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Red Yeast Rice Complex

by Bronson Laboratories · capsule · 180 capsules

  • Off the market since July 2021 (NIH)
  • UPC 7 16563 83501 9
  • DSLD label 8255
  • Serving 1 capsule; amounts per 3 capsules

Red Yeast Rice Complex by Bronson Laboratories lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 3 capsules, such as 1,200 mg of red yeast rice, 500 mg of inositol hexanicotinate and 500 mg of plant sterols 98%. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on April 26, 2012.

What is in Red Yeast Rice Complex?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 3 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).

Red Yeast Rice Complex: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 8255, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Red Yeast Rice1,200 mgRed Yeast Rice in Red Yeast Rice Complex against 295 products1,200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 600 mg to 1,200 mg, the median 600 mg.1,200 mg

Higher than 58% of 295 products listing red yeast rice (median 600 mg). Per day at the most servings: 3,600 mg.

Inositol HexanicotinateInositol Hexanicotinate Note: Niacin Flush Free500 mgInositol nicotinate in Red Yeast Rice Complex against 84 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 75 mg to 850 mg, the median 285 mg.500 mg

Higher than 51% of 84 products listing inositol nicotinate (median 285 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,500 mg.

Plant Sterols 98%as Soy Phytosterol500 mgPhytosterols in Red Yeast Rice Complex against 440 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 100 mg to 667 mg, the median 400 mg.500 mg

Higher than 61% of 440 products listing phytosterols (median 400 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,500 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 8255 (entered April 26, 2012), 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 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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Red Yeast Rice Complex's, rare ingredients counting for more.

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
DIRECTIONS: As a dietary supplement for adults, 1 capsule three times daily with meals or as directed by a health professional.
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children.
Contains Soy.
Storage
Store at room temperature. Protect from light.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 8255.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Magnesium Stearate, Silica, Gelatin.

How many labels does Red Yeast Rice Complex have?

One label is on file, entered on April 26, 2012.

  1. Label 8255 (current) Entered April 26, 2012 · off the market July 30, 2021 · 180 capsules · UPC 7 16563 83501 9

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

Who makes it?

The label names Bronson Laboratories (manufacturer), Lindon, UT. All Bronson Laboratories products.

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