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EGCg Green Tea Extract

by Protocol For Life Balance · capsule · 90 veg capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 07359 14704 1
  • DSLD label 292260
  • Serving 1 veg capsule
  • 90 servings

EGCg Green Tea Extract by Protocol For Life Balance lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 1 veg capsule, such as 400 mg of green tea leaf extract and 50 mg of green tea, decaffeinated. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 18, 2023.

What is in EGCg Green Tea Extract?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 veg 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).

EGCg Green Tea Extract: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 292260, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Green Tea Leaf Extractas Camellia sinensis, Catechins, Epigallocatechin GallateStandardized extract, min. 80% total catechins and 50% egcg400 mgGreen Tea in EGCg Green Tea Extract against 2,595 products450 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 250 mg, the median 100 mg.450 mg

Higher than 86% of 2,595 products listing green tea (median 100 mg).

Egcg50%200 mgEGCG in EGCg Green Tea Extract against 291 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 150 mg, the median 100 mg.200 mg

Higher than 78% of 291 products listing EGCG (median 100 mg).

Caffeinenaturally occurring4 mgCaffeine in EGCg Green Tea Extract against 3,358 products4 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 100 mg to 275 mg, the median 200 mg.4 mg

99% of 3,358 products listing caffeine give more (median 200 mg).

Green Tea, Decaffeinated50 mg

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 292260 (entered July 18, 2023), 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:

  • 99% of the 3,358 products that print an amount of caffeine list more than its 4 mg of caffeine (median 200 mg).

The NIH database records one serving 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?

4 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 Usage: Take 1 capsule daily with a meal.
Take with food.
Warnings
Cautions/Interactions: Do not take this product on an empty stomach; do not exceed recommended dose.
Anticoagulant medications and beta-lactam antibiotics may interact with Green Tea Extracts (GTE).
GTE may also decrease absorption of iron and folic acid.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or if you have liver disease or any other medical condition.
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut 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, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 292260.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Stearic Acid, Silicon Dioxide.

How many labels does EGCg Green Tea Extract have?

6 labels are on file under this name since August 24, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 292260 (current) Entered July 18, 2023 · on the market · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 07359 14704 1
  2. Label 73514 Entered May 24, 2017 · off the market June 9, 2022 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 07359 14704 1
  3. Label 68920 Entered December 23, 2016 · off the market March 7, 2017 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 07359 14704 1
  4. Label 23810 Entered August 23, 2013 · off the market March 31, 2016 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 07359 14704 1
  5. Label 15398 Entered November 21, 2012 · off the market June 25, 2013 · 90 vcaps(R) · UPC 7 07359 14704 1
  6. Label 11749 Entered August 24, 2012 · off the market October 28, 2009 · 90 vcaps(R) · UPC 7 07359 14704 1

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

Who makes it?

The label names Protocol For Life Balance (manufacturer, distributor), Bloomingdale, IL. All Protocol For Life Balance products.

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