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Cat's Claw

by Allergy Research Group · capsule · 60 vegetarian capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 13947 72010 7
  • DSLD label 207701
  • Serving 1 to 2 capsules; amounts per 2 capsules
  • 30 servings

Cat's Claw by Allergy Research Group lists one ingredient: 1.13 g of Cat's claw (inner bark) extract per serving of 2 capsules. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on November 21, 2019.

What is in Cat's Claw?

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).

Cat's Claw: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 207701, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Cat's Claw (inner bark) extractCat's Claw (inner bark) extract PlantPart: inner bark Note: 4:11.13 gCat's Claw in Cat's Claw against 300 products1,130 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 45 mg to 500 mg, the median 200 mg.1,130 mg

Higher than 95% of 300 products listing Cat's claw (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 3,390 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 207701 (entered November 21, 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?

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 1,130 mg of Cat's claw is higher than 95% of the 300 Cat's claw products that print an amount; 12 list more.

The NIH database records 2 to 3 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?

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, 1 or 2 capsules two or three times daily with meals, or as directed by a healthcare practitioner.
Warnings
Not recommended for pregnant or nursing women, women intending to become pregnant, or organ transplant recipients.
Storage
Keep in a cool, dry place, tightly capped.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 207701.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Microcrystalline Cellulose, L-Leucine.

How many labels does Cat's Claw have?

5 labels are on file under this name since May 24, 2013: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 207701 (current) Entered November 21, 2019 · on the market · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 7 13947 72010 7
  2. Label 183311 Entered November 21, 2018 · off the market June 26, 2019 · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 7 13947 72010 7
  3. Label 78857 Entered September 21, 2017 · off the market July 19, 2018 · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 7 13947 72010 7
  4. Label 54543 Entered December 23, 2015 · off the market July 31, 2017 · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 7 13947 72010 7
  5. Label 20173 Entered May 24, 2013 · off the market November 19, 2015 · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 7 13947 72010 7

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

Who makes it?

The label names Allergy Research Group (distributor), South Salt Lake, UT. All Allergy Research Group products.

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