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Butterbur

by NOW · capsule · 60 veg capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 04602 4
  • DSLD label 335213
  • Serving 1 veg capsule
  • 60 servings

Butterbur by NOW lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 veg capsule, such as 75 mg of butterbur root extract and 200 mg of feverfew. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on September 25, 2025.

What is in Butterbur?

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

Butterbur: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 335213, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Butterbur Root Extractcomplex75 mgButterbur in Butterbur against 71 products75 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 150 mg, the median 75 mg.75 mg

42% of 71 products listing butterbur give more (median 75 mg). Per day at the most servings: 150 mg.

Feverfewcomplex200 mgFeverfew in Butterbur against 162 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 380 mg, the median 200 mg.200 mg

47% of 162 products listing feverfew give more (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 400 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 335213 (entered September 25, 2025), 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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Butterbur's, rare ingredients counting for more.

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 usage: Take 1 capsule twice daily.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only. Keep out of reach of children.
Not recommended for pregnant/nursing women or individuals with liver disease. Consult physician if taking medication or have a medical condition.
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
NOW Butterbur is also free of undesirable pyrrolizidine alkaloids (PA’s), so it can be used regularly.
Non-GMO
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 335213.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Microcystalline Cellulose, Maltodextrin, Potato Starch, Stearic Acid, Silicon Dioxide.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Triangle K (Kosher); GMP Quality Assured.

How many labels does Butterbur have?

8 labels are on file under this name since December 21, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 335213 (current) Entered September 25, 2025 · on the market · 60 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04602 4
  2. Label 313629 Entered June 20, 2024 · on the market · 60 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04602 4
  3. Label 245876 Entered March 25, 2021 · on the market · 60 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04602 4
  4. Label 58198 Entered March 24, 2016 · off the market September 22, 2023 · 60 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04602 4
  5. Label 42824 Entered February 25, 2015 · off the market December 23, 2015 · 60 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04602 4
  6. Label 36492 Entered August 26, 2014 · off the market February 16, 2015 · 60 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04602 4
  7. Label 28779 Entered December 24, 2013 · off the market May 1, 2014 · 60 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04602 4
  8. Label 13219 Entered December 21, 2012 · off the market May 2, 2013 · 60 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04602 4

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

Who makes it?

The label names NOW FOODS (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW products.

Where next?