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EGCg Green Tea Extract - 400 mg

by NOW · capsule · 180 veg capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 04757 1
  • DSLD label 315764
  • Serving 1 veg capsule
  • 180 servings

EGCg Green Tea Extract - 400 mg by NOW 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 25, 2024.

What is in EGCg Green Tea Extract - 400 mg?

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 - 400 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 315764, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Green Tea Leaf Extractas Total Catechinsminimum 80% Total Catechins400 mgGreen Tea in EGCg Green Tea Extract - 400 mg 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).

Epigallocatechin Gallate50% EGCg200 mgEGCG in EGCg Green Tea Extract - 400 mg 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 occuring<= 4 mg
Green Tea, Decaffeinated50 mg

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 315764 (entered July 25, 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?

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 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. Do not take this product on an empty stomach; do not exceed recommended dose.
Take with food.
Warnings
Do not take this product on an empty stomach; do not exceed recommended dose.
Caution: For adults only. Keep out of reach of children.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition including liver impairment.
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, 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 Project Verified Nongmoproject.org
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 315764.

What else is on the label?

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

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Triangle K (Kosher); GMP Quality Assured.

How many labels does EGCg Green Tea Extract - 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.

  1. Label 315764 (current) Entered July 25, 2024 · on the market · 180 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04757 1
  2. Label 314293 Entered May 23, 2024 · on the market · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04704 5
  3. Label 212333 Entered January 25, 2020 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 180 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04757 1
  4. Label 212317 Entered January 25, 2020 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04704 5
  5. Label 44924 Entered April 24, 2015 · off the market September 25, 2019 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04704 5
  6. Label 43004 Entered March 25, 2015 · off the market September 25, 2019 · 180 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04757 1
  7. Label 13869 Entered October 1, 2012 · off the market February 16, 2015 · 180 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04757 1
  8. Label 13654 Entered October 1, 2012 · off the market March 24, 2015 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04704 5

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.

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