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Black Cohosh

by Nature's Sunshine · capsule · 100 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 99904 00080 3
  • DSLD label 313076
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 100 servings

Black Cohosh by Nature's Sunshine lists one ingredient: 525 mg of black cohosh per serving of 1 capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 22, 2024.

What is in Black Cohosh?

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).

Black Cohosh: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 313076, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Black Cohosh525 mgBlack Cohosh in Black Cohosh against 431 products525 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 40 mg to 160 mg, the median 80 mg.525 mg

Higher than 90% of 431 products listing black cohosh (median 80 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,050 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 313076 (entered August 22, 2024), 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?

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 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
Recommended use: Take 1 capsule with a meal twice daily.
Warnings
Pregnant or lactating women should consult their health care professional prior to taking this supplement.
Do not use if inner seal is missing or damaged.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 313076.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, Water, Vegetable Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Ko Kosher Service Pareve.

How many labels does Black Cohosh have?

3 labels are on file under this name since January 25, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 313076 (current) Entered August 22, 2024 · on the market · 100 capsules · UPC 0 99904 00080 3
  2. Label 208638 Entered November 21, 2019 · off the market August 29, 2023 · 100 capsules · UPC 0 99904 00080 3
  3. Label 4491 Entered January 25, 2012 · off the market February 27, 2019 · 100 capsules · UPC 0 99904 00080 3

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

Who makes it?

The label names Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc (manufacturer), Spanish Fork, Utah. All Nature's Sunshine products.

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