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Feverfew

by NOW · capsule · 100 veg capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 04670 3
  • DSLD label 314333
  • Serving 1 veg capsule
  • 100 servings

Feverfew by NOW lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 veg capsule, such as 175 mg of feverfew extract and 150 mg of feverfew powder. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 25, 2024.

What is in Feverfew?

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).

Feverfew: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 314333, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Feverfew extractas Parthenolidemin. 0.5% - 0.7% parthenolide175 mgFeverfew in Feverfew against 162 products325 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 380 mg, the median 200 mg.325 mg

Higher than 64% of 162 products listing feverfew (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 650 mg.

Feverfew powder150 mg

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 314333 (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 1 to 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?

6 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 1 to 2 times daily, preferably with food.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only.
Not recommended for pregnant/nursing women.
May trigger mild transient oral or GI discomfort.
Consult physician if taking medication or have a medical condition.
Keep out of reach of children.
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut 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, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 314333.

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): GMP Quality Assured Triangle K (Kosher).

How many labels does Feverfew have?

7 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 314333 (current) Entered July 25, 2024 · on the market · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04670 3
  2. Label 69975 Entered January 25, 2017 · on the market · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04670 3
  3. Label 56791 Entered February 23, 2016 · off the market July 18, 2016 · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04670 3
  4. Label 46137 Entered June 25, 2015 · off the market November 24, 2015 · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04670 3
  5. Label 42885 Entered February 25, 2015 · off the market April 24, 2015 · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04670 3
  6. Label 28789 Entered December 24, 2013 · off the market February 16, 2015 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04670 3
  7. Label 13555 Entered October 1, 2012 · off the market April 19, 2013 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04670 3

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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