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Slippery Elm

by BIOVEA · liquid · 1 fluid ounce

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 8 18423 02406 6
  • DSLD label 249229
  • Serving 1 ml (30 Drops)
  • 30 servings

Slippery Elm by BIOVEA lists one ingredient: 200 mg of slippery elm per serving of 1 ml. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 23, 2021.

What is in Slippery Elm?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 ml. 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).

Slippery Elm: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 249229, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Slippery Elm200 mgSlippery Elm in Slippery Elm against 232 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 300 mg, the median 150 mg.200 mg

Higher than 53% of 232 products listing slippery elm (median 150 mg). Per day at the most servings: 600 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 249229 (entered June 23, 2021), 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 1 to 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?

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 30 drops, 1-3 times per day, or as needed in juice or water.
Shake well before using.
Warnings
Warning: Keep out of reach of children.
Do not use this product if the safety seal on the bottle is broken.
Allergens and what it does not contain
NON-GMO Gluten Free

Source: label statements in DSLD label 249229.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Grain Alcohol, deionized Water.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): GMP Compliant; K Parve K-1604.

How many labels does Slippery Elm have?

3 labels are on file under this name since November 21, 2016: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 249229 (current) Entered June 23, 2021 · on the market · 1 fluid ounce · UPC 8 18423 02406 6
  2. Label 174286 Entered March 23, 2018 · off the market March 3, 2021 · 30 mL · UPC 8 18423 02406 6
  3. Label 66250 Entered November 21, 2016 · off the market September 13, 2017 · 30 mL · UPC 6 89076 07407 0

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

Who makes it?

The label names BIOVEA (distributor), Scottsdale, AZ. All BIOVEA products.

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