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GastroMend-HP

by Designs for Health · capsule · 60 vegetarian capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 8 79452 00002 5
  • DSLD label 22838
  • Serving 2 capsules; amounts per 4 capsules
  • 15 servings

GastroMend-HP by Designs for Health lists 5 ingredients, 5 with an amount per serving of 4 capsules, such as 500 mg of vitamin C, 1,500 mg of deglycyrrhizinated licorice, 1,000 mg of mastic gum and 200 mg of methylmethioninesulfonium. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 25, 2013.

What is in GastroMend-HP?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 4 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).

GastroMend-HP: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 22838, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin Cas Ascorbic Acid500 mg833%Vitamin C in GastroMend-HP against 18,583 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 270 mg, the median 100 mg.DV 90 mgUL 2,000 mg500 mg

Higher than 81% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,000 mg.

Deglycyrrhizinated Licorice1,500 mgLicorice in GastroMend-HP against 888 products1,500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 42 mg to 300 mg, the median 100 mg.1,500 mg

Higher than 98% of 888 products listing licorice (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 3,000 mg.

Mastic Gum1,000 mgMastic in GastroMend-HP against 41 products1,000 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 100 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 350 mg.1,000 mg

Higher than 56% of 41 products listing mastic (median 350 mg). Per day at the most servings: 2,000 mg.

Methylmethioninesulfonium200 mg
Zinc Carnosine75 mgZinc-l-Carnosine in GastroMend-HP against 36 products75 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 34.38 mg to 75 mg, the median 75 mg.75 mg

6% of 36 products listing zinc-l-carnosine give more (median 75 mg). Per day at the most servings: 150 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 22838 (entered June 25, 2013), 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?

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:

  • Its 1,500 mg of deglycyrrhizinated licorice (filed by NIH under licorice) is higher than 98% of the 888 licorice products that print an amount; 15 list more.

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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with GastroMend-HP's, rare ingredients counting for more.

  • GI GuardProtocol For Life Balance 2 shared, 38% 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
Recommended Use: As a dietary supplement, take four capsules per day, two capsules twice a day between meals, or as directed by your health care practitioner.
Warnings
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Does not contain gluten.
Storage
STORE IN A COOL, DRY PLACE.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 22838.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Vegetable Stearate.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Guaranteed GMP COMPLIANT Products.

How many labels does GastroMend-HP have?

One label is on file, entered on June 25, 2013.

  1. Label 22838 (current) Entered June 25, 2013 · on the market · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 8 79452 00002 5

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

Who makes it?

The label names Designs for Health, Inc. (manufacturer, distributor), Suffield, CT. All Designs for Health products.

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