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Meta-Balance

by Thorne Research · capsule · 120 vegetarian capsules

  • Off the market since March 2018 (NIH)
  • UPC 6 93749 71103 2
  • DSLD label 64020
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 60 servings

Meta-Balance by Thorne Research lists 5 ingredients, 5 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 200 mg of hesperidin methyl chalcone, 100 mg of chaste tree extract, 100 mg of dong quai extract and 100 mg of wild yam. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 24, 2016.

What is in Meta-Balance?

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).

Meta-Balance: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 64020, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Hesperidin Methyl Chalcone200 mgHesperidin in Meta-Balance against 552 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 10 mg to 50 mg, the median 20 mg.200 mg

Higher than 91% of 552 products listing hesperidin (median 20 mg). Per day at the most servings: 600 mg.

Chaste Tree extract100 mgChastetree in Meta-Balance against 386 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 240 mg, the median 100 mg.100 mg

43% of 386 products listing chastetree give more (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 300 mg.

Dong Quai extract100 mgDong Quai in Meta-Balance against 307 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 250 mg, the median 120 mg.100 mg

52% of 307 products listing dong quai give more (median 120 mg). Per day at the most servings: 300 mg.

Wild Yam100 mgWild Yam in Meta-Balance against 214 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 15 mg to 215 mg, the median 50 mg.100 mg

Higher than 59% of 214 products listing wild yam (median 50 mg). Per day at the most servings: 300 mg.

Black Cohosh extract100 mgBlack Cohosh in Meta-Balance against 431 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 40 mg to 160 mg, the median 80 mg.100 mg

Higher than 55% of 431 products listing black cohosh (median 80 mg). Per day at the most servings: 300 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 64020 (entered August 24, 2016), 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?

The rows in the top or bottom tenth of the products that list the same ingredient, and any above the adult upper limit at the most servings a day the directions give:

  • Its 200 mg of hesperidin is higher than 91% of the 552 hesperidin products that print an amount; 36 list more.

The NIH database records 2 to 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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Meta-Balance'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
Suggested Use: Take 2 capsules two to three times daily or as recommended by your health-care practitioner.
Warnings
Tamper Evident: Use only if bottle is sealed.
Warning: If pregnant or nursing, do not use this product.
Storage
Store tightly sealed in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 64020.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Hypromellose (derived from Cellulose) Capsule, Silicon Dioxide.

How many labels does Meta-Balance have?

2 labels are on file under this name since November 21, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 64020 (current) Entered August 24, 2016 · off the market March 19, 2018 · 120 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93749 71103 2
  2. Label 16044 Entered November 21, 2012 · off the market July 25, 2016 · 120 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93749 71103 2

DSLD also links this label to: Meta-Balance (image difference, same product), Meta-Balance (package size difference, same product), Meta-Balance (package size 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 Thorne Research, Inc. (manufacturer), Dover, Idaho. All Thorne Research products.

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