Policosanol 20 mg
by Bluebonnet · capsule · 60 vegetable capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 7 43715 01174 8
- DSLD label 179276
- Serving 1 capsule
Policosanol 20 mg by Bluebonnet lists one ingredient: 20 mg of policosanol per serving of 1 capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 25, 2018.
What is in Policosanol 20 mg?
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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Policosanol | 20 mg | Higher than 65% of 223 products listing policosanol (median 10 mg). |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 179276 (entered July 25, 2018), 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 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?
6 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- Policosanol 20 mgGood 'N Natural · off the market same ingredients
- Policosanol 20 mgVitamer Laboratories · off the market same ingredients
- Extra Strength Policosanol 20 mgVitamer Laboratories same ingredients
- Policosanol 20 mgSolgar same ingredients
- Policosanol 20 mgNatural Nutra same ingredients
- Policosanol 20 mgSource Naturals same ingredients
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
- Directions: As a dietary supplement, take one capsule daily or as directed by a healthcare practitioner.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- Made with non GMO ingredients
- Free of milk, egg, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soybeans. Also free of corn, yeast, gluten, barley, rice, sodium and sugar.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 179276.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Kosher Vegetable Capsules, Vegetable Cellulose, Vegetable Magnesium Stearate.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Vegan K Parve Gluten free.
How many labels does Policosanol 20 mg have?
One label is on file, entered on July 25, 2018.
- Label 179276 (current) Entered July 25, 2018 · on the market · 60 vegetable capsules · UPC 7 43715 01174 8
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names Bluebonnet Nutrition Corporation (manufacturer), Sugar Land, TX. All Bluebonnet products.