Echinacea
by ProCaps Laboratories · softgel capsule · 360 easy to swallow capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- DSLD label 4687
- Serving 1 capsule
- 360 servings
Echinacea by ProCaps Laboratories lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 60 mg of vitamin C and 300 mg of echinacea purpurea/angustifolia extract. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 25, 2012.
What is in Echinacea?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 capsule. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamin Cas Calcium AscorbateVitamin C (Form: as Calcium Ascorbate) | 60 mg | 100% | 65% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C give more (median 100 mg). |
| Echinacea purpurea/angustifolia extractEchinacea purpurea/angustifolia extract PlantPart: aerial/root Note: standardized to 4% total phenols | 300 mg | Higher than 64% of 234 products listing echinacea (median 200 mg). |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 4687 (entered January 25, 2012), 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?
2 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- Vitamin C-500 mg Plus EchinaceaNature's Bounty same ingredients
- Vitamin C with EchinaceaSolaray same ingredients
- Echinacea With Forti-CNature's Answer · off the market 2 shared, 80% alike
- Echinacea 400 mgVitaCeutical Labs 1 shared, 76% alike
- Echinacea 400 mgWindmill Herbals · off the market 1 shared, 76% alike
- Echinacea Max-V Angustifolia & PurpureaDouglas Laboratories 1 shared, 76% alike
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 Consume one or more capsules daily or as recommended by a health care professional. For best results take this product with food, preferably a complete meal. This product is most effective when used in conjunction with one of Andrew Lessman’s Life Rx multi-vitamin-mineral formulas.
- Warnings
- CAUTION Pregnant or nursing mothers should consult a health care professional before taking any supplement.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- NO ADDITIVES.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 4687.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Gelatin.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): All-Solar MANUFACTURING; ProCaps(R) LABORATORIES.
How many labels does Echinacea have?
One label is on file, entered on January 25, 2012.
- Label 4687 (current) Entered January 25, 2012 · on the market · 360 easy to swallow capsules
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names ProCaps Laboratories (manufacturer), Henderson, NV. All ProCaps Laboratories products.