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Mucuna pruriens Extract

by BulkSupplements.com · powder · 500 grams

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC X001BGWBWX
  • DSLD label 311069
  • Serving 500 mg (about 1/5 teaspoon)
  • 1000 servings

Mucuna pruriens Extract by BulkSupplements.com lists one ingredient: 500 mg of mucuna pruriens seed extract per serving of 500 mg. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 25, 2024.

What is in Mucuna pruriens Extract?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 500 mg. 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).

Mucuna pruriens Extract: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 311069, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Mucuna pruriens Seed Extract500 mgCowhage in Mucuna pruriens Extract against 417 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 400 mg, the median 125 mg.500 mg

Higher than 77% of 417 products listing cowhage (median 125 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,000 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 311069 (entered July 25, 2024), 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?

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 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?

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
Suggested Use: As a dietary supplement, take 500 mg (about 1/5 tsp) up to two times daily, or as directed by a physician.
Warnings
Always consult a physician before taking any dietary supplement.
Keep out of reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Free of: Added sugar, soy, dairy, yeast, gluten, additives
Storage
Store in a dry, cool place Contents are sold by weight, not volume. Settling may occur.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 311069.

How many labels does Mucuna pruriens Extract have?

12 labels are on file under this name since August 23, 2021: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 311069 (current) Entered July 25, 2024 · on the market · 500 grams · UPC X001BGWBWX
  2. Label 311068 Entered July 25, 2024 · on the market · 250 grams · UPC X001BIH41J
  3. Label 311067 Entered July 25, 2024 · on the market · 100 grams · UPC X001BFSXIP
  4. Label 311066 Entered May 23, 2024 · on the market · 1 kilogram · UPC X001BI7ANV
  5. Label 294798 Entered August 23, 2023 · on the market · 250 grams · UPC X001BIH41J
  6. Label 294800 Entered July 18, 2023 · on the market · 1 kilogram · UPC X001BI7ANV
  7. Label 294799 Entered July 18, 2023 · on the market · 100 grams · UPC X001BFSXIP
  8. Label 294797 Entered July 18, 2023 · on the market · 500 grams · UPC X001BGWBWX
  9. Label 254050 Entered August 23, 2021 · on the market · 500 grams · UPC X001BGWBWX
  10. Label 254049 Entered August 23, 2021 · on the market · 250 grams · UPC X001BIH41J
  11. Label 254044 Entered August 23, 2021 · on the market · 100 grams · UPC X001BFSXIP
  12. Label 252776 Entered August 23, 2021 · on the market · 1 kg · UPC X001BI7ANV

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

Who makes it?

The label names BulkSupplements.com (distributor), Henderson, NV. All BulkSupplements.com products.

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