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Elderberry/Agaricus/Echinacea

by Swanson Premium Brand · capsule · 120 capsules

  • Off the market since November 2023 (NIH)
  • UPC 0 87614 11044 8
  • DSLD label 203955
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 60 servings

Elderberry/Agaricus/Echinacea by Swanson Premium Brand lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 400 mg of agaricus blazei mushroom, 400 mg of elderberry and 200 mg of echinacea purpurea. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 24, 2019.

What is in Elderberry/Agaricus/Echinacea?

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).

Elderberry/Agaricus/Echinacea: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 203955, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Agaricus blazei mushroom400 mgAgaricus mushroom in Elderberry/Agaricus/Echinacea against 72 products400 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 70 mg to 500 mg, the median 250 mg.400 mg

Higher than 57% of 72 products listing agaricus mushroom (median 250 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,200 mg.

Elderberry400 mgEuropean Elder in Elderberry/Agaricus/Echinacea against 920 products400 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 400 mg, the median 150 mg.400 mg

Higher than 74% of 920 products listing european elder (median 150 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,200 mg.

Echinacea purpurea200 mgEchinacea purpurea in Elderberry/Agaricus/Echinacea against 484 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 400 mg, the median 200 mg.200 mg

48% of 484 products listing echinacea purpurea give more (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 600 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 203955 (entered June 24, 2019), 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 2 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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Elderberry/Agaricus/Echinacea's, rare ingredients counting for more.

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 capsules two to three times per day with water.
Warnings
Do not use if seal is broken.
Keep out of reach of children.
Warning: Do not use this product if you are pregnant or nursing.
Consult your healthcare provider before use if you have an autoimmune condition.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 203955.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Silica, Calcium Palmitate.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Guaranteed Purity & Potency.

How many labels does Elderberry/Agaricus/Echinacea have?

2 labels are on file under this name since March 23, 2018: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 203955 (current) Entered June 24, 2019 · off the market November 29, 2023 · 120 capsules · UPC 0 87614 11044 8
  2. Label 174810 Entered March 23, 2018 · off the market July 24, 2018 · 120 capsules · UPC 0 87614 11044 8

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

Who makes it?

The label names Swanson Health Products (distributor), Fargo, ND. All Swanson Premium Brand products.

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