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Kava Extract 250 mg

by Vital Nutrients · capsule · 60 vegetarian capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 6 93465 22611 7
  • DSLD label 305061
  • Serving 1 vegetarian capsule
  • 60 servings

Kava Extract 250 mg by Vital Nutrients lists one ingredient: 250 mg of kava root extract per serving of 1 vegetarian capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 24, 2024.

What is in Kava Extract 250 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).

Kava Extract 250 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 305061, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Kava Root Extractas Kavalactonesas from piper methysticum standardized to minimum 30% kavalactones250 mgKava kava in Kava Extract 250 mg against 97 products250 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 100 mg to 500 mg, the median 250 mg.250 mg

46% of 97 products listing kava kava give more (median 250 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 305061 (entered January 24, 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?

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.

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
Recommendations: take 1 capsule once daily, or as directed by your healthcare professional.
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children
Use only if safety seal is intact
Warning: daily dosage should not exceed 4 capsules per day. May impair ability to drive or operate heavy equipment.
Do not use with liver disease, a history of liver problems or alcoholism, are currently taking medications for liver toxicity, under age 18, or are pregnant or breastfeeding.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Excludes coatings, binders, gluten (wheat, rye, barley), milk/dairy (casein, whey), soy protein, egg protein, sugar. Verified by independent testing
Storage
Store sealed in a cool dry place

Source: label statements in DSLD label 305061.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Calcium Citrate, Calcium Malate, Vitamin C, Cellulose, Silica, Leucine.

How many labels does Kava Extract 250 mg have?

6 labels are on file under this name since March 23, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 305061 (current) Entered January 24, 2024 · on the market · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 22611 7
  2. Label 207793 Entered October 23, 2019 · off the market December 7, 2022 · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 22611 7
  3. Label 182384 Entered October 25, 2018 · off the market April 5, 2019 · 60 capsules · UPC 6 93465 22611 7
  4. Label 56372 Entered February 23, 2016 · off the market April 16, 2018 · 60 capsules · UPC 6 93465 22611 7
  5. Label 27445 Entered December 24, 2013 · off the market January 26, 2016 · 60 capsules · UPC 6 93465 22611 7
  6. Label 6817 Entered March 23, 2012 · off the market September 13, 2013 · 60 capsules · UPC 6 93465 22611 7

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

Who makes it?

The label names Vital Nutrients (manufacturer), Middletown, CT. All Vital Nutrients products.

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