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Sambucus Black Elderberry Liquid 500 mg

by Protocol For Life Balance · liquid · 8 fluid ounces

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 07359 14852 9
  • DSLD label 258702
  • Serving 5 ml (1 Teaspoon)
  • 47 servings

Sambucus Black Elderberry Liquid 500 mg by Protocol For Life Balance lists one ingredient: 500 mg of black elderberry fruit concentrate per serving of 5 ml. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 22, 2022.

What is in Sambucus Black Elderberry Liquid 500 mg?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 5 ml. 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).

Sambucus Black Elderberry Liquid 500 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 258702, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories15 Calories
Total Carbohydrates4 g1%Carbohydrate in Sambucus Black Elderberry Liquid 500 mg against 21,979 products4 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 6 g, the median 3 g.4 g

Higher than 53% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate (median 3 g). Per day at the most servings: 12 g.

Black Elderberry Fruit Concentrateas Sambucus nigra Fruit Concentrate10:1 Concentrate500 mgEuropean Elder in Sambucus Black Elderberry Liquid 500 mg against 920 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 400 mg, the median 150 mg.500 mg

Higher than 79% of 920 products listing european elder (median 150 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,500 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 258702 (entered January 22, 2022), 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 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: Shake well before using. Take 1 teaspoon (5 mL) 1 to 3 times daily, or as directed by your healthcare practitioner. Can be taken directly, or mixed with water or juice.
Warnings
Cautions/Interactions: Consult your healthcare practitioner if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Keep out of reach of children.
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish or shellfish ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Protocol For Life Balance Sambucus Black Elderberry Liquid Concentrate is a non-GMO supplement formulated with a 10:1 elderberry concentrate that delivers 500 mg per teaspoon serving.
Non-GMO
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish or shellfish ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry, dark place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 258702.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Vegetable Glycerin, de-ionized Water, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate.

How many labels does Sambucus Black Elderberry Liquid 500 mg have?

One label is on file, entered on January 22, 2022.

  1. Label 258702 (current) Entered January 22, 2022 · on the market · 8 fluid ounces · UPC 7 07359 14852 9

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

Who makes it?

The label names Protocol For Life Balance (manufacturer, distributor), Bloomingdale, IL. All Protocol For Life Balance products.

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