PlainVitamins

Sleep

by NOW · capsule · 90 veg capsules

  • Off the market since September 2023 (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 04768 7
  • DSLD label 206130
  • Serving 1 to 2 veg capsules; amounts per 2 veg capsules
  • 45 servings

Sleep by NOW lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 2 veg capsules, such as 600 mg of valerian root extract, 300 mg of hops, 200 mg of passionflower extract and 200 mg of GABA. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 23, 2019.

What is in Sleep?

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).

Sleep: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 206130, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Valerian root extractas Valerenic AcidsValerian root extract (Form: min. 0.8% Valerenic Acids) PlantPart: root600 mgValerian in Sleep against 647 products600 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 80 mg to 450 mg, the median 200 mg.600 mg

Higher than 85% of 647 products listing valerian (median 200 mg).

HopsHops PlantPart: strobiles Note: 4:1 extract300 mgHops in Sleep against 342 products300 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 150 mg, the median 75 mg.300 mg

Higher than 84% of 342 products listing hops (median 75 mg).

Passionflower extractas FlavonoidsPassionflower extract (Form: standardized for Flavonoids (Form: Vitexin, and Isovitexin)) PlantPart: aerial parts200 mgPassionflower in Sleep against 562 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 40 mg to 200 mg, the median 100 mg.200 mg

Higher than 70% of 562 products listing passionflower (median 100 mg).

GABA200 mgGABA in Sleep against 744 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 80 mg to 400 mg, the median 100 mg.200 mg

Higher than 58% of 744 products listing GABA (median 100 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 206130 (entered August 23, 2019), 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 one serving 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 Sleep'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
Suggested Usage: Take 1-2 capsules one hour before bedtime as needed.
Warnings
Caution: Do not drive or operate machinery after taking this product.
The ingredients in this product may interact with alcohol, sedatives, and tranquilizers.
For adults only.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Keep out of reach of children.
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Non-GMO
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 206130.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Ascorbyl Palmitate, Silica.

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

How many labels does Sleep have?

3 labels are on file under this name since April 24, 2015: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 206130 (current) Entered August 23, 2019 · off the market September 22, 2023 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04768 7
  2. Label 71311 Entered February 24, 2017 · off the market December 6, 2018 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04768 7
  3. Label 44970 Entered April 24, 2015 · off the market November 30, 2016 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04768 7

DSLD also links this label to: Sleep Valerian Root Extract (image difference, same product), Sleep Valerian Root Extract (image difference, same product), Sleep Valerian Root Extract (image difference, same product), Sleep Regimen 3-in-1 (image 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 NOW Foods (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW products.

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