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Horse Chestnut 300 mg

by NOW · capsule · 90 veg capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 04713 7
  • DSLD label 314390
  • Serving 1 veg capsule
  • 90 servings

Horse Chestnut 300 mg by NOW lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 1 veg capsule, such as 300 mg of horse chestnut fruit, seed extract and 200 mg of rutin, powder. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 20, 2024.

What is in Horse Chestnut 300 mg?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 veg 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).

Horse Chestnut 300 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 314390, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Horse Chestnut Fruit, Seed Extractas Aesculus hippocastanum Fruit Extract, Aesculus hippocastanum Seed Extract300 mgHorse Chestnut in Horse Chestnut 300 mg against 183 products300 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 100 mg to 300 mg, the median 250 mg.300 mg

Higher than 61% of 183 products listing horse chestnut (median 250 mg).

Triterpenoid Saponinsas AescinStandardized to minimum 20%60 mg
Rutin, Powderas Sophora japonica200 mgRutin in Horse Chestnut 300 mg against 1,232 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 10 mg to 50 mg, the median 25 mg.200 mg

Higher than 92% of 1,232 products listing rutin (median 25 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 314390 (entered June 20, 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 200 mg of rutin is higher than 92% of the 1,232 rutin products that print an amount; 60 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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Horse Chestnut 300 mg's, rare ingredients counting for more.

  • CircuMaxMaxi Health 2 shared, 51% alike

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 1 capsule daily.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Keep out of reach of children.
Contains tree nut (horse chestnut).
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish or shellfish ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that process other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Non-GMO
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish or shellfish ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 314390.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Calcium Citrate, Silicon Dioxide, Stearic Acid.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Triangle K (Kosher); GMP Quality Assured.

How many labels does Horse Chestnut 300 mg have?

6 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 314390 (current) Entered June 20, 2024 · on the market · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04713 7
  2. Label 245053 Entered July 27, 2021 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04713 7
  3. Label 64763 Entered September 22, 2016 · off the market September 22, 2023 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04713 7
  4. Label 42987 Entered February 25, 2015 · off the market March 31, 2016 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04713 7
  5. Label 39107 Entered November 25, 2014 · off the market February 16, 2015 · 90 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04713 7
  6. Label 13700 Entered October 1, 2012 · off the market October 8, 2014 · 90 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04713 7

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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