PlainVitamins

Melatonin 5 mg Time Release

by Natrol · tablet or pill · 100 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 47469 04837 2
  • DSLD label 332293
  • Serving 1 tablet
  • 100 servings

Melatonin 5 mg Time Release by Natrol lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 10 mg of vitamin B6 and 5 mg of melatonin. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 25, 2025.

What is in Melatonin 5 mg Time Release?

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

Melatonin 5 mg Time Release: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 332293, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin B6as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride10 mg588%Vitamin B6 in Melatonin 5 mg Time Release against 15,277 products10 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 2 mg to 20 mg, the median 6 mg.DV 1.7 mgUL 100 mg10 mg

Higher than 55% of 15,277 products listing vitamin B6 (median 6 mg).

Melatonin5 mgMelatonin in Melatonin 5 mg Time Release against 1,557 products5 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 2 mg to 5 mg, the median 3 mg.5 mg

Higher than 64% of 1,557 products listing melatonin (median 3 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 332293 (entered June 25, 2025), 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
Suggested use: Adults, take 1 tablet 30 minutes before bedtime.
Warnings
Warning: Not intended for individuals under the age of 18 years.
This product is not intended to treat insomnia or other sleep disorder.
Consult a physician before using this product if taking medication, have any medical condition, are pregnant or lactating, have an autoimmune condition or depressive disorder, using any tranquilizers or sedatives.
Melatonin may cause drowsiness or sleepiness, do not take when driving or operating heavy machinery, or consuming alcohol. If adverse reactions occur, discontinue use. For occasional short-term use only. Use only as directed and do not exceed suggested dose. This product should never substitute healthy sleep practices.
Keep out of reach of children.
Do not use if safety seal is damaged or missing.
Allergens and what it does not contain
100% drug free
No: milk, egg, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans, sesame
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 332293.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Dicalcium Phosphate, Hypromellose, Magnesium Stearate, Stearic Acid, Silicon Dioxide, Methylcellulose, Glycerin.

How many labels does Melatonin 5 mg Time Release have?

3 labels are on file under this name since May 28, 2019: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 332293 (current) Entered June 25, 2025 · on the market · 100 tablets · UPC 0 47469 04837 2
  2. Label 287520 Entered June 22, 2023 · on the market · 250 tablets · UPC 0 47469 07417 3
  3. Label 203099 Entered May 28, 2019 · off the market April 28, 2025 · 100 tablets · UPC 0 47469 04837 2

DSLD also links this label to: Melatonin TR Time Release 5 mg (image difference, same product), Melatonin Time Release 5 mg (image difference, same product).

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

Who makes it?

The label names Natrol LLC (distributor), Sherman Oaks, CA. All Natrol products.

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