Ashwagandha Extract 450 mg
by Protocol For Life Balance · capsule · 90 veg capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 7 07359 14603 7
- DSLD label 326422
- Serving 1 veg capsule
- 90 servings
Ashwagandha Extract 450 mg by Protocol For Life Balance lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 veg capsule, such as 450 mg of ashwagandha root extract. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on March 25, 2025.
What is in Ashwagandha Extract 450 mg?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 veg 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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashwagandha Root Extractas Withania somnifera Root Extract | 450 mg | Higher than 72% of 1,646 products listing ashwagandha (median 250 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,350 mg. | |
| Total Withanolidesmin. 2.5% total withanolides | 11 mg | Higher than 57% of 79 products listing withanolide (median 8 mg). Per day at the most servings: 33 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 326422 (entered March 25, 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 2 to 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.
- Standardized Extract Ashwagandha 450 mgNOW · off the market same ingredients
- Ashwagandha Root ExtractBluebonnet same ingredients
- AshwagandhaR-U-VED same ingredients
- Ashwagandha Extract 500 mgPuritan's Pride same ingredients
- Ashwagandha 450 mgNatures Plus Herbal Actives same ingredients
- Ashwagandha Root Extract 470 mgSolaray · off the market same ingredients
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 1 capsule 2 to 3 times daily, or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.
- Warnings
- Cautions/Interactions: For adults only.
- Not recommended for pregnant/nursing women. Consult physician if taking medication (especially thyroid hormones) or have a medical condition (especially thyroid and gastrointestinal conditions, including ulcers).
- This product may cause digestive upset in some sensitive individuals. If you experience any gastrointestinal discomfort after using this product, discontinue use. Discontinue use if rash/itching occurs.
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Not manufactured with yeast, 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
- Non-GMO
- Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, or tree nut ingredients.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 326422.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Rice Flour, Hypromellose, Stearic Acid.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Crescent H Halal.
How many labels does Ashwagandha Extract 450 mg have?
2 labels are on file under this name since January 22, 2022: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 326422 (current) Entered March 25, 2025 · on the market · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 07359 14603 7
- Label 258629 Entered January 22, 2022 · off the market May 26, 2023 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 07359 14603 7
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, distributor), Bloomingdale, IL. All Protocol For Life Balance products.