Echinacea With Forti-C
by Nature's Answer · capsule · 90 vegetarian capsules
- Off the market since February 2016 (NIH)
- UPC 0 83000 16053 0
- DSLD label 11758
- Serving 2 capsules
- 45 servings
Echinacea With Forti-C by Nature's Answer lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 200 mg of vitamin C, 27 mg of calcium and 750 mg of echinacea. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 24, 2012.
What is in Echinacea With Forti-C?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamin Cas calcium ascorbate Forti-CVitamin C (Form: as calcium ascorbate Forti-C) | 200 mg | 333% | Higher than 63% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 600 mg. |
| Calciumas calcium ascorbate Forti-CCalcium (Form: as calcium ascorbate Forti-C) | 27 mg | 3% | 87% of 17,831 products listing calcium give more (median 115 mg). Per day at the most servings: 81 mg. |
| Echinacea | 750 mg | Higher than 90% of 234 products listing echinacea (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 2,250 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 11758 (entered August 24, 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 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?
The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Echinacea With Forti-C's, rare ingredients counting for more.
- Vitamin C-500 mg Plus EchinaceaNature's Bounty 2 shared, 80% alike
- EchinaceaProCaps Laboratories 2 shared, 80% alike
- Vitamin C with EchinaceaSolaray 2 shared, 80% alike
- Echinacea 400 mgVitaCeutical Labs 1 shared, 61% alike
- Echinacea 400 mgWindmill Herbals · off the market 1 shared, 61% alike
- Echinacea Max-V Angustifolia & PurpureaDouglas Laboratories 1 shared, 61% 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: As a dietary supplement take two (2) capsules three times a day with food or water.
- Warnings
- CAUTION: Keep out of reach of children.
- Do not use if safety seal is damaged or missing.
- If pregnant, nursing or on medication, consult with your healthcare practitioner.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- Free of synthetic ingredients.
- Storage
- Store in cool, dry place.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 11758.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Vegetable Cellulose, Di-Calcium Phosphate, Calcium Silicate, Quik-Sorb.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): NATURE'S ANSWER(R) SINCE 1972; K PARVE.
How many labels does Echinacea With Forti-C have?
One label is on file, entered on August 24, 2012.
- Label 11758 (current) Entered August 24, 2012 · off the market February 18, 2016 · 90 vegetarian capsules · UPC 0 83000 16053 0
DSLD also links this label to: Echinacea With Vitamin C And Calcium (image 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 ANSWER Quality Without Question(TM) Pioneers Since 1972 (manufacturer), Hauppauge, NY. All Nature's Answer products.