Formula 596 Echinacea Purpurea
by DC · capsule · 90 capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- DSLD label 309855
- Serving 1 to 3 capsules; amounts per 1 capsule
- 90 servings
Formula 596 Echinacea Purpurea by DC lists one ingredient: 400 mg of echinacea root extract per serving of 1 capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 20, 2024.
What is in Formula 596 Echinacea Purpurea?
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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echinacea Root Extractas Echinacea purpurea root extract4:1 | 400 mg | Higher than 72% of 234 products listing echinacea (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,200 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 309855 (entered June 20, 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 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?
6 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- Echinacea 400 mgVitaCeutical Labs same ingredients
- Echinacea 400 mgWindmill Herbals · off the market same ingredients
- Echinacea 400 mgVSN Vital Strength Nutrition · off the market same ingredients
- Echinacea 400 mgVitamer Laboratories same ingredients
- Echinacea Purpurea 400 mgWonder Laboratories same ingredients
- EchinaceaVillage Vitality same ingredients
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
- Directions: Take 1 to 3 capsules three times daily with water.
- Warnings
- Tamper Evident: Do not use this product if imprinted foil seal under cap is broken or missing.
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Caution: If you are pregnant or nursing do not take this product.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- Gluten Free
- Contains no artificial color, flavor or sweetener, no preservatives, no sugar, no starch, no milk, no lactose, no soy, no wheat, no yeast, no fish and is sodium free.
- Storage
- Keep tightly closed. Store at room temperature: 59 degrees -86 degrees F (15 degrees to 30 degrees C).
Source: label statements in DSLD label 309855.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Gelatin.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): QualiPure; Ko Kosher Service.
How many labels does Formula 596 Echinacea Purpurea have?
One label is on file, entered on June 20, 2024.
- Label 309855 (current) Entered June 20, 2024 · on the market · 90 capsules
DSLD also links this label to: Formula 596 (image difference, same product), Formula 596 (image difference, same product), Formula 596 (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 Dee Cee Laboratories, Inc. (manufacturer), White House, TN. All DC products.