GABA-Val
by PL Progressive Laboratories · capsule · 60 vegetable capsules
- Off the market since September 2021 (NIH)
- UPC 3 51821 00935 3
- DSLD label 71239
- Serving 2 vegetable capsules
- 30 servings
GABA-Val by PL Progressive Laboratories lists 5 ingredients, 5 with an amount per serving of 2 vegetable capsules, such as 150 mg of lactium, 125 mg of PharmaGABA, 100 mg of hops flower extract and 100 mg of passion flower extract. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on February 24, 2017.
What is in GABA-Val?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 vegetable capsules. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lactium | 150 mg | ||
| PharmaGABA | 125 mg | Higher than 52% of 744 products listing GABA (median 100 mg). | |
| Hops flower extractHops flower extract PlantPart: flower Note: 4:1 | 100 mg | Higher than 54% of 342 products listing hops (median 75 mg). | |
| Passion Flower extractas IsovitexinPassion Flower extract (Form: 3.5% Isovitexin) | 100 mg | 38% of 562 products listing passionflower give more (median 100 mg). | |
| Valerian root extractas Sesquiterpenic AcidsValerian root extract (Form: 0.7% Sesquiterpenic Acids) PlantPart: root | 100 mg | 64% of 647 products listing valerian give more (median 200 mg). |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 71239 (entered February 24, 2017), 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?
1 product lists the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- GABA-ValProgressive Professional from Progressive Laboratories same ingredients
- SleepNOW · off the market 4 shared, 69% alike
- Sleep Valerian Root ExtractNOW · off the market 4 shared, 65% alike
- Hops-Valerian ComplexVitamin World 3 shared, 52% alike
- V.h.p.Biotics Research Corporation 3 shared, 52% alike
- Herbal SleepNature's Sunshine 3 shared, 52% 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
- Directions: Two vegetable capsules daily between meals or as directed by a health care professional.
- Warnings
- Tamper evident band around cap and seal on bottle. Do not use if either seal is broken or missing.
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Contains: Milk.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 71239.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Rice Flour, Vegetable capsule.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): GMP 3rd party confirmed Compliant.
How many labels does GABA-Val have?
One label is on file, entered on February 24, 2017.
- Label 71239 (current) Entered February 24, 2017 · off the market September 17, 2021 · 60 vegetable capsules · UPC 3 51821 00935 3
DSLD also links this label to: GABA-Val (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 Progressive Laboratories, Inc. (distributor), Irving, Texas. All PL Progressive Laboratories products.