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Cascara Sagrada

by Nature's Sunshine · capsule · 100 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 99904 00170 1
  • DSLD label 334361
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 50 servings

Cascara Sagrada by Nature's Sunshine lists one ingredient: 780 mg of cascara sagrada per serving of 2 capsules. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 22, 2025.

What is in Cascara Sagrada?

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).

Cascara Sagrada: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 334361, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Cascara Sagradaas Rhamnus purshiana780 mgCascara Sagrada in Cascara Sagrada against 240 products780 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 100 mg to 431.25 mg, the median 175 mg.780 mg

Higher than 90% of 240 products listing cascara sagrada (median 175 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 334361 (entered August 22, 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?

The rows in the top or bottom tenth of the products that list the same ingredient, and any above the adult upper limit at the most servings a day the directions give:

  • Its 780 mg of cascara sagrada is higher than 90% of the 240 cascara sagrada products that print an amount; 22 list more.

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
Recommended use: Take 2 capsules with a meal once daily.
Warnings
Do not exceed recommended dose. Not for long-term use.
Do not use if inner seal is missing or damaged.
Notice: This product contains cascara sagrada bark. Read and follow directions carefully. Do not use if you have or develop diarrhea, loose stools, or abdominal pain because cascara sagrada may worsen these conditions and be harmful to your health.
Consult your physician if you have frequent diarrhea, or if you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 334361.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, Water.

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

How many labels does Cascara Sagrada have?

8 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 334361 (current) Entered August 22, 2025 · on the market · 100 capsules · UPC 0 99904 00170 1
  2. Label 278038 Entered October 24, 2022 · on the market · 100 vegitabs(R) · UPC 0 99904 00172 5
  3. Label 255193 Entered September 24, 2021 · on the market · 100 capsules · UPC 0 99904 00170 1
  4. Label 220184 Entered May 22, 2020 · off the market January 21, 2022 · 100 tablets · UPC 0 99904 00172 5
  5. Label 220153 Entered May 22, 2020 · on the market · 100 capsules · UPC 0 99904 00170 1
  6. Label 209915 Entered November 21, 2019 · off the market April 7, 2020 · 100 tablets · UPC 0 99904 00172 5
  7. Label 208685 Entered October 23, 2019 · off the market April 7, 2020 · 100 capsules · UPC 0 99904 00170 1
  8. Label 4471 Entered January 25, 2012 · off the market February 27, 2019 · 100 capsules · UPC 0 99904 00170 1

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, UT. All Nature's Sunshine products.

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