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Devil's Claw

by NOW · capsule · 100 veg capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 04650 5
  • DSLD label 314265
  • Serving 2 veg capsules
  • 50 servings

Devil's Claw by NOW lists one ingredient: 166 mg of Devil's claw root extract per serving of 2 veg capsules. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 25, 2024.

What is in Devil's Claw?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 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).

Devil's Claw: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 314265, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories5 Calories
Total Carbohydratesless than 1 g1%
Devil's Claw Root Extractas Harpagophytum procumbens extract, Harpagophytum zeyheri Root Extract166 mgDevil's Claw in Devil's Claw against 162 products166 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 30.25 mg to 507.5 mg, the median 122.5 mg.166 mg

Higher than 57% of 162 products listing Devil's claw (median 122.5 mg). Per day at the most servings: 498 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 314265 (entered July 25, 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 2 to 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.

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 2 capsules 2 to 3 times daily.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Keep out of reach of children.
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.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Non-GMO
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 314265.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Rice Flour, Hypromellose.

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

How many labels does Devil's Claw have?

5 labels are on file under this name since October 1, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 314265 (current) Entered July 25, 2024 · on the market · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04650 5
  2. Label 71260 Entered February 24, 2017 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04650 5
  3. Label 64746 Entered September 22, 2016 · off the market November 30, 2016 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04650 5
  4. Label 44914 Entered April 24, 2015 · off the market March 31, 2016 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04650 5
  5. Label 13492 Entered October 1, 2012 · off the market March 24, 2015 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04650 5

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 (distributor), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW products.

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