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IB Synergy

by Designs for Health · capsule · 60 vegetarian capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 8 79452 00212 8
  • DSLD label 22649
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 30 servings

IB Synergy by Designs for Health lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 500 mg of LYNSIDE(R) pro GI+, 500 mg of L-glutamine, 300 mg of benegut(TM) and 100 mg of 5-htp. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 25, 2013.

What is in IB Synergy?

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).

IB Synergy: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 22649, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
LYNSIDE(R) Pro GI+500 mgSaccharomyces cerevisiae in IB Synergy against 168 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 211.25 mg to 500 mg, the median 500 mg.500 mg

23% of 168 products listing saccharomyces cerevisiae give more (median 500 mg).

L-Glutamine500 mgGlutamine in IB Synergy against 1,850 products0.5 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.356 g to 3 g, the median 1 g.0.5 g

63% of 1,850 products listing glutamine give more (median 1 g).

Benegut(TM)300 mgPerilla in IB Synergy against 57 products300 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 90 mg to 450 mg, the median 150 mg.300 mg

Higher than 60% of 57 products listing perilla (median 150 mg).

5-Htp100 mg5-HTP in IB Synergy against 676 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 100 mg, the median 100 mg.100 mg

18% of 676 products listing 5-HTP give more (median 100 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 22649 (entered June 25, 2013), 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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with IB Synergy'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
Recommended Use: As a dietary supplement, take two capsules per day, or as directed by your health care practitioner.
Warnings
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Does not contain gluten.
Storage
STORE IN A COOL, DRY PLACE.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 22649.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Vegetable Stearate.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Guaranteed GMP COMPLIANT Products; MADE WITH NON-GMO INGREDIENTS; Benegut(TM).

How many labels does IB Synergy have?

One label is on file, entered on June 25, 2013.

  1. Label 22649 (current) Entered June 25, 2013 · on the market · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 8 79452 00212 8

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

Who makes it?

The label names Designs for Health, Inc. (manufacturer, distributor), Suffield, CT. All Designs for Health products.

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