Para-Shield
by DaVinci Laboratories Of Vermont · tablet or pill · 120 tablets
- Off the market since August 2022 (NIH)
- UPC 0 26664 27381 9
- DSLD label 23403
- Serving 2 tablets
- 60 servings
Para-Shield by DaVinci Laboratories Of Vermont lists 8 ingredients, 8 with an amount per serving of 2 tablets, such as 400 mg of black walnut, 200 mg of wormwood, 200 mg of grapefruit seed extract and 200 mg of olive (olea europaea) leaf extract. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on September 25, 2013.
What is in Para-Shield?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 tablets. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Walnut | 400 mg | Higher than 69% of 166 products listing black walnut (median 150 mg). Per day at the most servings: 800 mg. | |
| WormwoodWormwood PlantPart: Stem & Leaf Genus: Artemisia Species: annua Note: Stem & Leaf Powder | 200 mg | 54% of 48 products listing sweet annie give more (median 300 mg). Per day at the most servings: 400 mg. | |
| Grapefruit seed extract | 200 mg | Higher than 66% of 220 products listing grapefruit (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 400 mg. | |
| Olive (Olea europaea) Leaf ExtractOlive (Olea europaea) Leaf Extract PlantPart: Leaf Genus: Olea Species: europaea Note: yielding | 200 mg | Higher than 61% of 822 products listing olive (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 400 mg. | |
| Oleuropein | 30 mg | 66% of 67 products listing oleuropein give more (median 60 mg). Per day at the most servings: 60 mg. | |
| Pau d'Arco | 200 mg | 50% of 149 products listing pau d'Arco give more (median 210 mg). Per day at the most servings: 400 mg. | |
| Black Cumin | 200 mg | 54% of 72 products listing black seed give more (median 325 mg). Per day at the most servings: 400 mg. | |
| Garlic (odorless) Extract | 200 mg | 45% of 1,075 products listing garlic give more (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 400 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 23403 (entered September 25, 2013), 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 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?
The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Para-Shield's, rare ingredients counting for more.
- Vira-ShieldDaVinci Laboratories Of Vermont 7 shared, 75% alike
- Candida ClearerRemedys Nutrition 5 shared, 40% 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.
- Directions
- Suggested Use: As a dietary supplement, take recommended amount for 1 - 3 months or until results occur, or as directed by your health care practitioner. Children weighing 40-85 lbs: Take 1 tablet in AM on an empty stomach and 1 tablet in PM on an empty stomach. Adults: Take 2 tablets in AM on an empty stomach and 2 tablets in PM on an empty stomach.
- Warnings
- Warning: Do not take this product if you are pregnant or nursing.
- Contains: Tree nuts (black walnut).
- Caution: If you have allergies to ragweed, chrysanthemums, marigolds or daisies, or if you are taking blood thinning medications, do not take this product without first consulting your health care practitioner.
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- This product is vegetarian and free of citrus, corn, gluten, rice and yeast.
- Storage
- Store in a cool, dry place.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 23403.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Dicalcium Phosphate, Stearic Acid, Croscarmellose Sodium, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide.
How many labels does Para-Shield have?
One label is on file, entered on September 25, 2013.
- Label 23403 (current) Entered September 25, 2013 · off the market August 17, 2022 · 120 tablets · UPC 0 26664 27381 9
DSLD also links this label to: Vira-Shield (image difference, same product), Vira-Shield (image difference, same product).
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names DaVinci Laboratories of Vermont a division of FoodScience Corp. (distributor), Essex Junction, VT. All DaVinci Laboratories Of Vermont products.