Echinacea 500 mg
by Highland Laboratories · capsule · 100 vegetarian capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 7 68305 12111 9
- DSLD label 79743
- Serving 1 vegetarian capsule
Echinacea 500 mg by Highland Laboratories lists one ingredient: 500 mg of echinacea per serving of 1 vegetarian capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on October 21, 2017.
What is in Echinacea 500 mg?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 vegetarian 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Echinacea | 500 mg | Higher than 83% of 484 products listing echinacea purpurea (median 200 mg). |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 79743 (entered October 21, 2017), 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 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.
- Echinacea 500 mgWebber Naturals · off the market same ingredients
- Echinacea Extract 500 mgVQ Verified Quality same ingredients
- Echinacea Purpurea Herb 500 mgNature's Way same ingredients
- Echinacea Root 500 mgSource Naturals same ingredients
- Echinacea Raspberry FlavorMaui Medicinal same ingredients
- EchinaceaFresh Nutrition 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
- One or more capsules daily, as a dietary supplement.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- No corn, soy, yeast, gluten, milk & egg products, sugar, starch, or preservatives.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 79743.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Vegetable Cellulose, Magnesium Trisilicate, Magnesium Stearate, Silica.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): GMP Quality Assured Earth Friendly.
How many labels does Echinacea 500 mg have?
One label is on file, entered on October 21, 2017.
- Label 79743 (current) Entered October 21, 2017 · on the market · 100 vegetarian capsules · UPC 7 68305 12111 9
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names Highland Laboratories (manufacturer). All Highland Laboratories products.