Curcumin BCM-95
by PL Progressive Laboratories · capsule · 60 vegetable capsules
- Off the market since September 2021 (NIH)
- UPC 3 51821 00814 1
- DSLD label 71218
- Serving 2 vegetable capsules
- 30 servings
Curcumin BCM-95 by PL Progressive Laboratories lists one ingredient: 800 mg of BCM-95 bio-curcumin (curcuma longa) 25:1 extract per serving of 2 vegetable capsules. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on March 24, 2017.
What is in Curcumin BCM-95?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 vegetable 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCM-95 Bio-Curcumin (Curcuma longa) 25:1 extractas Total Curcuminoids ComplexBCM-95 Bio-Curcumin (Curcuma longa) 25:1 extract (Form: std. to 95% Total Curcuminoids Complex (Form: with essential oils of Turmeric PlantPart: rhizome)) PlantPart: root Genus: Curcuma Species: longa | 800 mg | Higher than 86% of 2,369 products listing turmeric (median 150 mg). |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 71218 (entered March 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 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.
- Turmeric 800 mgVitamin World same ingredients
- Turmeric Extract 800 mgVitacost same ingredients
- Turmeric 800 mgVitacost same ingredients
- Turmeric 800 mgPuritan's Pride same ingredients
- Turmeric 800 mgBiotech Nutritions same ingredients
- Curcumin BCM-95Progressive Professional from Progressive Laboratories 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
- Directions: Two vegetable capsules daily, or more, as directed by a health care professional.
- Warnings
- Tamper evident band around cap and seal on bottle. Do not use if either seal is broken or missing.
- Keep out of reach of children.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 71218.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Rice Flour, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Vegetable Lubricant, Silicon Dioxide.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): GMP 3rd party confirmed compliant.
How many labels does Curcumin BCM-95 have?
One label is on file, entered on March 24, 2017.
- Label 71218 (current) Entered March 24, 2017 · off the market September 17, 2021 · 60 vegetable capsules · UPC 3 51821 00814 1
DSLD also links this label to: Curcumin BCM-95 (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 Progressive Laboratories, Inc. (manufacturer), Irving, Texas. All PL Progressive Laboratories products.