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Echinacea

by Nature's Answer · liquid · 4 fl. Oz.

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 83000 00611 1
  • DSLD label 263967
  • Serving 1 ml (approx. 28 drops)
  • 120 servings

Echinacea by Nature's Answer lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 ml, such as 240 mg of echinacea purpurea root and aerial parts extract and 84 mg of echinacea angustifolia (root) extract. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on April 11, 2022.

What is in Echinacea?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 ml. 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).

Echinacea: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 263967, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Echinacea purpurea root and aerial parts extract240 mgEchinacea purpurea in Echinacea against 484 products240 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 400 mg, the median 200 mg.240 mg

Higher than 55% of 484 products listing echinacea purpurea (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 720 mg.

Echinacea angustifolia (root) extract84 mgEchinacea angustifolia in Echinacea against 199 products84 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 245 mg, the median 100 mg.84 mg

56% of 199 products listing echinacea angustifolia give more (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 252 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 263967 (entered April 11, 2022), 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 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 Use: As a dietary supplement, take 1 mL (28 drops) three (3) times a day in a small amount of water. May double frequency for two (2) days maximum. Shake well.
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children.
Warning: Do not use if pregnant or nursing.
Do not use if safety seal is damaged or missing.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Gluten Free
Gluten-Free Alcohol-Free Non-GMO Project Verified nongmoproject.org
Absolutely No Preservatives
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 263967.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Vegetable Glycerin, Water, Purified.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): K Parve (Kosher); Bio-Chelated Cold Extraction Process; Non-GMO Project Verified nongmoproject.org. Listed with: Non-GMO Project Verified (a seal is the label's claim; the certifier's own list confirms it).

How many labels does Echinacea have?

6 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 263967 (current) Entered April 11, 2022 · on the market · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 83000 00611 1
  2. Label 184118 Entered February 25, 2019 · off the market September 30, 2021 · 2 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 83000 00265 6
  3. Label 184114 Entered February 25, 2019 · off the market September 30, 2021 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 83000 00262 5
  4. Label 16928 Entered May 24, 2013 · off the market October 1, 2014 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 83000 00262 5
  5. Label 16898 Entered January 25, 2013 · off the market January 1, 2014 · 2 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 83000 00265 6
  6. Label 11873 Entered October 1, 2012 · off the market August 1, 2012 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 83000 00262 5

DSLD also links this label to: Echinacea Alcohol-Free (package size difference, same product), Echinacea Alcohol-Free (package size difference, same product), Echinacea 1,000 mg Alcohol-Free (image difference, same product), Echinacea 1,000 mg Alcohol-Free (package size difference, same product), Echinacea 1,000 mg Alcohol-Free (package size difference, same product), Echinacea Alcohol-Free (package size difference, same product), Echinacea 1,000 mg Alcohol-Free (package size difference, same product), Echinacea Alcohol-Free (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 Nature's Answer (manufacturer), Hauppauge, NY. All Nature's Answer products.

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