Echinacea Complex
by Nature's Way · capsule · 100 capsules
- Off the market since November 2015 (NIH)
- UPC 0 33674 17350 3
- DSLD label 40353
- Serving 2 capsules
- 50 servings
Echinacea Complex by Nature's Way lists 2 ingredients; 2 sit inside a blend without their own amounts, beside 1 Nutrition Facts row (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on December 29, 2014.
What is in Echinacea Complex?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 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 | 1 g | 1% | 74% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate give more (median 3 g). Per day at the most servings: 2 g. |
| Proprietary Blend | 900 mg | ||
| organic Echinacea purpurea | in the blend, no amount given | ||
| Echinacea angustifolia | in the blend, no amount given |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 40353 (entered December 29, 2014), 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; 2 ingredients sit inside a blend, so their amounts cannot be compared.
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?
1 product lists the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- Echinacea Herb ExtractSolgar same ingredients
- Echinacea ExtractGNC Herbal Plus Standardized 2 shared, 86% alike
- Echinacea FiveVitabase 2 shared, 86% alike
- Echinacea Standardized ExtractMeijer Naturals 2 shared, 86% alike
- Echinacea Orange FlavorNature's Answer · off the market 2 shared, 86% alike
- E-Kid-NaceaNature's Answer For Kids 2 shared, 86% 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
- Recommendation: Take 2 capsules twice daily, preferably with food.
- Warnings
- Freshness & safety sealed with printed outer shrinkwrap and printed inner seal. Do not use if either seal is broken or missing.
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Caution: Not recommended for individuals with autoimmune conditions.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 40353.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Gelatin, Magnesium Stearate.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Nature's Way(R).
How many labels does Echinacea Complex have?
2 labels are on file under this name since November 25, 2014: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 40353 (current) Entered December 29, 2014 · off the market November 9, 2015 · 100 capsules · UPC 0 33674 17350 3
- Label 39560 Entered November 25, 2014 · off the market June 13, 2016 · 180 capsules · UPC 0 33674 12208 2
DSLD also links this label to: Echinacea Root Complex (image difference, same product), Echinacea Root Complex (package size difference, same product), Echinacea Root Complex 450 mg (package size difference, same product), Echinacea Root Complex 450 mg (image difference, same product), Echinacea Root Complex 450 mg (package size difference, same product), Echinacea Root Complex 900 mg (package size difference, same product), Echinacea Root Complex 900 mg (image difference, same product), Echinacea Root Complex 900 mg (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 Way Products, Inc. (manufacturer), Green Bay, WI. All Nature's Way products.