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Licorice Root Extract 400 mg

by Vital Nutrients · capsule · 90 vegetarian capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 6 93465 23911 7
  • DSLD label 305062
  • Serving 1 vegetarian capsule
  • 90 servings

Licorice Root Extract 400 mg by Vital Nutrients lists one ingredient: 400 mg of licorice root extract per serving of 1 vegetarian capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on February 22, 2024.

What is in Licorice Root Extract 400 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).

Licorice Root Extract 400 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 305062, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Licorice root Extractas Glycyrrhizinestandardized to 12% of glycyrrhizine400 mgLicorice in Licorice Root Extract 400 mg against 888 products400 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 42 mg to 300 mg, the median 100 mg.400 mg

Higher than 80% of 888 products listing licorice (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 800 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 305062 (entered February 22, 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 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?

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 twice daily. Use only as directed by your healthcare professional.
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children
Use only if safety seal is intact May cause fluid retention.
Warning If pregnant, consult your physician before taking.
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 305062.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Cellulose, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Silica, Leucine.

How many labels does Licorice Root Extract 400 mg have?

4 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 305062 (current) Entered February 22, 2024 · on the market · 90 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 23911 7
  2. Label 207798 Entered October 23, 2019 · off the market December 7, 2022 · 90 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 23911 7
  3. Label 182409 Entered October 25, 2018 · off the market April 5, 2019 · 90 capsules · UPC 6 93465 23911 7
  4. Label 6806 Entered March 23, 2012 · off the market April 16, 2018 · 90 capsules · UPC 6 93465 23911 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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