Chlorella
by Protocol For Life Balance · capsule · 100 veg capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 7 07359 12628 2
- DSLD label 73141
- Serving 3 veg capsules
- 33 servings
Chlorella by Protocol For Life Balance lists one ingredient: 1.2 g of organic chlorella per serving of 3 veg capsules. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on May 24, 2017.
What is in Chlorella?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 3 veg 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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 5 Calories | ||
| Protein | less than 1 g | 1% | |
| organic Chlorellaorganic Chlorella PlantPart: whole plant Genus: Chlorella Species: spp. Note: (broken cell wall) (1,200 mg) | 1.2 g | Higher than 82% of 526 products listing chlorella (median 300 mg). Per day at the most servings: 3,600 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 73141 (entered May 24, 2017), 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 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.
- Chlorella Micro-AlgaeNature's Way · off the market same ingredients
- Chlorella Micro-Algae 1,230 mgNature's Way same ingredients
- Broken Cell Wall Chlorella 500 mgSwanson GreenFoods Formulas · off the market same ingredients
- Yaeyama ChlorellaJarrow Formulas · off the market same ingredients
- Cracked Cell ChlorellaPurium Health Products · off the market same ingredients
- Chlorella 500 mgNutriBiotic Super Greens same ingredients
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 3 capsules 3 times daily.
- Warnings
- Caution: May cause GI discomfort in sensitive individuals.
- 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.
- Do not eat freshness packet. Keep in bottle.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients.
- Non-GMO
Source: label statements in DSLD label 73141.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Cellulose.
How many labels does Chlorella have?
One label is on file, entered on May 24, 2017.
- Label 73141 (current) Entered May 24, 2017 · on the market · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 07359 12628 2
DSLD also links this label to: Chlorella 400 mg (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 Protocol For Life Balance (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All Protocol For Life Balance products.