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Fermented Ginger

by Dr. Mercola · capsule · 60 capsules

  • Off the market since April 2022 (NIH)
  • UPC 8 13006 01770 1
  • DSLD label 250192
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 60 servings

Fermented Ginger by Dr. Mercola lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 200 mg of organic fermented ginger root powder and 150 mg of benegut perilla leaf extract. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on May 22, 2021.

What is in Fermented Ginger?

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 Ginger: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 250192, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
organic fermented Ginger root powder200 mgGinger in Fermented Ginger against 1,770 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 150 mg, the median 60 mg.200 mg

Higher than 77% of 1,770 products listing ginger (median 60 mg). Per day at the most servings: 400 mg.

Benegut Perilla Leaf Extract150 mgPerilla in Fermented Ginger against 57 products150 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 90 mg to 450 mg, the median 150 mg.150 mg

42% of 57 products listing perilla give more (median 150 mg). Per day at the most servings: 300 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 250192 (entered May 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 2 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?

1 product lists 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 Use: Adults, as a dietary supplement, take one (1) capsule per serving. This product should be taken twice 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 250192.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Capsule, Tapioca Maltodextrin.

How many labels does Fermented Ginger 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 250192 (current) Entered May 22, 2021 · off the market April 19, 2022 · 60 capsules · UPC 8 13006 01770 1
  2. Label 231511 Entered August 23, 2020 · off the market April 23, 2021 · 60 capsules · UPC 8 13006 01770 1
  3. Label 72681 Entered April 25, 2017 · off the market July 13, 2020 · 60 capsules · UPC 8 13006 01770 1

DSLD also links this label to: Fermented Ginger with Benegut (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 NHP (distributor), Cape Coral, FL. All Dr. Mercola products.

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