Cinnamon
by Indiana Botanic Gardens · capsule · 30 capsules
- Off the market since June 2015 (NIH)
- UPC 7 03308 01041 1
- DSLD label 18145
- Serving 1 capsule
Cinnamon by Indiana Botanic Gardens lists one ingredient: 100 mg of cinnamon bark 10:1 extract per serving of 1 capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 25, 2013.
What is in Cinnamon?
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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 3 Calories | 0% | |
| Total Carbohydrates | 0.57 g | 0% | 99% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate give more (median 3 g). |
| Dietary Fiber | 0.03 g | 0% | over 99% of 6,987 products listing fiber give more (median 2 g). |
| Sugar | 0.05 g | over 99% of 11,807 products listing sugar give more (median 2 g). | |
| Other Carbohydrates | 0.49 g | ||
| Cinnamon bark 10:1 extractCinnamon bark 10:1 extract PlantPart: bark Genus: Cinnamomum Species: zeylanicum Note: Equivalent to 1000 mg raw powder | 100 mg | 64% of 121 products listing ceylon cinnamon give more (median 250 mg). |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 18145 (entered January 25, 2013), 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?
The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Cinnamon's, rare ingredients counting for more.
- Cinnamon Bark 500 mgThompson 3 shared, 84% alike
- Cinnamon 1,000 mgIndiana Botanic Gardens · off the market 2 shared, 63% alike
- Cinnamon Smoothie BoosterOrganic Traditions 1 shared, 50% alike
- CinnamonOrganic India 1 shared, 50% alike
- Cinnamon 650 mgIndiana Botanic Gardens · off the market 1 shared, 50% alike
- True Cinnamon 600 mgSwanson 1 shared, 50% alike
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
- Best if used by date on bottle.
- Suggested Use: Take 1 capsule daily, as a dietary supplement, or as directed by a physician.
- Warnings
- KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN
- Warning: If you are taking any medications or are pregnant or nursing do not use prior to consulting a physician.
- For your protection, this container has an outer safety seal. (Do not accept if missing or broken.)
- Storage
- Store in a dry, cool place.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 18145.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Rice Flour, Gelatin, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): IBG INDIANA BOTANIC GARDENS(R).
How many labels does Cinnamon have?
One label is on file, entered on January 25, 2013.
- Label 18145 (current) Entered January 25, 2013 · off the market June 4, 2015 · 30 capsules · UPC 7 03308 01041 1
DSLD also links this label to: Cinnamon 650 mg (package size difference, same product), Cinnamon 1,000 mg (image difference, same product), Cinnamon 1,000 mg (package size difference, same product), Cinnamon 650 mg (package size difference, same product), Cinnamon 1,000 mg (package size difference, same product), Cinnamon 650 mg (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 Indiana Botanic Gardens, Inc. (distributor), Hobart, IN. All Indiana Botanic Gardens products.