Echinacea Goldenseal Complex
by The Vitamin Shoppe · capsule · 100 capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 7 66536 02028 7
- DSLD label 221625
- Serving 1 capsule
Echinacea Goldenseal Complex by The Vitamin Shoppe lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 150 mg of echinacea purpurea root powder, 150 mg of echinacea angustifolia root powder, 100 mg of goldenseal and 50 mg of cayenne pepper powder. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on May 22, 2020.
What is in Echinacea Goldenseal Complex?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echinacea purpurea root powder | 150 mg | 58% of 484 products listing echinacea purpurea give more (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 450 mg. | |
| Echinacea angustifolia root powder | 150 mg | Higher than 63% of 199 products listing echinacea angustifolia (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 450 mg. | |
| GoldensealGoldenseal PlantPart: root Genus: Hydrastis Species: canadensis Note: delivered by using an equivalent amount of a 4:1 extract | 100 mg | 43% of 308 products listing goldenseal give more (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 300 mg. | |
| Cayenne Pepper powderCayenne Pepper powder PlantPart: fruit Genus: Capsicum Species: frutescens Note: 40,000 Heat Units/gram | 50 mg | Higher than 50% of 874 products listing capsicum (median 44.5 mg). Per day at the most servings: 150 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 221625 (entered May 22, 2020), 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 1 to 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?
1 product lists the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- Re-ZistNature's Answer same ingredients
- Echinacea & GoldensealGNC Herbal Plus Standardized 3 shared, 79% alike
- Echinacea With GoldensealHerbal Select 3 shared, 79% alike
- Echinacea & Goldenseal Natural Peppermint FlavorGNC Herbal Plus Standardized 3 shared, 79% alike
- Echinacea & GoldensealGNC Herbal Plus 3 shared, 79% alike
- Echinacea Goldenseal Herbal DropsGaiaKids · off the market 3 shared, 79% 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
- Directions: Take one (1) capsule up to three (3) times daily, preferably with meals.
- Warnings
- Warning: Consult your healthcare provider prior to use if you are pregnant, nursing, taking any medication or have any medical conditions.
- Not recommended to exceed eight weeks of continued usage without a rest period.
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Tamper evident Do not use if outer seal is broken or missing.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- Gluten-free Dairy-free Soy-free Nut-free
- Storage
- Store in a cool, dry place.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 221625.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Rice Flour, Gelatin, Maltodextrin, Burdock root powder, Gentian root powder, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide, Wood Betony 4:1 extract, Dicalcium Phosphate, Caramel color.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Quality Promise Tested & Trusted.
How many labels does Echinacea Goldenseal Complex have?
8 labels are on file under this name since March 25, 2014: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 221625 (current) Entered May 22, 2020 · on the market · 100 capsules · UPC 7 66536 02028 7
- Label 80471 Entered December 22, 2017 · on the market · 300 capsules · UPC 7 66536 02029 4
- Label 80468 Entered November 20, 2017 · off the market May 4, 2020 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 66536 02028 7
- Label 66792 Entered November 21, 2016 · off the market October 2, 2017 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 66536 02028 7
- Label 63003 Entered July 25, 2016 · off the market October 4, 2016 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 66536 02028 7
- Label 55477 Entered February 23, 2016 · off the market June 2, 2016 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 66536 02028 7
- Label 31488 Entered March 25, 2014 · off the market October 2, 2017 · 300 capsules · UPC 7 66536 02029 4
- Label 30611 Entered March 25, 2014 · off the market December 4, 2015 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 66536 02028 7
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names The Vitamin Shoppe (distributor), Secaucus, NJ. All The Vitamin Shoppe products.