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Standardized Extract Ashwagandha 450 mg

by NOW · capsule · 90 veg capsules

  • Off the market since January 2025 (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 04603 1
  • DSLD label 335311
  • Serving 1 veg capsule
  • 90 servings

Standardized Extract Ashwagandha 450 mg by NOW lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 veg capsule, such as 450 mg of ashwagandha root and leaf extract. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on September 25, 2025.

What is in Standardized Extract Ashwagandha 450 mg?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 veg 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 Extract Ashwagandha 450 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 335311, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Ashwagandha root and leaf extract450 mgAshwagandha in Standardized Extract Ashwagandha 450 mg against 1,646 products450 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 125 mg to 500 mg, the median 250 mg.450 mg

Higher than 72% of 1,646 products listing ashwagandha (median 250 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,350 mg.

Total WithanolidesMin. 2.5%11 mgWithanolide in Standardized Extract Ashwagandha 450 mg against 79 products11 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 3.13 mg to 20 mg, the median 8 mg.11 mg

Higher than 57% of 79 products listing withanolide (median 8 mg). Per day at the most servings: 33 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 335311 (entered September 25, 2025), 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 2 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: Take 1 capsule 2 to 3 times daily.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only.
Not recommended for pregnant/nursing women. Consult physician if taking medication (especially thyroid hormones) or have a medical condition (especially thyroid and gastrointestinal conditions, including ulcers).
This product may cause digestive upset in some sensitive individuals. If you experience any gastrointestinal discomfort after using this product, discontinue use.
Discontinue use if rash/itching occurs.
Keep out of reach of children.
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame 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 yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 335311.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Rice Flour, Hypromellose, Stearic Acid.

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

How many labels does Standardized Extract Ashwagandha 450 mg have?

9 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 335311 (current) Entered September 25, 2025 · off the market January 21, 2025 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04603 1
  2. Label 335312 Entered July 24, 2025 · off the market January 21, 2025 · 180 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04593 5
  3. Label 314082 Entered July 25, 2024 · off the market January 21, 2025 · 180 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04593 5
  4. Label 314081 Entered June 20, 2024 · off the market January 21, 2025 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04603 1
  5. Label 245137 Entered April 22, 2021 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 180 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04593 5
  6. Label 245130 Entered April 22, 2021 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04603 1
  7. Label 206003 Entered August 23, 2019 · off the market August 30, 2023 · 180 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04593 5
  8. Label 71251 Entered February 24, 2017 · off the market August 30, 2023 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04603 1
  9. Label 44869 Entered April 24, 2015 · off the market November 30, 2016 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 04603 1

DSLD also links this label to: Ashwagandha Standardized Extract 450 mg (image difference, same product), Ashwagandha Standardized Extract 450 mg (package size difference, same product), Ashwagandha Standardized Extract 450 mg (image difference, same product), Ashwagandha Standardized Extract 450 mg (package size difference, same product), Ashwagandha Standardized Extract 450 mg (image difference, same product), Ashwagandha Standardized Extract 450 mg (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 (distributor), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW products.

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