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Milk Thistle Plus

by Allergy Research Group · capsule · 120 vegetarian capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 13947 70750 4
  • DSLD label 258335
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 120 servings

Milk Thistle Plus by Allergy Research Group lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 200 mg of phyllanthus amarus (leaf) extract, 200 mg of milk thistle (seed) extract and 200 mg of dandelion (root) extract. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on December 18, 2021.

What is in Milk Thistle Plus?

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).

Milk Thistle Plus: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 258335, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Phyllanthus amarus (leaf) extract200 mgChanca Piedra in Milk Thistle Plus against 111 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 500 mg, the median 250 mg.200 mg

52% of 111 products listing chanca piedra give more (median 250 mg). Per day at the most servings: 600 mg.

Milk Thistle (seed) extractas SilymarinMilk Thistle (seed) extract (Form: standardized to 80% Silymarin) PlantPart: seed200 mgMilk Thistle in Milk Thistle Plus against 1,277 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 90 mg to 300 mg, the median 175 mg.200 mg

Higher than 51% of 1,277 products listing milk thistle (median 175 mg). Per day at the most servings: 600 mg.

Dandelion (root) extract200 mgDandelion in Milk Thistle Plus 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). Per day at the most servings: 600 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 258335 (entered December 18, 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.

The NIH database records 2 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?

4 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
Suggested use As a dietary supplement, 1 capsule two or three times daily with meals, or as directed by a healthcare practitioner.
Storage
Keep in a cool, dry place, tightly capped.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 258335.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Microcrystalline Cellulose, L-Leucine.

How many labels does Milk Thistle Plus have?

2 labels are on file under this name since December 18, 2021: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 304256 Entered March 22, 2024 · off the market December 9, 2022 · 120 vegetarian capsules · UPC 7 13947 70750 4
  2. Label 258335 (current) Entered December 18, 2021 · on the market · 120 vegetarian capsules · UPC 7 13947 70750 4

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

Who makes it?

The label names Allergy Research Group (distributor), South Salt Lake, UT. All Allergy Research Group products.

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