Gotu Kola
by Nature's Sunshine · capsule · 100 capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 0 99904 00360 6
- DSLD label 255291
- Serving 1 capsule
- 100 servings
Gotu Kola by Nature's Sunshine lists one ingredient: 395 mg of gotu kola per serving of 1 capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 23, 2021.
What is in Gotu Kola?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gotu Kola | 395 mg | Higher than 84% of 393 products listing gotu kola (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,185 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 255291 (entered August 23, 2021), 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 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.
- Gotu KolaVillage Vitality same ingredients
- Gotu Kola 375 mgMaui Medicinal same ingredients
- Gotu Kola 435 mgSwanson Premium Brand · off the market same ingredients
- Full Spectrum Gotu Kola 435 mgSwanson same ingredients
- Brahmi-Gotu KolaOrganic India · off the market same ingredients
- Gotu KolaNew Sun 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
- Recommended Use: Take 1 capsule with a meal three times daily.
- Warnings
- Do not use if inner seal is missing or damaged.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 255291.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Capsule.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Ko Pareve (Kosher).
How many labels does Gotu Kola have?
3 labels are on file under this name since January 25, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 255291 (current) Entered August 23, 2021 · on the market · 100 capsules · UPC 0 99904 00360 6
- Label 205550 Entered August 23, 2019 · off the market June 9, 2021 · 100 capsules · UPC 0 99904 00360 6
- Label 4514 Entered January 25, 2012 · off the market February 27, 2019 · 100 capsules · UPC 0 99904 00360 6
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. (manufacturer), Spanish Fork, Utah. All Nature's Sunshine products.