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Mucuna

by CHK Nutrition · capsule · 120 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • DSLD label 252894
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 120 servings

Mucuna by CHK Nutrition lists one ingredient: 300 mg of mucuna pruriens (seed) extract per serving of 1 capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 23, 2021.

What is in Mucuna?

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

Mucuna: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 252894, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Mucuna pruriens (seed) extractas L-DopaMucuna pruriens (seed) extract (Form: standardized to 40% L-Dopa) PlantPart: seed Genus: Mucuna Species: pruriens300 mgCowhage in Mucuna against 417 products300 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 400 mg, the median 125 mg.300 mg

Higher than 69% of 417 products listing cowhage (median 125 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 252894 (entered August 23, 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?

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 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
Directions: Take as directed by your health care practitioner. Use only under medical supervision.
Use of CysReplete is recommended with this product to prevent sulfur amino acid depletion.
Warnings
If you are pregnant or nursing consult your health care practitioner before use.
Keep out of reach of children
Allergens and what it does not contain
Does not contain wheat, soy, sucrose, salt, starch, yeast, artificial flavors, artificial colorings, or other known allergens.
GF Gluten-free
Storage
Keep away from direct sunlight

Source: label statements in DSLD label 252894.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Rice Flour, Vegetable Capsule, Maltodextrin, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide.

How many labels does Mucuna have?

2 labels are on file under this name since April 25, 2018: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 252894 (current) Entered August 23, 2021 · on the market · 120 capsules
  2. Label 174231 Entered April 25, 2018 · off the market June 7, 2021 · 120 capsules

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

Who makes it?

The label names CHK Nutrition (distributor), Duluth, MN. All CHK Nutrition products.

Where next?