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Fermented Broccoli Sprouts

by Dr. Mercola · capsule · 30 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 8 13006 01776 3
  • DSLD label 287222
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 30 servings

Fermented Broccoli Sprouts by Dr. Mercola lists 5 ingredients, 5 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 400 mg of organic fermented broccoli and 100 mg of broccoli. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 22, 2023.

What is in Fermented Broccoli Sprouts?

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

Fermented Broccoli Sprouts: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 287222, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
organic fermented Broccoli400 mgBroccoli in Fermented Broccoli Sprouts against 530 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 40 mg to 250 mg, the median 100 mg.500 mg

Higher than 86% of 530 products listing broccoli (median 100 mg).

Broccolias Broccoli, BroccoliOrganic100 mg
Glucoraphanin350 mcgGlucoraphanin in Fermented Broccoli Sprouts against 79 products0.35 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 15 mg to 33.85 mg, the median 30 mg.0.35 mg

97% of 79 products listing glucoraphanin give more (median 30 mg).

Sulforaphane140 mcgSulforaphane in Fermented Broccoli Sprouts against 82 products0.14 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 0.375 mg to 25 mg, the median 1 mg.0.14 mg

91% of 82 products listing sulforaphane give more (median 1 mg).

Myrosinase105 mcg

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 287222 (entered June 22, 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:

  • 97% of the 79 products that print an amount of glucoraphanin list more than its 0.35 mg of glucoraphanin (median 30 mg).
  • 91% of the 82 products that print an amount of sulforaphane list more than its 0.14 mg of sulforaphane (median 1 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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Fermented Broccoli Sprouts'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: Adults, as a dietary supplement, take one (1) capsule daily.
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children.
Do not use if safety seal is broken.
If you are nursing, pregnant, taking medication or have a medical condition, consult your physician before taking this product.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 287222.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: organic Rice hull concentrate, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose.

How many labels does Fermented Broccoli Sprouts have?

3 labels are on file under this name since April 25, 2017: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 287222 (current) Entered June 22, 2023 · on the market · 30 capsules · UPC 8 13006 01776 3
  2. Label 231521 Entered August 23, 2020 · off the market April 19, 2022 · 30 capsules · UPC 8 13006 01776 3
  3. Label 72686 Entered April 25, 2017 · off the market July 13, 2020 · 30 capsules · UPC 8 13006 01776 3

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

Who makes it?

The label names NHP (distributor), Cape Coral, FL. All Dr. Mercola products.

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