Burdock Root 460 mg

by Swanson Premium Brand · capsule · 100 capsules

  • Off the market since November 2023 (NIH)
  • UPC 0 87614 01531 6
  • DSLD label 202578
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 50 servings

Burdock Root 460 mg by Swanson Premium Brand lists one ingredient: 920 mg of burdock per serving of 2 capsules. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on May 28, 2019.

What is in Burdock Root 460 mg?

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).

Burdock Root 460 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 202578, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Burdock920 mgBurdock in Burdock Root 460 mg against 302 products920 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 76 mg to 400 mg, the median 145 mg.920 mg

Higher than 88% of 302 products listing burdock (median 145 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 202578 (entered May 28, 2019), 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.

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, take two capsules per day with water.
Warnings
Do not use if seal is broken.
Keep out of reach of children.
Warning: Do not take this product if you are pregnant or nursing.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 202578.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, Calcium Palmitate, Silica, Rice Flour.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Guaranteed purity & potency.

How many labels does Burdock Root 460 mg have?

2 labels are on file under this name since September 21, 2018: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 202578 (current) Entered May 28, 2019 · off the market November 28, 2023 · 100 capsules · UPC 0 87614 01531 6
  2. Label 181121 Entered September 21, 2018 · off the market August 3, 2018 · 100 capsules · UPC 0 87614 01531 6

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

Who makes it?

The label names Swanson Health Products (distributor), Fargo, ND. All Swanson Premium Brand products.

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