Maca
by Nature's Sunshine · capsule · 90 capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 0 99904 01117 5
- DSLD label 255357
- Serving 1 capsule
- 90 servings
Maca by Nature's Sunshine lists one ingredient: 300 mg of maca root extract per serving of 1 capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on September 24, 2021.
What is in Maca?
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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maca root extract | 300 mg | Higher than 52% of 728 products listing maca (median 250 mg). Per day at the most servings: 900 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 255357 (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.
The NIH database records 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.
- Maca 300 mgVitamin World same ingredients
- Maca Extract 300 mgVitabase same ingredients
- Maca ExtractHerbadiet same ingredients
- Maca RootOregon's Wild Harvest same ingredients
- Maca ExtractOregon's Wild Harvest same ingredients
- Maca Extract 1000Vitamin World 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
- Recommended Use: Take 1 capsule with a meal three times daily.
- Warnings
- Do not use if inner seal is missing or damaged.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 255357.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Cellulose (plant) Capsule.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Ko Pareve (Kosher).
How many labels does Maca have?
2 labels are on file under this name since September 24, 2019: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 255357 (current) Entered September 24, 2021 · on the market · 90 capsules · UPC 0 99904 01117 5
- Label 206789 Entered September 24, 2019 · off the market June 9, 2021 · 90 capsules · UPC 0 99904 01117 5
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.