Standardized Black Cohosh Root Extract
by Bluebonnet · capsule · 60 vcaps
- Off the market since December 2021 (NIH)
- UPC 7 43715 01316 2
- DSLD label 179373
- Serving 1 capsule
Standardized Black Cohosh Root Extract by Bluebonnet lists one ingredient: 250 mg of black cohosh root extract per serving of 1 capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 25, 2018.
What is in Standardized Black Cohosh Root Extract?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 capsule. 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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Cohosh root extractas Triterpene GlycosidesBlack Cohosh root extract (Form: standardized to 2.5% Triterpene Glycosides Note: 6.25 mg) PlantPart: root Genus: Cimicifuga Species: racemosa Classifier: L. | 250 mg | Higher than 84% of 431 products listing black cohosh (median 80 mg). |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 179373 (entered July 25, 2018), 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?
6 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- Black Cohosh Root ExtractBluebonnet same ingredients
- Black Cohosh 2.5Pure Encapsulations same ingredients
- Black Cohosh Extract 250 mgVital Nutrients same ingredients
- Black CohoshVitanica same ingredients
- Herbal Actives Black Cohosh 200 MG/2.5% Tripterpene Glycosides Extended ReleaseNature's Plus · off the market same ingredients
- Black Cohosh 200 mg Extended ReleaseNatures Plus Herbal Actives same ingredients
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
- Directions: As a dietary supplement, take one vegetarian capsule daily or as directed by a healthcare practitioner.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- Free of milk, egg, fish, crustacean shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat and soybeans. Also free of yeast, gluten, barley, rice, sodium and sugar.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 179373.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: 100% Kosher Vegetable Capsules, Vegetable Cellulose, Silica, Vegetable Magnesium Stearate.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): K Parve Gluten free Vegetarian.
How many labels does Standardized Black Cohosh Root Extract have?
One label is on file, entered on July 25, 2018.
- Label 179373 (current) Entered July 25, 2018 · off the market December 17, 2021 · 60 vcaps · UPC 7 43715 01316 2
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names Bluebonnet Nutrition Corporation (manufacturer), Sugar Land, TX. All Bluebonnet products.