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Bilex

by Douglas Laboratories · tablet or pill · 90 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 3 10539 01277 2
  • DSLD label 260997
  • Serving 3 tablets
  • 30 servings

Bilex by Douglas Laboratories lists 5 ingredients, 1 with an amount per serving of 3 tablets, such as 380 mg of ox bile powder; 4 sit inside a blend without their own amounts. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on February 23, 2022.

What is in Bilex?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 3 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).

Bilex: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 260997, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Ox Bile powder380 mgBile in Bilex against 160 products380 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 129.25 mg, the median 100 mg.380 mg

Higher than 96% of 160 products listing bile (median 100 mg).

Pancreatinas Porcine10X Yielding approximately47 mg
AmylaseAmylase Note: 9400 USP unitsin the blend, no amount given
ProteaseProtease Note: 9400 USP unitsin the blend, no amount given
LipaseLipase Note: 752 USP unitsin the blend, no amount given
Papainas PapayaPapain (Form: Carica papaya PlantPart: papaya latex Genus: Carica Species: papaya) Note: 372,000 USP unitsno amount given

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 260997 (entered February 23, 2022), 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 380 mg of ox bile powder (filed by NIH under bile) is higher than 96% of the 160 bile products that print an amount; 5 list more.

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 Bilex'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: As a dietary supplement, adults take 3 tablets daily with meals or as directed by your health professional.
Warnings
Warning: If you are pregnant, nursing, have any health condition or taking any medication, consult your health professional before using this product.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Use only if safety seal is intact.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Gluten-fee, Non-GMO
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 260997.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Coating, Stearic Acid, Croscarmellose Sodium, Vegetable Stearate, Silica.

How many labels does Bilex have?

6 labels are on file under this name since February 23, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 260997 (current) Entered February 23, 2022 · on the market · 90 tablets · UPC 3 10539 01277 2
  2. Label 232582 Entered August 23, 2020 · off the market September 9, 2021 · 90 tablets · UPC 3 10539 01277 2
  3. Label 70179 Entered March 24, 2017 · off the market May 18, 2020 · 90 tablets · UPC 3 10539 01277 2
  4. Label 26857 Entered October 25, 2013 · off the market December 16, 2016 · 90 tablets · UPC 3 10539 01277 2
  5. Label 8158 Entered April 26, 2012 · off the market August 27, 2013 · 90 tablets · UPC 3 10539 01277 2
  6. Label 5392 Entered February 23, 2012 · off the market January 20, 2012 · 90 tablets · UPC 3 10539 01277 2

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

Who makes it?

The label names Douglas Laboratories (manufacturer), Pittsburgh, PA. All Douglas Laboratories products.

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