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Ginger Root Extract 250 mg

by NOW · capsule · 90 veg capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 04689 5
  • DSLD label 335240
  • Serving 1 veg capsule
  • 90 servings

Ginger Root Extract 250 mg by NOW lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 veg capsule, such as 250 mg of ginger root extract and 225 mg of ginger, powder. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 24, 2025.

What is in Ginger Root Extract 250 mg?

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).

Ginger Root Extract 250 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 335240, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Ginger Root Extractas Gingerolsstandardized to min. 5% gingerols250 mgGinger in Ginger Root Extract 250 mg against 1,770 products475 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 150 mg, the median 60 mg.475 mg

Higher than 91% of 1,770 products listing ginger (median 60 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,425 mg.

Ginger, Powder225 mg

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 335240 (entered July 24, 2025), 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?

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 475 mg of ginger (2 rows of the label added together) is higher than 91% of the 1,770 ginger products that print an amount; 167 list more.

The NIH database records 1 to 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.

  • Ginger RootVitabase same ingredients
  • GingerJarrow Formulas · off the market same ingredients
  • Gingerplnt By V · off the market same ingredients
  • Ginger Root 250 mgSwanson Superior Herbs · off the market same ingredients
  • Ginger RootOregon's Wild Harvest · off the market same ingredients
  • Gingerplnt 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
Suggested Usage: Take 1 capsule 1 to 3 times daily, or as needed, with food.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only. Keep out of reach of children.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication (including blood thinners), or have a medical condition (including gallstones).
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 335240.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Maltodextrin, Stearic Acid, Silicon Dioxide.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Triangle K (Kosher); GMP Quality Assured.

How many labels does Ginger Root Extract 250 mg have?

4 labels are on file under this name since February 25, 2013: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 335240 (current) Entered July 24, 2025 · on the market · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04689 5
  2. Label 212314 Entered December 22, 2019 · off the market January 21, 2025 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04689 5
  3. Label 42958 Entered February 25, 2015 · off the market September 25, 2019 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04689 5
  4. Label 13637 Entered February 25, 2013 · off the market February 16, 2015 · 90 vcaps(R) · UPC 7 33739 04689 5

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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