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Cayenne 500 mg

by NOW · capsule · 250 veg capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 04627 7
  • DSLD label 245889
  • Serving 1 veg capsule
  • 250 servings

Cayenne 500 mg by NOW lists one ingredient: 500 mg of cayenne pepper per serving of 1 veg capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on March 25, 2021.

What is in Cayenne 500 mg?

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).

Cayenne 500 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 245889, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Cayenne PepperCayenne Pepper PlantPart: fruit Genus: Capsicum Species: frutescens Note: 40,000 heat units500 mgCapsicum in Cayenne 500 mg against 874 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 100 mg, the median 44.5 mg.500 mg

Higher than 93% of 874 products listing capsicum (median 44.5 mg). Per day at the most servings: 2,000 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 245889 (entered March 25, 2021), 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 500 mg of cayenne pepper (filed by NIH under capsicum) is higher than 93% of the 874 capsicum products that print an amount; 49 list more.

The NIH database records 2 to 4 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 2 to 4 times daily, preferably after eating.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Keep out of reach of children.
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, corn, 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, corn, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 245889.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose.

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 Cayenne 500 mg have?

8 labels are on file under this name since October 1, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 245889 (current) Entered March 25, 2021 · on the market · 250 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04627 7
  2. Label 245879 Entered March 25, 2021 · on the market · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04625 3
  3. Label 58199 Entered March 24, 2016 · off the market September 22, 2023 · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04625 3
  4. Label 56788 Entered February 23, 2016 · off the market September 22, 2023 · 250 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04627 7
  5. Label 44909 Entered April 24, 2015 · off the market December 23, 2015 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04625 3
  6. Label 42875 Entered February 25, 2015 · off the market November 24, 2015 · 250 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04627 7
  7. Label 13354 Entered October 1, 2012 · off the market February 16, 2015 · 250 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04627 7
  8. Label 13339 Entered October 1, 2012 · off the market March 24, 2015 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04625 3

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.

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