mg to 970 mg, the median 150 mg.150 mg

47% of 32 products listing boldo give more (median 150 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 271161 (entered August 23, 2022), 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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Artichoke's, rare ingredients counting for more.

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: Adults take 2 capsules a day before meals, as a dietary supplement.
Warnings
Do not use if safety seal is broken or missing.
Keep out of reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
This product does not contain sugar, starch, salt, or preservatives.
Storage
Store in a cool dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 271161.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, Dicalcium Phosphate, Silicon Dioxide, Magnesium Stearate.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Proudly Made in the USA.

How many labels does Artichoke have?

2 labels are on file under this name since August 25, 2015: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 271161 (current) Entered August 23, 2022 · on the market · 60 capsules · UPC 7 89939 10149 0
  2. Label 49934 Entered August 25, 2015 · off the market December 10, 2021 · 60 capsules · UPC 7 89939 10149 0

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

Who makes it?

The label names American Naturavit Inc. (distributor), Miami, FL. All Sunshine Naturals products.

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