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Holy Basil

by Village Vitality · capsule · 60 liquid veggie caps

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 88332 12140 1
  • DSLD label 310242
  • Serving 2 veggie caps
  • 30 servings

Holy Basil by Village Vitality lists 8 ingredients, 8 with an amount per serving of 2 veggie caps, such as 300 mg of holy basil leaf ethanol extract, 150 mg of holy basil leaf supercritical extract, 16 mg of rosemary leaf extract and 7 mg of sage leaf extract. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 25, 2024.

What is in Holy Basil?

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

Holy Basil: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 310242, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Holy Basil Leaf Ethanol Extract300 mgHoly Basil in Holy Basil against 387 products450 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 400 mg, the median 129 mg.450 mg

Higher than 76% of 387 products listing holy basil (median 129 mg). Per day at the most servings: 900 mg.

Holy Basil Leaf Supercritical Extract150 mg
Rosemary Leaf Extract16 mgRosemary in Holy Basil against 332 products16 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 100 mg, the median 50 mg.16 mg

78% of 332 products listing rosemary give more (median 50 mg). Per day at the most servings: 32 mg.

Sage Leaf Extract7 mgSage in Holy Basil against 138 products7 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 75 mg to 400 mg, the median 200 mg.7 mg

98% of 138 products listing sage give more (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 14 mg.

Eugenolstandardized20 mg
Rosmarinic Acidstandardized8 mg
Rosmarinic Acidstandardized8 mg
Ursolic Acidstandardized5 mg

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 310242 (entered July 25, 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:

  • 98% of the 138 products that print an amount of sage list more than its 7 mg of sage (median 200 mg).

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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Holy Basil's, rare ingredients counting for more.

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: Take 2 caps, 1-2 times per day or as directed by your healthcare professional.
Warnings
Warnings: Do not take during pregnancy or while nursing.
Keep out of the reach of children.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 310242.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Soy Lecithin, Modified Cellulose, Chlorophyll.

How many labels does Holy Basil have?

2 labels are on file under this name since March 24, 2020: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 310242 (current) Entered July 25, 2024 · on the market · 60 liquid veggie caps · UPC 7 88332 12140 1
  2. Label 215834 Entered March 24, 2020 · on the market · 1 fluid ounce · UPC 7 88332 15781 3

Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).

Who makes it?

The label names Village Vitality LLC (distributor), Woodstock, NY. All Village Vitality products.

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