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Standardized Echinacea

by Nature's Way · capsule · 60 veg. capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 33674 61300 9
  • DSLD label 200046
  • Serving 1 to 2 capsules; amounts per 1 capsule

Standardized Echinacea by Nature's Way lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 250 mg of echinacea angustifolia extract and 190 mg of echinacea purpurea. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on February 25, 2019.

What is in Standardized Echinacea?

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).

Standardized Echinacea: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 200046, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Echinacea angustifolia extractas EchinacosidesEchinacea angustifolia extract (Form: 4% Echinacosides Note: 10 mg) PlantPart: root Genus: Echinacea Species: angustifolia250 mgEchinacea angustifolia in Standardized Echinacea against 199 products250 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 245 mg, the median 100 mg.250 mg

Higher than 75% of 199 products listing echinacea angustifolia (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 500 mg.

Echinacea purpurea190 mgEchinacea purpurea in Standardized Echinacea against 484 products190 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 400 mg, the median 200 mg.190 mg

56% of 484 products listing echinacea purpurea give more (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 380 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 200046 (entered February 25, 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 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
Recommendation: Take 1 capsule twice daily, preferably with food. For intensive use take 2 capsules twice daily.
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children.
Safety sealed with printed outer shrink-wrap and inner seal. Do not use if either is broken or missing.
Caution: Not recommended for individuals with autoimmune conditions.
Persons with allergies to plants of the Asteraceae (Compositae) family including ragweed should use this product with caution.
If pregnant, nursing, or taking any medications, consult a healthcare professional before use.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Gluten free. No sugar, salt, yeast, wheat, soy, dairy products, artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives.
Non GMO
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 200046.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: plant-derived Capsule.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Vegetarian Certified Authentic Tru-ID; Non GMO Project Verified nongmoproject.org.

How many labels does Standardized Echinacea have?

2 labels are on file under this name since October 21, 2017: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 200046 (current) Entered February 25, 2019 · on the market · 60 veg. capsules · UPC 0 33674 61300 9
  2. Label 79947 Entered October 21, 2017 · off the market June 21, 2018 · 60 veg. capsules · UPC 0 33674 61300 9

DSLD also links this label to: Echinacea Standardized (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 Nature's Way Brands, LLC (manufacturer), Green Bay, WI. All Nature's Way products.

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