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Certified Organic Maca

by NOW · powder · 7 oz.

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 05035 9
  • DSLD label 206201
  • Serving 1 tsp (2.7 g)
  • 73 servings

Certified Organic Maca by NOW lists one ingredient: 2.7 g of organic raw maca per serving of 1 tsp. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 23, 2019.

What is in Certified Organic Maca?

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

Certified Organic Maca: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 206201, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
organic raw Macaorganic raw Maca PlantPart: root Genus: Lepidium Species: meyenii Note: (6:1 Concentrate) (2,700 mg) (Gelatinized - vegetarian) (Equivalent to 16.2 g (16,200 mg) of regular Maca Root)2.7 gMaca in Certified Organic Maca against 728 products2,700 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 118.13 mg to 600 mg, the median 250 mg.2,700 mg

Higher than 94% of 728 products listing maca (median 250 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 206201 (entered August 23, 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 2,700 mg of organic raw maca (filed by NIH under maca) is higher than 94% of the 728 maca products that print an amount; 39 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
Suggested Usage: Mix 1 level teaspoon daily into water or your favorite beverage.
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
Gelatinization is a completely vegetarian process that removes starch from Maca to yield a more concentrated product. Gelatinization does not refer to “gelatin”, and no animal derived ingredients are incorporated into this process.
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 206201.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: None.

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

How many labels does Certified Organic Maca have?

3 labels are on file under this name since December 29, 2014: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 206201 (current) Entered August 23, 2019 · on the market · 7 oz. · UPC 7 33739 05035 9
  2. Label 43565 Entered March 25, 2015 · off the market December 6, 2018 · 7 oz. · UPC 7 33739 05035 9
  3. Label 40643 Entered December 29, 2014 · off the market February 16, 2015 · 7 oz. · UPC 7 33739 05035 9

DSLD also links this label to: 100% Certified Organic Maca (image 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, packager), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW products.

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