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Herbal Prostate Complex

by Swanson · capsule · 200 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 87614 11684 6
  • DSLD label 308597
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 100 servings

Herbal Prostate Complex by Swanson lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 562 mg of saw palmetto, 462 mg of pygeum africanum and 66 mg of stinging nettle root extract. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on February 22, 2024.

What is in Herbal Prostate Complex?

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

Herbal Prostate Complex: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 308597, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Saw Palmetto562 mgSaw Palmetto in Herbal Prostate Complex against 1,109 products562 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 100 mg to 320 mg, the median 200 mg.562 mg

Higher than 91% of 1,109 products listing saw palmetto (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,124 mg.

Pygeum africanum462 mgPygeum in Herbal Prostate Complex against 326 products462 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 33.72 mg to 120 mg, the median 100 mg.462 mg

Higher than 94% of 326 products listing pygeum (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 924 mg.

Stinging Nettle Root Extract4:166 mgStinging Nettle in Herbal Prostate Complex against 710 products66 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 300 mg, the median 120 mg.66 mg

67% of 710 products listing stinging nettle give more (median 120 mg). Per day at the most servings: 132 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 308597 (entered February 22, 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 562 mg of saw palmetto is higher than 91% of the 1,109 saw palmetto products that print an amount; 94 list more.
  • Its 462 mg of pygeum is higher than 94% of the 326 pygeum products that print an amount; 15 list more.

The NIH database records 1 to 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?

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 use: As a dietary supplement, take two capsules one to two times per day with water.
Warnings
Warning: For adults only. Keep out of reach of children.
Consult your physician before using this or any product if you are pregnant or nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Do not use if seal is broken.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 308597.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, Brown Rice Flour, Silica.

How many labels does Herbal Prostate Complex have?

3 labels are on file under this name since February 25, 2019: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 308597 (current) Entered February 22, 2024 · on the market · 200 capsules · UPC 0 87614 11684 6
  2. Label 203186 Entered May 28, 2019 · off the market August 29, 2024 · 200 capsules · UPC 0 87614 11684 6
  3. Label 187603 Entered February 25, 2019 · off the market December 3, 2018 · 200 capsules · UPC 0 87614 11684 6

DSLD also links this label to: Herbal Prostate Combo (image difference, same product), Herbal Prostate Combo (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 Swanson Health Products (distributor), Fargo, ND. All Swanson products.

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