Echinacea 400 mg
by NOW · capsule · 250 veg capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 7 33739 04662 8
- DSLD label 314291
- Serving 2 veg capsules
- 125 servings
Echinacea 400 mg by NOW lists one ingredient: 800 mg of echinacea per serving of 2 veg capsules. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 20, 2024.
What is in Echinacea 400 mg?
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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Carbohydrates | less than 1 g | 1% | |
| Echinaceaas Echinacea purpurea | 800 mg | Higher than 91% of 234 products listing echinacea (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 3,200 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 314291 (entered June 20, 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?
The rows in the top or bottom tenth of the products that list the same ingredient, and any above the adult upper limit at the most servings a day the directions give:
- Its 800 mg of echinacea is higher than 91% of the 234 echinacea products that print an amount; 20 list more.
The NIH database records 1 to 4 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?
2 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- Echinacea GlyceriteHerbalist & Alchemist same ingredients
- Liquid Echinacea Orange U DeliciousNOW Kids same ingredients
- Echinacea 400 mgVitaCeutical Labs 1 shared, 77% alike
- Echinacea 400 mgWindmill Herbals · off the market 1 shared, 77% alike
- Echinacea Max-V Angustifolia & PurpureaDouglas Laboratories 1 shared, 77% alike
- Echinacea Extract21st Century · off the market 1 shared, 77% 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 Usage: Take 2 capsules 1 to 4 times daily as needed.
- Warnings
- Continuous high level consumption of this product for more than 2 weeks of each month is not recommended.
- Caution: For adults only. Keep out of reach of children.
- Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
- Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, corn, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame 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, corn, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 314291.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Stearic Acid.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Triangle K (Kosher); Crescent H (Halal) GMP Quality Assured.
How many labels does Echinacea 400 mg have?
8 labels are on file under this name since October 1, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 314291 (current) Entered June 20, 2024 · on the market · 250 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04662 8
- Label 245095 Entered July 27, 2021 · on the market · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04660 4
- Label 56790 Entered February 23, 2016 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 250 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04662 8
- Label 56789 Entered February 23, 2016 · off the market September 22, 2023 · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04660 4
- Label 44916 Entered April 24, 2015 · off the market November 24, 2015 · 250 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04662 8
- Label 44915 Entered April 24, 2015 · off the market November 24, 2015 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04660 4
- Label 13522 Entered October 1, 2012 · off the market March 24, 2015 · 250 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04662 8
- Label 13520 Entered October 1, 2012 · off the market March 24, 2015 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04660 4
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 (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW products.