Organic Throat Coat
by Traditional Medicinals · other (e.g. tea bag) · 16 wrapped tea bags
- Off the market since March 2023 (NIH)
- DSLD label 31890
- Serving 1 cup brewed tea
- 16 servings
Organic Throat Coat by Traditional Medicinals lists 8 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 1 cup brewed tea, such as 760 mg of organic licorice, 80 mg of organic slippery elm, 60 mg of organic licorice root dry aqueous extract and 60 mg of organic marshmallow; 4 sit inside a blend without their own amounts. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on March 25, 2014.
What is in Organic Throat Coat?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 cup brewed tea. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 0 Calories | ||
| All Herbal Ingredients | no amount given | ||
| Organic licoriceOrganic licorice PlantPart: root Note: 38% FairWild(R) Certified ingredients by dry weight. www.fairwild.org | 760 mg | Higher than 94% of 888 products listing licorice (median 100 mg). | |
| Organic slippery elmOrganic slippery elm PlantPart: bark Note: USP (This is the pharmacopoeila quality standard we use because quality matters.) | 80 mg | 69% of 232 products listing slippery elm give more (median 150 mg). | |
| Organic licorice root dry aqueous extractOrganic licorice root dry aqueous extract PlantPart: root Note: 6:1 | 60 mg | ||
| organic Marshmalloworganic Marshmallow PlantPart: root Note: PhEur (This is the pharmacopoeial quality standard we use because quality matters.) | 60 mg | 69% of 290 products listing marshmallow give more (median 100 mg). | |
| Proprietary Blend | 1,040 mg | ||
| organic Wild Cherry | in the blend, no amount given | ||
| Organic bitter fennel | in the blend, no amount given | ||
| organic Saigon Cinnamon | in the blend, no amount given | ||
| Organic sweet orange | in the blend, no amount given |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 31890 (entered March 25, 2014), 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?
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 820 mg of organic licorice (filed by NIH under licorice) (2 rows of the label added together) is higher than 94% of the 888 licorice products that print an amount; 54 list more.
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?
The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Organic Throat Coat's, rare ingredients counting for more.
- Organic Throat Coat Original with Slippery ElmTraditional Medicinals 5 shared, 49% alike
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.
- Warnings
- Consult your healthcare practitioner prior to use: if you have low potassium levels; if you are taking diuretics, corticosteroids, cardiac glycosides such as digoxin, potassium depleting agents or if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.
- Do not use this product if you have high blood pressure, heart disease, or impaired kidney or liver function.
- Not recommended for use with children under 12 years of age.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- Naturally Caffeine Free Herbal Tea
Source: label statements in DSLD label 31890.
What else is on the label?
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): TRADITIONAL MEDICINALS(R) seasonal teas SINCE 1974; FAIRWILD; USDA ORGANIC; NON GMO Project VERIFIED nongmoproject.org; K. Listed with: USDA Organic seal (a seal is the label's claim; the certifier's own list confirms it).
How many labels does Organic Throat Coat have?
2 labels are on file under this name since January 25, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 31890 (current) Entered March 25, 2014 · off the market March 8, 2023 · 16 wrapped tea bags
- Label 4820 Entered January 25, 2012 · off the market March 14, 2014 · 16 wrapped tea bags
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names TRADITIONAL MEDICINALS (manufacturer), Sebastopol, CA. All Traditional Medicinals products.