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Shatavari

by Banyan Botanicals · tablet or pill · 90 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 6 18192 01011 2
  • DSLD label 305725
  • Serving 1 to 2 tablets; amounts per 2 tablets
  • 45 servings

Shatavari by Banyan Botanicals lists one ingredient: 1,000 mg of shatavari per serving of 2 tablets. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on March 22, 2024.

What is in Shatavari?

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

Shatavari: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 305725, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
ShatavariCertified organic1,000 mgAsparagus racemosus in Shatavari against 67 products1,000 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 100 mg to 983 mg, the median 450 mg.1,000 mg

Higher than 76% of 67 products listing asparagus racemosus (median 450 mg). Per day at the most servings: 2,000 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 305725 (entered March 22, 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?

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 2 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: Take 1-2 tablets, once or twice daily, or as directed by your health practitioner.
Warnings
Do not use if seal is broken or missing.
If you are pregnant, nursing, taking medications, or have a medical condition, please consult with your health care practitioner prior to the use of this product.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Free of gluten, soy, and dairy.
Non GMO
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 305725.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Rice Flour, Gum Acacia.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): USDA Organic; Certified B Corporation. Listed with: USDA Organic seal (a seal is the label's claim; the certifier's own list confirms it).

How many labels does Shatavari have?

12 labels are on file under this name since September 22, 2016: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 305725 (current) Entered March 22, 2024 · on the market · 90 tablets · UPC 6 18192 01011 2
  2. Label 305726 Entered January 24, 2024 · on the market · 2.49 ounces · UPC 6 18192 06973 8
  3. Label 242221 Entered January 22, 2021 · off the market May 20, 2022 · 90 tablets · UPC 6 18192 01011 2
  4. Label 216812 Entered March 24, 2020 · on the market · 90 tablets · UPC 0 54986 00803 1
  5. Label 210217 Entered December 22, 2019 · on the market · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 6 18192 02601 4
  6. Label 202364 Entered July 24, 2019 · off the market October 31, 2019 · 90 tablets · UPC 0 54986 00803 1
  7. Label 201983 Entered May 28, 2019 · off the market September 10, 2018 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 6 18192 02601 4
  8. Label 201825 Entered April 25, 2019 · off the market November 27, 2018 · 90 tablets · UPC 0 54986 00803 1
  9. Label 201624 Entered April 25, 2019 · off the market May 1, 2019 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 6 18192 02601 4
  10. Label 199803 Entered February 25, 2019 · off the market September 21, 2018 · 90 tablets
  11. Label 176176 Entered April 25, 2018 · off the market August 4, 2020 · 90 tablets · UPC 6 18192 01011 2
  12. Label 64613 Entered September 22, 2016 · off the market October 23, 2018 · 1 fl. Oz. · UPC 6 18192 02601 4

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

Who makes it?

The label names Banyan Botanicals (distributor), Albuquerque, NM. All Banyan Botanicals products.

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