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Sarsaparilla

by Herb Pharm · liquid · 4 fluid ounces

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 90700 00222 0
  • DSLD label 334550
  • Serving 0.7 ml (1 squeeze of the dropper bulb)
  • 168 servings

Sarsaparilla by Herb Pharm lists one ingredient: 660 mg of sarsaparilla root extract per serving of 0.7 ml. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 25, 2025.

What is in Sarsaparilla?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 0.7 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).

Sarsaparilla: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 334550, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Sarsaparilla Root Extractas Smilax aristolochiifolia Root Extract, Smilax ornata Root Extractresponsibly wildcrafted, extraction rate 175 mg herb per 0.7 ml, dry herb/menstruum ratio: 1:4660 mgSarsaparilla in Sarsaparilla against 68 products660 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 862.5 mg, the median 100 mg.660 mg

Higher than 69% of 68 products listing sarsaparilla (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 2,640 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 334550 (entered June 25, 2025), 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?

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 2 to 4 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 use Shake well before using Adults: Add 1 squeeze of the dropper bulb to 2 oz. of water or juice, 2 to 4 times per day. Best taken between meals.
Warnings
Keep out of the reach of children
Allergens and what it does not contain
Gluten-free
Storage
Store away from heat & light

Source: label statements in DSLD label 334550.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cane Alcohol, Water, Distilled.

How many labels does Sarsaparilla have?

10 labels are on file under this name since August 23, 2013: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 334550 (current) Entered June 25, 2025 · on the market · 4 fluid ounces · UPC 0 90700 00222 0
  2. Label 307677 Entered January 24, 2024 · on the market · 1 fluid ounce · UPC 0 90800 00019 5
  3. Label 200024 Entered February 25, 2019 · on the market · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90800 00019 5
  4. Label 183703 Entered November 21, 2018 · on the market · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00222 0
  5. Label 81924 Entered February 23, 2018 · off the market October 4, 2018 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00222 0
  6. Label 65990 Entered October 22, 2016 · off the market August 8, 2018 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90800 00019 5
  7. Label 51037 Entered September 25, 2015 · off the market September 26, 2016 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90800 00019 5
  8. Label 39757 Entered November 25, 2014 · off the market October 12, 2017 · 4 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90700 00222 0
  9. Label 39756 Entered November 25, 2014 · off the market August 25, 2015 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90800 00019 5
  10. Label 24340 Entered August 23, 2013 · off the market November 3, 2014 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 90800 00019 5

DSLD also links this label to: Rue (package size difference, same product), Rue (package size difference, same product), Rue (package size difference, same product), Rue (package size difference, same product), Rue (package size difference, same product), Rue (package size difference, same product), Rue (package size difference, same product).

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

Who makes it?

The label names Herb Pharm (manufacturer), Williams, OR. All Herb Pharm products.

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