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Milk Thistle Combination

by Nature's Sunshine · tablet or pill · 90 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 99904 04076 2
  • DSLD label 255372
  • Serving 2 tablets
  • 45 servings

Milk Thistle Combination by Nature's Sunshine lists 8 ingredients, 6 with an amount per serving of 2 tablets, such as 8 mg of vitamin A, 480 mg of vitamin C, 44 mg of choline and 110 mg of inositol; 2 sit inside a blend without their own amounts. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on September 24, 2021.

What is in Milk Thistle Combination?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 tablets. 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 Combination: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 255372, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin Aas Beta-Carotene8 mg889%
Vitamin Cas Ascorbic Acid480 mg533%Vitamin C in Milk Thistle Combination against 18,583 products480 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 270 mg, the median 100 mg.DV 90 mgUL 2,000 mg480 mg

Higher than 81% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 960 mg.

Cholineas Choline Bitartrate44 mg8%Choline in Milk Thistle Combination against 4,738 products44 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 18 mg to 100 mg, the median 40 mg.DV 550 mgUL 3,500 mg44 mg

Higher than 53% of 4,738 products listing choline (median 40 mg). Per day at the most servings: 88 mg.

Inositol110 mgInositol in Milk Thistle Combination against 4,042 products110 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 10 mg to 80 mg, the median 30 mg.110 mg

Higher than 85% of 4,042 products listing inositol (median 30 mg). Per day at the most servings: 220 mg.

Milk Thistle seed extract350 mgMilk Thistle in Milk Thistle Combination against 1,277 products350 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 90 mg to 300 mg, the median 175 mg.350 mg

Higher than 80% of 1,277 products listing milk thistle (median 175 mg). Per day at the most servings: 700 mg.

Silymarin280 mgSilymarin in Milk Thistle Combination against 208 products280 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 63.75 mg to 203 mg, the median 116 mg.280 mg

Higher than 87% of 208 products listing silymarin (median 116 mg). Per day at the most servings: 560 mg.

Proprietary Blend410 mg
Dandelionin the blend, no amount given
N-Acetyl-L-Cysteinein the blend, no amount given

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 255372 (entered September 24, 2021), 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; 2 ingredients sit inside a blend, so their amounts cannot be compared.

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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Milk Thistle Combination'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
Recommended Use: Take 2 tablets with a meal twice daily.
Warnings
Do not use if inner seal is missing or damaged.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 255372.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Stearic Acid, Maltodextrin, Vegetable Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide.

How many labels does Milk Thistle Combination have?

3 labels are on file under this name since February 23, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 255372 (current) Entered September 24, 2021 · on the market · 90 tablets · UPC 0 99904 04076 2
  2. Label 208285 Entered October 23, 2019 · off the market June 9, 2021 · 90 tablets · UPC 0 99904 04076 2
  3. Label 5525 Entered February 23, 2012 · off the market February 27, 2019 · 90 tablets · UPC 0 99904 04076 2

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

Who makes it?

The label names Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. (manufacturer), Spanish Fork, UT. All Nature's Sunshine products.

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