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Milk Thistle Complex

by Sunshine Naturals · capsule · 120 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 89939 10119 3
  • DSLD label 271295
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 60 servings

Milk Thistle Complex by Sunshine Naturals lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 600 mg of milk thistle extract, 200 mg of dandelion, 100 mg of fennel and 100 mg of licorice. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 23, 2022.

What is in Milk Thistle Complex?

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).

Milk Thistle Complex: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 271295, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Milk Thistle extract600 mgMilk Thistle in Milk Thistle Complex against 1,277 products600 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 90 mg to 300 mg, the median 175 mg.600 mg

Higher than 92% of 1,277 products listing milk thistle (median 175 mg).

Dandelion200 mgDandelion in Milk Thistle Complex against 793 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 250 mg, the median 100 mg.200 mg

Higher than 63% of 793 products listing dandelion (median 100 mg).

Fennel100 mgFennel in Milk Thistle Complex against 315 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 26.5 mg to 215 mg, the median 72 mg.100 mg

Higher than 53% of 315 products listing fennel (median 72 mg).

Licorice100 mgLicorice in Milk Thistle Complex against 888 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 42 mg to 300 mg, the median 100 mg.100 mg

42% of 888 products listing licorice give more (median 100 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 271295 (entered August 23, 2022), 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?

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 600 mg of milk thistle is higher than 92% of the 1,277 milk thistle products that print an amount; 83 list more.

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: Adults take 2 capsules a day with or before meals as a dietary supplement.
Warnings
Keep out of the reach of children.
Do not use if safety seal is broken or missing.
Storage
Store in a cool dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 271295.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Proudly Made in the USA.

How many labels does Milk Thistle Complex have?

3 labels are on file under this name since August 25, 2015: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 271295 (current) Entered August 23, 2022 · on the market · 120 capsules · UPC 7 89939 10119 3
  2. Label 49834 Entered August 25, 2015 · off the market December 10, 2021 · 120 capsules · UPC 7 89939 10119 3
  3. Label 49773 Entered August 25, 2015 · off the market December 10, 2021 · 60 capsules · UPC 7 89939 10078 3

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

Who makes it?

The label names American Naturavit Inc. (distributor), Miami, FL. All Sunshine Naturals products.

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