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Black Seed

by Amazing Herbs · softgel capsule · 90 softgel capsules

  • Off the market since August 2017 (NIH)
  • UPC 6 65231 13090 4
  • DSLD label 43322
  • Serving 2 capsules (1000 mg)
  • 45 servings

Black Seed by Amazing Herbs lists 4 ingredients, 1 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 1 g of black cumin (seed) oil; 3 sit inside a blend without their own amounts, beside 2 Nutrition Facts rows (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on March 25, 2015.

What is in Black Seed?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 capsules. 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 Seed: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 43322, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories9 Calories
Fat Calories9 Calories
Total Fat1 g2%Fat (unspecified) in Black Seed against 11,965 products1 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 2.5 g, the median 1.5 g.1 g

56% of 11,965 products listing fat (unspecified) give more (median 1.5 g). Per day at the most servings: 2 g.

Saturated Fat0.2 g0.8%Saturated fat in Black Seed against 5,234 products0.2 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 1.5 g, the median 1 g.0.2 g

95% of 5,234 products listing saturated fat give more (median 1 g). Per day at the most servings: 0.4 g.

Black Cumin (seed) oilas virgin Nigella sativa seed oilBlack Cumin (seed) oil (Form: virgin Nigella sativa seed oil PlantPart: seed Genus: Nigella Species: sativa) PlantPart: seed Note: unrefined, cold-pressed1 gBlack Seed Oil in Black Seed against 93 products1 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 1.3 g, the median 1 g.1 g

28% of 93 products listing black seed oil give more (median 1 g). Per day at the most servings: 2 g.

Omega-3 Fatty AcidsOmega-3 Note: 0.25%no amount given
Omega-6 Fatty AcidsOmega-6 Note: 53.05%no amount given
Omega-9 Fatty AcidsOmega-9 Note: 20.37%no amount given

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 43322 (entered March 25, 2015), 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; 3 ingredients sit inside a blend, so their amounts cannot be compared.

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?

4 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: As a dietary supplement for adults, take 2 capsules, twice daily. May take as many as 10 capsules per day.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Solvent Free ~Alcohol Free
Naturally Gluten Free
Storage
Store in a cool, dark place, away from direct heat and sunlight.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 43322.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, Glycerin, purified Water.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): NON-GMO; 5X-TQ(TM) CONTAINS 5X THE (TQ) THYMOQUINONE.

How many labels does Black Seed have?

3 labels are on file under this name since March 25, 2015: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 43322 (current) Entered March 25, 2015 · off the market August 31, 2017 · 90 softgel capsules · UPC 6 65231 13090 4
  2. Label 43320 Entered March 25, 2015 · off the market October 20, 2020 · 16 fl. Oz. · UPC 6 65231 12016 5
  3. Label 43254 Entered March 25, 2015 · off the market August 31, 2017 · 8 fl. Oz. · UPC 6 65231 12008 0

DSLD also links this label to: Black Seed Original Plain (package size difference, same product), Premium Black Seed (image difference, same product), Premium Black Seed (package size difference, same product), Premium Black Seed 500 mg (image difference, same product), Premium Black Seed 500 mg (package size difference, same product), Whole Spectrum Black Seed Original Plain (package size difference, same product), Premium Black Seed 500 mg (image difference, same product), Premium Black Seed 500 mg (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 Amazing Herbs Nutraceuticals (distributor), Atlanta, GA. All Amazing Herbs products.

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