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by Nature's Sunshine · capsule · 180 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 99904 03245 3
  • DSLD label 255394
  • Serving 4 capsules
  • 45 servings

Pda by Nature's Sunshine lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 4 capsules, such as 1,300 mg of betaine hydrochloride and 80 mg of pepsin. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on September 24, 2021.

What is in Pda?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 4 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).

Pda: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 255394, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Betaine Hydrochloride1,300 mgBetaine Hydrochloride in PDA against 914 products1,300 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 178 mg, the median 50 mg.1,300 mg

Higher than 99% of 914 products listing betaine hydrochloride (median 50 mg). Per day at the most servings: 3,900 mg.

Pepsin80 mgPepsin in PDA against 223 products80 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 130 mg, the median 50 mg.80 mg

Higher than 65% of 223 products listing pepsin (median 50 mg). Per day at the most servings: 240 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 255394 (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?

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 1,300 mg of betaine hydrochloride is higher than 99% of the 914 betaine hydrochloride products that print an amount; 5 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
Recommended Use: Take 4 capsules with a meal three times daily.
Warnings
Keep out of the reach of children.
Contains milk.
Do not use if inner seal is missing or damaged.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 255394.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Capsule, Vegetable Magnesium Stearate.

How many labels does Pda have?

3 labels are on file under this name since February 23, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 255394 (current) Entered September 24, 2021 · on the market · 180 capsules · UPC 0 99904 03245 3
  2. Label 208044 Entered October 23, 2019 · off the market June 9, 2021 · 180 capsules · UPC 0 99904 03245 3
  3. Label 5530 Entered February 23, 2012 · off the market February 27, 2019 · 180 capsules · UPC 0 99904 03245 3

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.

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