PlainVitamins

Saw Palmetto

by Nature's Sunshine · capsule · 100 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 99904 00630 0
  • DSLD label 278208
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 50 servings

Saw Palmetto by Nature's Sunshine lists one ingredient: 1,100 mg of saw palmetto per serving of 2 capsules. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on October 24, 2022.

What is in Saw Palmetto?

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).

Saw Palmetto: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 278208, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Saw Palmetto1,100 mgSaw Palmetto in Saw Palmetto against 1,109 products1,100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 100 mg to 320 mg, the median 200 mg.1,100 mg

Higher than 98% of 1,109 products listing saw palmetto (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 3,300 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 278208 (entered October 24, 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 1,100 mg of saw palmetto is higher than 98% of the 1,109 saw palmetto products that print an amount; 21 list more.

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.

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
Recommendation Take two capsules with a meal three times daily.
Recommended use: Take 2 capsules with a meal three times daily.
Warnings
This bottle was sealed for your protection. Do not use if inner seal is missing or damaged.
Do not use if inner seal is missing or damaged.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 278208.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, Water.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Ko Kosher Service Pareve.

How many labels does Saw Palmetto have?

3 labels are on file under this name since August 23, 2019: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 278208 (current) Entered October 24, 2022 · on the market · 100 capsules · UPC 0 99904 00630 0
  2. Label 255438 Entered September 24, 2021 · on the market · 60 softgels · UPC 0 99904 00635 5
  3. Label 205727 Entered August 23, 2019 · off the market January 21, 2022 · 100 capsules · UPC 0 99904 00630 0

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.

Where next?