PlainVitamins

Milk Thistle

by NusaPure · capsule · 200 veg caps

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC X001MB7LUT
  • DSLD label 307346
  • Serving 1 veg capsule
  • 200 servings

Milk Thistle by NusaPure lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 veg capsule, such as 250 mg of milk thistle seed extract. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on April 23, 2024.

What is in Milk Thistle?

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

Milk Thistle: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 307346, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Milk Thistle Seed Extractorganic, a 50:1 extract equivalent to 12,500 mg of milk thistle seed, standardized to250 mgMilk Thistle in Milk Thistle against 1,277 products250 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 90 mg to 300 mg, the median 175 mg.250 mg

Higher than 62% of 1,277 products listing milk thistle (median 175 mg).

Silymarin Flavonoidsequivalent 80%200 mgSilymarin in Milk Thistle against 208 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 63.75 mg to 203 mg, the median 116 mg.200 mg

Higher than 67% of 208 products listing silymarin (median 116 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 307346 (entered April 23, 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
Directions: For adults, take (1) capsule daily, preferably with meal.
Warnings
Warning: If you are pregnant, nursing or taking any medications, consult your doctor before use.
Avoid this product if you are allergic to inulin, ragweed or daisy-like flowers.
Discontinue use and consult your doctor if any adverse reactions occur.
Not intended for use by persons under the age of 18.
Allergen information: Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, corn, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Allergen information: Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, corn, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients. GMO free Made with Non-GMO ingredients

Source: label statements in DSLD label 307346.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Rice, Powder, Cellulose, Silica, Magnesium Stearate.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Premium Quality Assembled in USA GMO free Made with Non-GMO ingredients Gluten free FDA Registered Facility; Manufactured in a cGMP inspected facility.

How many labels does Milk Thistle have?

2 labels are on file under this name since March 25, 2021: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 307346 (current) Entered April 23, 2024 · on the market · 200 veg caps · UPC X001MB7LUT
  2. Label 246757 Entered March 25, 2021 · off the market February 1, 2023 · 200 veg caps · UPC X001MB7LUT

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

Who makes it?

The label names Gmax Central, LLC (distributor), Sanford, NC. All NusaPure products.

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