PlainVitamins

Echinacea 3X

by DC · capsule · 120 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • DSLD label 266947
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 120 servings

Echinacea 3X by DC lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 125 mg of echinacea angustifolia root extract, 115 mg of echinacea angustifolia and 150 mg of echinacea purpurea ext.. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 16, 2022.

What is in Echinacea 3X?

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).

Echinacea 3X: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 266947, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Echinacea angustifolia Root Extractas Echinacosidesconcentrated and standardized for 3.2- 4.8% Echinacosides125 mgEchinacea angustifolia in Echinacea 3X against 199 products240 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 245 mg, the median 100 mg.240 mg

Higher than 74% of 199 products listing echinacea angustifolia (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 480 mg.

Echinacea angustifolia115 mg
Echinacea purpurea ext.150 mgEchinacea purpurea in Echinacea 3X against 484 products150 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 400 mg, the median 200 mg.150 mg

58% of 484 products listing echinacea purpurea give more (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 300 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 266947 (entered June 16, 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 2 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 capsule two times daily with water.
Warnings
Tamper Evident: Do not use this product if imprinted foil seal under cap is broken or missing.
Keep out of reach of children.
Caution: If you are pregnant or nursing do not take this product.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Gluten free
Storage
Keep tightly closed. Store at room temperature: 59 degrees - 86 degrees F (15 degrees to 30 degrees C).

Source: label statements in DSLD label 266947.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Vegetable Cellulose, Gelatin, Vegetable Magnesium Stearate.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Ko Kosher Service; Quali Pure.

How many labels does Echinacea 3X have?

6 labels are on file under this name since July 27, 2021: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 266947 (current) Entered June 16, 2022 · on the market · 120 capsules
  2. Label 266946 Entered June 16, 2022 · on the market · 120 capsules
  3. Label 266944 Entered June 16, 2022 · on the market · 60 capsules
  4. Label 266943 Entered June 16, 2022 · on the market · 60 capsules
  5. Label 266941 Entered June 16, 2022 · on the market · 60 capsules
  6. Label 245039 Entered July 27, 2021 · on the market · N/A

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

Who makes it?

The label names Dee Cee Laboratories, Inc. (manufacturer), White House, TN. All DC products.

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