PlainVitamins

Stinging Nettle Root 500 mg

by Swanson · capsule · 100 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 87614 01968 0
  • DSLD label 266970
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 100 servings

Stinging Nettle Root 500 mg by Swanson lists one ingredient: 500 mg of stinging nettle per serving of 1 capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 16, 2022.

What is in Stinging Nettle Root 500 mg?

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).

Stinging Nettle Root 500 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 266970, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Stinging Nettle500 mgStinging Nettle in Stinging Nettle Root 500 mg against 710 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 300 mg, the median 120 mg.500 mg

Higher than 87% of 710 products listing stinging nettle (median 120 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 266970 (entered June 16, 2022), 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 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.

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 use: As a dietary supplement, take one capsule once daily with water.
Warnings
Warning: For adults only.
Consult your healthcare provider before using this or any product if you are pregnant or nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Keep out of reach of children.
Do not use if seal is broken.
Contains sulfur/sulfites.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 266970.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Magnesium Stearate, Silica.

How many labels does Stinging Nettle Root 500 mg have?

5 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 308753 Entered July 25, 2024 · off the market January 24, 2024 · 100 capsules · UPC 0 87614 01968 0
  2. Label 266970 (current) Entered June 16, 2022 · on the market · 100 capsules · UPC 0 87614 01968 0
  3. Label 212685 Entered January 25, 2020 · off the market December 3, 2019 · 100 capsules · UPC 0 87614 01968 0
  4. Label 203949 Entered June 24, 2019 · off the market March 26, 2021 · 100 capsules · UPC 0 87614 01968 0
  5. Label 12060 Entered August 24, 2012 · off the market July 25, 2017 · 100 capsules · UPC 0 87614 01968 0

DSLD also links this label to: Stinging Nettle Root 500 mg (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 Swanson Health Products (distributor), Fargo, ND. All Swanson products.

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