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Bacillus Coagulans

by Thorne · capsule · 60 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 6 93749 75802 0
  • DSLD label 337852
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 60 servings

Bacillus Coagulans by Thorne lists one ingredient: 133 mg of bacillus coagulans MTCC5856 per serving of 1 capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on September 25, 2025.

What is in Bacillus Coagulans?

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).

Bacillus Coagulans: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 337852, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Bacillus coagulans MTCC5856as Lactobacillus sporogenesalternate nomenclature133 mgBacillus Coagulans in Bacillus Coagulans against 237 products133 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 10 mg to 66 mg, the median 20 mg.133 mg

Higher than 91% of 237 products listing bacillus coagulans (median 20 mg). Per day at the most servings: 399 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 337852 (entered September 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?

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 133 mg of bacillus coagulans is higher than 91% of the 237 bacillus coagulans products that print an amount; 16 list more.

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.

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: Take 1 capsule two to three times daily or as recommended by your health-care practitioner.
Warnings
Tamper evident: Use only if bottle is sealed.
If pregnant, consult your health-care practitioner before using this product.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Gluten free
Storage
Store tightly sealed in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 337852.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Pectin, Water, Medium Chain Triglyceride.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Manufactured in the USA using US & imported ingredients NSF Contents Certified. Listed with: NSF certified (contents or GMP) (a seal is the label's claim; the certifier's own list confirms it).

How many labels does Bacillus Coagulans have?

4 labels are on file under this name since October 25, 2018: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 337852 (current) Entered September 25, 2025 · on the market · 60 capsules · UPC 6 93749 75802 0
  2. Label 284188 Entered February 21, 2023 · on the market · 60 capsules · UPC 6 93749 75802 0
  3. Label 260343 Entered October 22, 2021 · off the market November 30, 2022 · 60 capsules · UPC 6 93749 75802 0
  4. Label 182374 Entered October 25, 2018 · off the market October 4, 2021 · 60 capsules · UPC 6 93749 75802 0

DSLD also links this label to: B.P.P Betaine/Pepsin/Pancreatin (image difference, same product), Bacillus Coagulans (image difference, same product), Bacillus Coagulans (image difference, same product), B.P.P. Betaine/Pepsin/Pancreatin (image difference, same product), B.p.p. (image difference, same product), B.p.p. (image difference, same product).

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

Who makes it?

The label names Thorne Research, Inc. (distributor). All Thorne products.

Where next?