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Brahmi

by Banyan Botanicals · tablet or pill · 90 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 54986 00803 1
  • DSLD label 216784
  • Serving 1 to 2 tablets; amounts per 2 tablets
  • 45 servings

Brahmi by Banyan Botanicals lists one ingredient: 1,000 mg of gotu kola per serving of 2 tablets. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on March 24, 2020.

What is in Brahmi?

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

Brahmi: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 216784, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Gotu KolaGotu Kola (Alt. Name: Brahmi) PlantPart: leaf Genus: Centella Species: asiatica Note: certified organic1,000 mgGotu Kola in Brahmi against 393 products1,000 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 225 mg, the median 100 mg.1,000 mg

Higher than 95% of 393 products listing gotu kola (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 2,000 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 216784 (entered March 24, 2020), 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?

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 1,000 mg of gotu kola is higher than 95% of the 393 gotu kola products that print an amount; 15 list more.

The NIH database records 1 to 2 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 1-2 tablets, once or twice daily, or as directed by your health practitioner.
Warnings
Do not use if seal is broken or missing.
If you are pregnant, nursing, taking medications, or have a medical condition please consult with your health care practitioner prior to the use of this product.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Free of gluten, soy, and dairy.
Non GMO
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 216784.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: organic Gum Acacia, organic Rice Flour.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): USDA Organic; Non GMO Project Verified nongmoproject.org. Listed with: USDA Organic seal (a seal is the label's claim; the certifier's own list confirms it).

How many labels does Brahmi have?

8 labels are on file under this name since February 25, 2019: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 242216 Entered January 22, 2021 · off the market May 20, 2022 · 90 tablets · UPC 6 18192 01401 1
  2. Label 216784 (current) Entered March 24, 2020 · on the market · 90 tablets · UPC 0 54986 00803 1
  3. Label 210167 Entered November 21, 2019 · on the market · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 6 18192 02571 0
  4. Label 202362 Entered July 24, 2019 · off the market October 31, 2019 · 90 tablets · UPC 0 54986 00803 1
  5. Label 201830 Entered April 25, 2019 · off the market November 27, 2018 · 90 tablets · UPC 0 54986 00803 1
  6. Label 201502 Entered April 25, 2019 · off the market May 1, 2019 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 6 18192 02571 0
  7. Label 199702 Entered April 25, 2019 · off the market October 23, 2018 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 6 18192 02571 0
  8. Label 199478 Entered February 25, 2019 · off the market September 21, 2018 · 90 tablets

DSLD also links this label to: Brahmi (Gotu Kola) (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 Banyan Botanicals (distributor), Albuquerque, NM. All Banyan Botanicals products.

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