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Cat's Claw Extract

by NOW · capsule · 60 veg capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 04616 1
  • DSLD label 211139
  • Serving 1 veg capsule

Cat's Claw Extract by NOW lists one ingredient: 334 mg of Cat's claw extract per serving of 1 veg capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 25, 2020.

What is in Cat's Claw Extract?

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).

Cat's Claw Extract: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 211139, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Cat's Claw extractas Total Oxindole AlkaloidsCat's Claw extract (Form: min. 1.5% Total Oxindole Alkaloids) PlantPart: bark Genus: Uncaria Species: tomentosa Note: 10:1 concentrate334 mgCat's Claw in Cat's Claw Extract against 300 products334 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 45 mg to 500 mg, the median 200 mg.334 mg

Higher than 58% of 300 products listing Cat's claw (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 668 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 211139 (entered January 25, 2020), 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 1 to 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?

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 Usage: Take 1 capsule 1 to 2 times daily, preferably with food.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only.
Not recommended for pregnant/nursing women. Consult physician if taking medication or have a medical condition.
Keep out of reach of children.
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Non GMO
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 211139.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Vegetable Polysaccharide, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Magnesium Stearate, Stearic Acid.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Non GMO Project Verified nongmoproject.org; Triangle K; GMP Quality Assured.

How many labels does Cat's Claw Extract have?

11 labels are on file under this name since August 24, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 313723 Entered September 25, 2024 · off the market January 21, 2025 · 120 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04628 4
  2. Label 245126 Entered July 27, 2021 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 120 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04628 4
  3. Label 211139 (current) Entered January 25, 2020 · on the market · 60 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04616 1
  4. Label 212278 Entered December 22, 2019 · off the market September 22, 2023 · 120 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04628 4
  5. Label 44911 Entered April 24, 2015 · off the market September 25, 2019 · 120 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04628 4
  6. Label 44876 Entered April 24, 2015 · off the market December 19, 2018 · 60 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04616 1
  7. Label 13357 Entered October 1, 2012 · off the market August 9, 2012 · 120 vcaps(R) · UPC 7 33739 04628 4
  8. Label 13355 Entered October 1, 2012 · off the market March 24, 2015 · 120 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04628 4
  9. Label 13317 Entered October 1, 2012 · off the market August 9, 2012 · 60 vcaps(R) · UPC 7 33739 04616 1
  10. Label 13315 Entered October 1, 2012 · off the market March 24, 2015 · 60 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04616 1
  11. Label 12808 Entered August 24, 2012 · on the market · 2 fl. Oz. · UPC 7 33739 04820 2

DSLD also links this label to: Cat's Claw 5000 (image difference, same product), Cat's Claw 5000 (package size difference, same product).

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?