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Goldenseal Root 500 mg

by NOW · capsule · 50 veg capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 04690 1
  • DSLD label 314376
  • Serving 2 veg capsules
  • 25 servings

Goldenseal Root 500 mg by NOW lists one ingredient: 1 g of goldenseal per serving of 2 veg capsules. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on May 23, 2024.

What is in Goldenseal Root 500 mg?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 veg 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).

Goldenseal Root 500 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 314376, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Total Carbohydratesless than 1 g1%
Goldenseal1,000 mg1 gGoldenseal in Goldenseal Root 500 mg against 308 products1,000 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 40 mg to 385 mg, the median 100 mg.1,000 mg

Higher than 94% of 308 products listing goldenseal (median 100 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 314376 (entered May 23, 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?

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 1,000 mg of goldenseal is higher than 94% of the 308 goldenseal products that print an amount; 10 list more.

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?

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 2 capsules daily as needed.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only.
Consult physician if taking medication or have a medical condition.
Continuous high level consumption of this product for more than 2 weeks of each month is not recommended.
Not recommended for use by pregnant or nursing women.
Keep out of reach of children.
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, corn, 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
Non GMO Project Verified nongmoproject.org
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, corn, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 314376.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Stearic Acid.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Crescent H (Halal) GMP Quality Assured; Non GMO Project Verified nongmoproject.org Triangle K (Kosher).

How many labels does Goldenseal Root 500 mg have?

9 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 314376 (current) Entered May 23, 2024 · on the market · 50 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04690 1
  2. Label 206076 Entered August 23, 2019 · on the market · 100 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04692 5
  3. Label 206075 Entered August 23, 2019 · on the market · 50 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04690 1
  4. Label 44921 Entered April 24, 2015 · off the market December 6, 2018 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04692 5
  5. Label 44920 Entered April 24, 2015 · off the market December 6, 2018 · 50 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04690 1
  6. Label 35677 Entered July 25, 2014 · off the market March 24, 2015 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04692 5
  7. Label 33502 Entered May 23, 2014 · off the market January 8, 2014 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04692 5
  8. Label 13641 Entered February 25, 2013 · off the market November 4, 2013 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04692 5
  9. Label 13639 Entered October 1, 2012 · off the market March 24, 2015 · 50 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04690 1

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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