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Control Pre-Meal Capsules

by Purium · capsule · 180 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 64934 02310 7
  • DSLD label 296361
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 90 servings

Control Pre-Meal Capsules by Purium lists 5 ingredients, 5 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 700 mg of nopal cactus, 385 mg of garcinia cambogia extract, 125 mg of green tea extract and 125 mg of american ginseng. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 23, 2023.

What is in Control Pre-Meal Capsules?

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).

Control Pre-Meal Capsules: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 296361, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Nopal Cactus700 mgPrickly Pear Cactus in Control Pre-Meal Capsules against 104 products700 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 100 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 500 mg.700 mg

Higher than 56% of 104 products listing prickly pear cactus (median 500 mg). Per day at the most servings: 2,100 mg.

Garcinia cambogia extract385 mgGarcinia in Control Pre-Meal Capsules against 676 products385 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 200 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 500 mg.385 mg

66% of 676 products listing garcinia give more (median 500 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,155 mg.

Green Tea extract125 mgGreen Tea in Control Pre-Meal Capsules against 2,595 products125 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 250 mg, the median 100 mg.125 mg

Higher than 55% of 2,595 products listing green tea (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 375 mg.

American Ginseng125 mgAmerican Ginseng in Control Pre-Meal Capsules against 235 products125 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 75 mg to 425 mg, the median 200 mg.125 mg

54% of 235 products listing american ginseng give more (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 375 mg.

White Kidney bean extract100 mgBean in Control Pre-Meal Capsules against 208 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 300 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 500 mg.100 mg

90% of 208 products listing bean give more (median 500 mg). Per day at the most servings: 300 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 296361 (entered August 23, 2023), 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:

  • 90% of the 208 products that print an amount of bean list more than its 100 mg of white kidney bean extract (filed by NIH under bean) (median 500 mg).

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?

1 product lists 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
Suggested Use: Take two capsules three times per day prior to meals with eight ounces of water. Or take two capsules prior to any fatty meal or dessert followed by eight ounces of water.
Warnings
Caution: Keep out of reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Non GMO Project Verified Nongmoproject.org
Gluten-free
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 296361.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose.

How many labels does Control Pre-Meal Capsules have?

2 labels are on file under this name since November 19, 2021: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 296361 (current) Entered August 23, 2023 · on the market · 180 capsules · UPC 7 64934 02310 7
  2. Label 255895 Entered November 19, 2021 · off the market August 12, 2022 · 180 capsules · UPC 7 64934 02310 7

Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).

Who makes it?

The label names Purium (manufacturer, distributor), Rancho Dominguez, CA. All Purium products.

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