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Betaine HCl Pepsin and Gentian Bitters

by Doctor's Best · capsule · 120 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 53950 00163 3
  • DSLD label 302641
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 120 servings

Betaine HCl Pepsin and Gentian Bitters by Doctor's Best lists 3 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 650 mg of betaine HCl and 20 mg of gentian; 1 gives its count of live cultures or enzyme activity instead of a weight. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on December 14, 2023.

What is in Betaine HCl Pepsin and Gentian Bitters?

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).

Betaine HCl Pepsin and Gentian Bitters: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 302641, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Betaine HCl650 mgBetaine Hydrochloride in Betaine HCl Pepsin and Gentian Bitters against 914 products650 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 178 mg, the median 50 mg.650 mg

Higher than 93% of 914 products listing betaine hydrochloride (median 50 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,950 mg.

Pepsin250000 FCC Pepsin Units
Gentianas Gentiana lutea20 mgGentian in Betaine HCl Pepsin and Gentian Bitters against 103 products20 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 20 mg to 122.5 mg, the median 60 mg.20 mg

70% of 103 products listing gentian give more (median 60 mg). Per day at the most servings: 60 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 302641 (entered December 14, 2023), 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 650 mg of betaine HCl (filed by NIH under betaine hydrochloride) is higher than 93% of the 914 betaine hydrochloride products that print an amount; 43 list more.

The NIH database records 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?

3 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 Adult Use: Take 1 capsule with food, three times daily, or as recommended by a nutritionally informed physician.
Warnings
Warning: Consult with your physician before taking this product if you are pregnant, nursing, have a history of peptic ulcer or high blood pressure.
Avoid taking this product if you have been diagnosed with kidney problems.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Non-GMO Gluten free
Storage
Store in a cool dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 302641.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, Magnesium Silicate, Silicon Dioxide, Stearic Acid.

How many labels does Betaine HCl Pepsin and Gentian Bitters have?

5 labels are on file under this name since December 22, 2017: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 302641 (current) Entered December 14, 2023 · on the market · 120 capsules · UPC 7 53950 00163 3
  2. Label 209466 Entered November 21, 2019 · on the market · 360 capsules · UPC 7 53950 00315 6
  3. Label 209414 Entered November 21, 2019 · off the market December 16, 2022 · 120 capsules · UPC 7 53950 00163 3
  4. Label 81828 Entered February 23, 2018 · off the market June 30, 2019 · 120 capsules · UPC 7 53950 00163 3
  5. Label 82240 Entered December 22, 2017 · off the market June 30, 2019 · 360 capsules · UPC 7 53950 00315 6

DSLD also links this label to: Betaine HCl Pepsin & Gentian Bitters (image difference, same product), Betaine HCl Pepsin & Gentian Bitters (image difference, same product), Betaine HCl Pepsine & Gentian Bitters (package size 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 Doctor's Best, Inc. (distributor), Tustin, California. All Doctor's Best products.

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