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Stabilized Acidophilus Three Billion

by NOW · tablet or pill · 90 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 02913 3
  • DSLD label 28589
  • Serving 1 tablet

Stabilized Acidophilus Three Billion by NOW lists one ingredient: 3,000,000,000 units of lactobacillus acidophilus per serving of 1 tablet. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on December 24, 2013.

What is in Stabilized Acidophilus Three Billion?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 tablet. 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).

Stabilized Acidophilus Three Billion: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 28589, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Lactobacillus acidophilus3,000,000,000 units

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 28589 (entered December 24, 2013), 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: As a dietary supplement, take 1 tablet 1 to 3 times daily, preferably with or before meals. Consider taking these other NOW(R) products: Fiber-3(TM) and Optimal Digestive System.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only.
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Keep out of reach of children.
Do Not Eat Freshness Packet. Keep in Bottle.
Contains milk.
Note for those highly sensitive to milk protein: This product may contain minute amounts of casein.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 28589.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Maltodextrin, Cellulose, Silica, Croscarmellose Sodium, Stearic Acid.

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 Stabilized Acidophilus Three Billion have?

7 labels are on file under this name since August 24, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 74281 Entered May 24, 2017 · off the market September 1, 2023 · 180 tablets · UPC 7 33739 02914 0
  2. Label 73821 Entered May 24, 2017 · off the market May 1, 2017 · 180 tablets · UPC 7 33739 02914 0
  3. Label 69800 Entered January 25, 2017 · off the market March 24, 2017 · 180 tablets · UPC 7 33739 02914 0
  4. Label 28592 Entered December 24, 2013 · off the market July 18, 2016 · 180 tablets · UPC 7 33739 02914 0
  5. Label 28589 (current) Entered December 24, 2013 · on the market · 90 tablets · UPC 7 33739 02913 3
  6. Label 13942 Entered October 1, 2012 · off the market August 9, 2012 · 180 tablets · UPC 7 33739 02914 0
  7. Label 12791 Entered August 24, 2012 · off the market August 9, 2012 · 90 tablets · UPC 7 33739 02913 3

DSLD also links this label to: Acidophilus Three Billion (image difference, same product), Acidophilus Three Billion (package size difference, same product), Acidophilus Three Billion (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 NOW FOODS (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW products.

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