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Cordyceps

by HealthForce SuperFoods · capsule · 90 vegancaps

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 6 50786 00390 2
  • DSLD label 317440
  • Serving 3 vegan caps (1.2 g)
  • 30 servings

Cordyceps by HealthForce SuperFoods lists 2 ingredients, 1 with an amount per serving of 3 vegan caps, such as 1,200 mg of cordyceps fruiting body extract; 1 sits inside a blend without its own amount. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on November 22, 2024.

What is in Cordyceps?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 3 vegan caps. 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).

Cordyceps: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 317440, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Cordyceps fruiting body extractOrganic, TruGanic1,200 mgCordyceps in Cordyceps against 450 products1,200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 100 mg to 600 mg, the median 250 mg.1,200 mg

Higher than 93% of 450 products listing cordyceps (median 250 mg).

1,3/1,6 Beta-D-Glucansno amount given25%

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 317440 (entered November 22, 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?

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 1,200 mg of cordyceps is higher than 93% of the 450 cordyceps products that print an amount; 26 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?

5 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 use: 3 VeganCaps per day, or as advised by a qualified health care professional. Consume with conscious, positive intent.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Certified vegan, organic & gluten-free No added fillers, starch, or grains No flow agents
Certified Gluten Free GFCO.org
No flow agents

Source: label statements in DSLD label 317440.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Tapioca, Fermented.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): TruGanic Verified TruGanic Sourcing; Oregon Tilth Certified Organic (OTCO) Certified Vegan Vegan.org Certified Gluten Free GFCO.org OU (Kosher) Pareve. Listed with: Certified gluten-free (GFCO), Certified Vegan (Vegan Action) (a seal is the label's claim; the certifier's own list confirms it).

How many labels does Cordyceps have?

6 labels are on file under this name since June 24, 2020: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 317440 (current) Entered November 22, 2024 · on the market · 90 vegancaps · UPC 6 50786 00390 2
  2. Label 317488 Entered October 24, 2024 · on the market · 60 grams · UPC 6 50786 00365 0
  3. Label 317489 Entered September 25, 2024 · on the market · 130 grams · UPC 6 50786 00368 1
  4. Label 228999 Entered June 24, 2020 · off the market August 11, 2023 · 90 vegancaps(TM) · UPC 6 50786 00390 2
  5. Label 228985 Entered June 24, 2020 · off the market August 9, 2021 · 60 grams · UPC 6 50786 00365 0
  6. Label 228982 Entered June 24, 2020 · off the market August 9, 2021 · 130 grams · UPC 6 50786 00368 1

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

Who makes it?

The label names Excelsior Alchemy (manufacturer), Tempe, AZ. All HealthForce SuperFoods products.

Where next?