Milk Thistle
by Designs for Health · capsule · 90 vegetarian capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 8 79452 00055 1
- DSLD label 22468
- Serving 1 capsule
Milk Thistle by Designs for Health lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 140 mg of milk thistle and 100 mg of sunflower lecithin. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 25, 2013.
What is in Milk Thistle?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milk Thistleas SilymarinMilk Thistle (Form: standardized to contain 80% Silymarin) PlantPart: seed Genus: Silybum Species: marianum | 140 mg | 60% of 1,277 products listing milk thistle give more (median 175 mg). | |
| Sunflower Lecithin | 100 mg | 58% of 804 products listing lecithin give more (median 200 mg). |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 22468 (entered July 25, 2013), 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?
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?
1 product lists the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- Milk Thistle Extract 200 mgCountry Life · off the market same ingredients
- Lecithin 1200 mgBasic Organics 1 shared, 54% alike
- Lecithin 1200 mg21st Century 1 shared, 54% alike
- Soya Lecithin 400 mgEqualine 1 shared, 54% alike
- Lecithin 500GNC 1 shared, 54% alike
- Lecithin 1200 mgSimplySupplements 1 shared, 54% alike
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
- Recommended Use: As a dietary supplement, take one capsule per day, or as directed by your health care practitioner.
- Warnings
- KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- Does not contain gluten.
- Storage
- STORE IN A COOL, DRY PLACE.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 22468.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Dicalcium Phosphate, Silicon Dioxide, Magnesium Stearates.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Guaranteed GMP COMPLIANT Products.
How many labels does Milk Thistle have?
One label is on file, entered on July 25, 2013.
- Label 22468 (current) Entered July 25, 2013 · on the market · 90 vegetarian capsules · UPC 8 79452 00055 1
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names Designs for Health, Inc. (manufacturer, distributor), Suffield, CT. All Designs for Health products.