Extra Strength Silymarin
by NOW · softgel capsule · 120 softgels
- Off the market since February 2024 (NIH)
- UPC 7 33739 04785 4
- DSLD label 244880
- Serving 1 softgel
Extra Strength Silymarin by NOW lists one ingredient: 450 mg of milk thistle extract per serving of 1 softgel. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on April 22, 2021.
What is in Extra Strength Silymarin?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 softgel. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 5 Calories | ||
| Total Fat | 0.5 g | 1% | 86% of 11,965 products listing fat (unspecified) give more (median 1.5 g). |
| Milk Thistle extractas Silymarin FlavonoidsMilk Thistle extract (Form: standardized to 360 mg Silymarin Flavonoids Note: equivalent 80%) PlantPart: fruit/seeds Genus: Silybum Species: marianum | 450 mg | Higher than 85% of 1,277 products listing milk thistle (median 175 mg). |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 244880 (entered April 22, 2021), 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 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?
3 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- Extra Strength Milk Thistle Extract 450 mg/80%Protocol For Life Balance same ingredients
- Sil-150Integrative Therapeutics same ingredients
- Simply Milk ThistleEnzymatic Therapy · off the market same ingredients
- Milk Thistle Seed Alcohol-FreeNature's Answer · off the market 1 shared, 65% alike
- Silymarin Milk ThistleHerbal Authority 1 shared, 65% alike
- Silymarin Milk-ThistleVitamin World · off the market 1 shared, 65% 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 Usage: Take 1 softgel daily.
- Warnings
- Caution: For adults only.
- Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, corn, milk, egg, fish or shellfish 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, corn, milk, egg, fish or shellfish ingredients.
- Storage
- Store in a cool, dry place after opening.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 244880.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Softgel Capsule, organic Sunflower Oil, Sunflower Lecithin, 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 Extra Strength Silymarin have?
4 labels are on file under this name since February 24, 2017: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 244880 (current) Entered April 22, 2021 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 120 softgels · UPC 7 33739 04785 4
- Label 206135 Entered August 23, 2019 · off the market September 22, 2023 · 120 softgels · UPC 7 33739 04785 4
- Label 72811 Entered April 25, 2017 · off the market December 6, 2018 · 120 softgels · UPC 7 33739 04785 4
- Label 71313 Entered February 24, 2017 · off the market March 7, 2017 · 120 softgels · UPC 7 33739 04785 4
DSLD also links this label to: Extra Strength Milk Thistle Extract 450 mg (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 NOW Foods (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW products.