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Back Formula

by Indiana Botanic Gardens · capsule · 30 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 03308 81037 0
  • DSLD label 46855
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 15 servings

Back Formula by Indiana Botanic Gardens lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 800 IU (20 mcg) of vitamin D3, 960 mg of Devil's claw extract and 250 mg of willow bark extract. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 25, 2015.

What is in Back Formula?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 capsules. 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).

Back Formula: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 46855, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin D3as Cholecalciferol800 IU (20 mcg)200%Vitamin D in Back Formula against 14,175 products20 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 10 mcg to 25 mcg, the median 15 mcg.DV 20 mcgUL 100 mcg20 mcg

Higher than 51% of 14,175 products listing vitamin D (median 15 mcg).

Devil's Claw extractas HarpagosidesDevil's Claw extract (Form: standardized for 5% Harpagosides Note: 48 mg) PlantPart: root960 mgDevil's Claw in Back Formula against 162 products960 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 30.25 mg to 507.5 mg, the median 122.5 mg.960 mg

Higher than 80% of 162 products listing Devil's claw (median 122.5 mg).

Willow bark extractWillow bark extract PlantPart: bark Genus: Salix Species: alba Classifier: L Note: Standardized for 15% total salicin (37.5 mg)250 mgWhite Willow in Back Formula against 256 products250 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 80 mg to 400 mg, the median 150 mg.250 mg

Higher than 58% of 256 products listing white willow (median 150 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 46855 (entered June 25, 2015), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD. 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 Back Formula'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
Suggested Use: Take 2 capsules once daily, with meals, as a dietary supplement, or as directed by a physician.
Warnings
Warning: If you are taking any medications or are pregnant or nursing do not use prior to consulting a physician.
For your protection, this container has an outer safety seal. (Do not accept if missing or broken.)
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN
Storage
Store in a dry, cool place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 46855.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Rice Flour, Gelatin, Maltodextrin, Magnesium Stearate, Sucrose, Corn Starch, DL-Alpha-Tocopherol, Stearic Acid.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): IBG INDIANA BOTANIC GARDENS(R).

How many labels does Back Formula have?

4 labels are on file under this name since December 23, 2011: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 76279 Entered July 25, 2017 · off the market June 15, 2017 · 60 capsules · UPC 7 03308 82075 1
  2. Label 46855 (current) Entered June 25, 2015 · on the market · 30 capsules · UPC 7 03308 81037 0
  3. Label 3824 Entered December 23, 2011 · off the market June 24, 2016 · 60 capsules · UPC 7 03308 82075 1
  4. Label 3353 Entered December 23, 2011 · off the market June 4, 2015 · 30 capsules · UPC 7 03308 81037 0

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

Who makes it?

The label names INDIANA BOTANIC GARDENS, INC. (distributor), HOBART, IN. All Indiana Botanic Gardens products.

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