Milk Thistle Extract 300 mg/80% Liver Support Formula
by Protocol For Life Balance · capsule · 90 veg capsules
- Off the market since March 2017 (NIH)
- UPC 7 07359 14739 3
- DSLD label 69150
- Serving 1 veg capsule
Milk Thistle Extract 300 mg/80% Liver Support Formula by Protocol For Life Balance lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 1 veg capsule, such as 300 mg of milk thistle extract, 100 mg of dandelion and 50 mg of artichoke. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on December 23, 2016.
What is in Milk Thistle Extract 300 mg/80% Liver Support Formula?
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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milk Thistle extractas Silymarin FlavonoidsMilk Thistle extract (Form: standardized to 80% Silymarin Flavonoids) PlantPart: fruit and seeds Genus: Silybum Species: marianum | 300 mg | Higher than 72% of 1,277 products listing milk thistle (median 175 mg). Per day at the most servings: 900 mg. | |
| Dandelion | 100 mg | 48% of 793 products listing dandelion give more (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 300 mg. | |
| Artichoke | 50 mg | 67% of 433 products listing artichoke give more (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 150 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 69150 (entered December 23, 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?
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 1 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?
6 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- Silymarin Milk Thistle Extract 2X - 300 mg with Artichoke & DandelionNOW · off the market same ingredients
- Double Strength Silymarin 300 mgNOW · off the market same ingredients
- Advanced LIV-CombNew Sun same ingredients
- Super Milk Thistle ExtractDouglas Cooper Co. same ingredients
- Milk Thistle 300 mg + Dandelion Root & Artichoke LeafNatural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage same ingredients
- Liver Support FormulaSAN same ingredients
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 USAGE: Take 1 capsule 1 to 3 times daily, or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.
- Warnings
- CAUTIONS/INTERACTIONS: Milk Thistle may interact with some drugs, including acetaminophen.
- May trigger mild, transient GI discomfort.
- Consult your healthcare practitioner if you are pregnant/lactating or if you suffer from obstruction of the bile ducts, gallstones, or gallbladder dysfunction.
- Do not take this product if you have an allergy to plants of the Asteraceae family.
- Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
- Do Not Eat Freshness Packet. Keep in Bottle.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- Non-GMO
- Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 69150.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Cellulose, Cellulose powder, Silica, Magnesium Stearate.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): GMP.
How many labels does Milk Thistle Extract 300 mg/80% Liver Support Formula 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.
- Label 69150 (current) Entered December 23, 2016 · off the market March 28, 2017 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 07359 14739 3
- Label 15392 Entered November 21, 2012 · off the market August 14, 2016 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 07359 14739 3
DSLD also links this label to: Milk Thistle Extract (image difference, same product), Milk Thistle Extract 300 mg (image difference, same product), Milk Thistle Extract 300 mg (image 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 Protocol For Life Balance (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All Protocol For Life Balance products.