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Saccharomyces Boulardii

by NOW · capsule · 120 veg capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 02952 2
  • DSLD label 314063
  • Serving 1 to 2 veg capsules; amounts per 2 veg capsules
  • 60 servings

Saccharomyces Boulardii by NOW lists one ingredient: 1,000 mg of saccharomyces boulardii per serving of 2 veg capsules. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 25, 2024.

What is in Saccharomyces Boulardii?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 veg 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).

Saccharomyces Boulardii: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 314063, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Saccharomyces boulardiias Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. boulardii I-379910 Billion CFU1,000 mgSaccharomyces boulardii in Saccharomyces Boulardii against 78 products1,000 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 250 mg to 500 mg, the median 250 mg.1,000 mg

Higher than 92% of 78 products listing saccharomyces boulardii (median 250 mg). Per day at the most servings: 3,000 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 314063 (entered July 25, 2024), 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:

  • Its 1,000 mg of saccharomyces boulardii is higher than 92% of the 78 saccharomyces boulardii products that print an amount.

The NIH database records 2 to 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
Suggested Usage: Take 1-2 capsules 2 to 3 times daily between meals as needed.
Warnings
Caution: Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication (especially immune-suppressing drugs), or have a medical condition (especially if immune system is compromised).
Keep out of reach of children.
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, corn, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Gluten-Free Non-GMO
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, corn, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients.
Storage
Refrigerate to maintain potency.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 314063.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Inulin, Guar Gum.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): GMP Quality Assured; Triangle K (Kosher); Crescent H (Halal).

How many labels does Saccharomyces Boulardii have?

8 labels are on file under this name since October 25, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 314063 (current) Entered July 25, 2024 · on the market · 120 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 02952 2
  2. Label 314062 Entered July 25, 2024 · on the market · 60 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 02934 8
  3. Label 245934 Entered March 25, 2021 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 120 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 02952 2
  4. Label 245622 Entered March 25, 2021 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 60 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 02934 8
  5. Label 72472 Entered March 24, 2017 · off the market September 1, 2023 · 60 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 02934 8
  6. Label 50478 Entered September 25, 2015 · off the market March 7, 2017 · 60 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 02934 8
  7. Label 36034 Entered August 26, 2014 · off the market August 24, 2015 · 60 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 02934 8
  8. Label 13960 Entered October 25, 2012 · off the market March 6, 2014 · 60 vcaps(R) · UPC 7 33739 02934 8

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

Who makes it?

The label names NOW FOODS (distributor), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW products.

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