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Beta-Sitosterol Plant Sterols

by NOW · softgel capsule · 90 softgels

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 03078 8
  • DSLD label 59893
  • Serving 2 softgels
  • 45 servings

Beta-Sitosterol Plant Sterols by NOW lists 5 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 2 softgels, such as 1 g of CardioAid-S plant sterol esters and 120 mg of natural fish oil concentrate; 2 sit inside a blend without their own amounts. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on May 22, 2016.

What is in Beta-Sitosterol Plant Sterols?

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

Beta-Sitosterol Plant Sterols: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 59893, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
CardioAid-S Plant Sterol EstersCardioAid-S Plant Sterol Esters Note: 1,000 mg1 g
Beta-Sitosterol400 mgBeta Sitosterol in Beta-Sitosterol Plant Sterols against 264 products400 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 221.25 mg, the median 100 mg.400 mg

Higher than 92% of 264 products listing beta sitosterol (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 800 mg.

Campesterolno amount given
Stigmasterolno amount given
natural Fish Oil concentrate120 mgFish Oil in Beta-Sitosterol Plant Sterols against 1,990 products0.12 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 2 g, the median 1.2 g.0.12 g

98% of 1,990 products listing fish oil give more (median 1.2 g). Per day at the most servings: 0.24 g.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 59893 (entered May 22, 2016), 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 400 mg of beta-sitosterol (filed by NIH under beta sitosterol) (2 rows of the label added together) is higher than 92% of the 264 beta sitosterol products that print an amount; 17 list more.
  • 98% of the 1,990 products that print an amount of fish oil list more than its 0.12 g of natural fish oil concentrate (filed by NIH under fish oil) (median 1.2 g).

The NIH database records 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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Beta-Sitosterol Plant Sterols'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 Usage: Take 2 softgels twice daily with food.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Keep out of reach of children.
Do not eat Freshness Packet. Keep in Bottle.
Contains fish (sardines, anchovies, mackerel) and soy.
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, milk, egg or shellfish ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, milk, egg or shellfish ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 59893.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Softgel Capsule, Soy Lecithin.

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

How many labels does Beta-Sitosterol Plant Sterols have?

5 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 59893 (current) Entered May 22, 2016 · on the market · 90 softgels · UPC 7 33739 03078 8
  2. Label 57158 Entered March 24, 2016 · on the market · 180 softgels · UPC 7 33739 03079 5
  3. Label 14461 Entered October 25, 2012 · off the market December 23, 2015 · 180 softgels · UPC 7 33739 03079 5
  4. Label 14457 Entered October 25, 2012 · off the market January 19, 2016 · 90 softgels · UPC 7 33739 03078 8
  5. Label 2798 Entered December 23, 2011 · on the market · 200 vcaps(R) · UPC 7 33739 03067 2

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

Who makes it?

The label names NOW Foods (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW products.

Where next?