PlainVitamins

Colostrum Powder

by NOW · powder · 3 ozs

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 03214 0
  • DSLD label 314115
  • Serving 1 tsp (approx. 1.65 g)
  • 52 servings

Colostrum Powder by NOW lists one ingredient: 1.4 g of bovine colostrum, dried per serving of 1 tsp. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 20, 2024.

What is in Colostrum Powder?

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).

Colostrum Powder: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 314115, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Bovine Colostrum, DriedBSE-free (1,400 mg)1.4 gColostrum in Colostrum Powder against 216 products1,400 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 250 mg to 1,200 mg, the median 800 mg.1,400 mg

Higher than 77% of 216 products listing colostrum (median 800 mg). Per day at the most servings: 2,800 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 314115 (entered June 20, 2024), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD or its label image (PDF). 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 1 to 2 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 teaspoon 1 to 2 times daily as needed.
Warnings
Caution: Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Avoid taking if lactose intolerant and/or sensitive to dairy products.
Keep out of reach of children.
Do not eat freshness packet enclosed.
Contains milk.
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, egg, fish, shellfish or sesame 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, egg, fish, shellfish or sesame ingredients.
No synthetic growth hormones.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening. This product is sold by weight not volume.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 314115.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Milk Protein Concentrate, Medium Chain Triglyceride, Sunflower Lecithin, Vanilla Flavor, Natural.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Triangle K, D (Kosher, Dairy); GMP Quality Assured.

How many labels does Colostrum Powder have?

3 labels are on file under this name since March 24, 2016: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 314115 (current) Entered June 20, 2024 · on the market · 3 ozs · UPC 7 33739 03214 0
  2. Label 245838 Entered April 22, 2021 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 3 ozs · UPC 7 33739 03214 0
  3. Label 57251 Entered March 24, 2016 · off the market September 22, 2023 · 3 oz. · UPC 7 33739 03214 0

DSLD also links this label to: Colostrum (image difference, same product), Colostrum (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 (packager), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW products.

Where next?