Horse Chestnut 400 mg Extract
by Nature's Life · capsule · 50 capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 0 40647 00682 9
- DSLD label 13797
- Serving 1 capsule
- 50 servings
Horse Chestnut 400 mg Extract by Nature's Life lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 400 mg of horse chestnut seed extract. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on October 1, 2012.
What is in Horse Chestnut 400 mg Extract?
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horse Chestnut Seed Extract | 400 mg | Higher than 79% of 183 products listing horse chestnut (median 250 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,200 mg. | |
| 2:1 extract standardized to 56 mg aescin2:1 extract standardized to 56 mg aescin Note: a natural plant polyphenol | 56 mg |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 13797 (entered October 1, 2012), 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.
- Horse Chestnut Extract, 400 mgSolaray · off the market same ingredients
- Horse Chestnut Extract 400 mgAbsorb Health same ingredients
- Horse ChestnutEarthborn Elements same ingredients
- Horse Chestnut 450 mgTerraVita Premium Collection same ingredients
- Horse Chestnut Seed ExtractSolgar same ingredients
- Horse Chestnut ExtractThe Vitamin Shoppe 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
- Nature's Life Horse Chestnut Directions Take one (1) to three (3) capsules daily with food.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 13797.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Gelatin, Butcher's Broom, Magnesium Stearate.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Nature's Life(R).
How many labels does Horse Chestnut 400 mg Extract have?
One label is on file, entered on October 1, 2012.
- Label 13797 (current) Entered October 1, 2012 · on the market · 50 capsules · UPC 0 40647 00682 9
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 Life (manufacturer). All Nature's Life products.