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Slippery Elm Powder

by Baar · powder · 4 ounces

  • Off the market since January 2025 (NIH)
  • UPC 8 13478 00841 2
  • DSLD label 271907
  • Serving 1.5 g (1 Teaspoon)
  • 76 servings

Slippery Elm Powder by Baar lists one ingredient: 1.5 g of slippery elm powder per serving of 1.5 g. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 23, 2022.

What is in Slippery Elm Powder?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1.5 g. 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).

Slippery Elm Powder: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 271907, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories5 Calories
Total Carbohydrate1.2 g1%Carbohydrate in Slippery Elm Powder against 21,979 products1.2 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 6 g, the median 3 g.1.2 g

74% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate give more (median 3 g).

Slippery Elm powder1500 mg1.5 gSlippery Elm in Slippery Elm Powder against 232 products1,500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 300 mg, the median 150 mg.1,500 mg

Higher than 95% of 232 products listing slippery elm (median 150 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 271907 (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?

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 1,500 mg of slippery elm is higher than 95% of the 232 slippery elm products that print an amount; 10 list more.

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?

4 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 Usage: As an herbal dietary supplement, stir 1 teaspoon into 1 cup of water and simmer for several minutes. Let cool. Add honey and sip or gargle, several times a day.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 271907.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: None.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices).

How many labels does Slippery Elm Powder have?

One label is on file, entered on August 23, 2022.

  1. Label 271907 (current) Entered August 23, 2022 · off the market January 21, 2025 · 4 ounces · UPC 8 13478 00841 2

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

Who makes it?

The label names Baar Products, Inc (distributor), Downingtown, PA. All Baar products.

Where next?