Urinary Tract Essentials

by Swanson Condition Specific Formulas · capsule · 60 veggie capsules

  • Off the market since December 2023 (NIH)
  • UPC 0 87614 07092 6
  • DSLD label 212529
  • Serving 2 veggie capsules
  • 30 servings

Urinary Tract Essentials by Swanson Condition Specific Formulas lists 8 ingredients, 5 with an amount per serving of 2 veggie capsules, such as 200 mg of vitamin C, 600 mg of D-mannose, 200 mg of bromelain and 200 mg of cranberry juice powder; 3 sit inside a blend without their own amounts. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 25, 2020.

What is in Urinary Tract Essentials?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 veggie capsules. 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).

Urinary Tract Essentials: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 212529, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin Cas Ascorbic Acid200 mg222%Vitamin C in Urinary Tract Essentials against 18,583 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 270 mg, the median 100 mg.DV 90 mgUL 2,000 mg200 mg

Higher than 63% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg).

D-Mannose600 mgMannose in Urinary Tract Essentials against 164 products0.6 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 1.5 g, the median 1 g.0.6 g

66% of 164 products listing mannose give more (median 1 g).

BromelainBromelain Note: 2,400 GDU/gram; 480 GDU200 mgBromelain in Urinary Tract Essentials against 1,337 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 200 mg, the median 50 mg.200 mg

Higher than 73% of 1,337 products listing bromelain (median 50 mg).

Cranberry juice powder200 mgCranberry in Urinary Tract Essentials against 1,064 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 97.5 mg to 500 mg, the median 250 mg.200 mg

54% of 1,064 products listing cranberry give more (median 250 mg).

Cayenne PepperCayenne Pepper PlantPart: fruit Genus: Capsicum Species: annuum Note: 30,000 heating units/gram50 mgCapsicum in Urinary Tract Essentials against 874 products50 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 100 mg, the median 44.5 mg.50 mg

Higher than 50% of 874 products listing capsicum (median 44.5 mg).

Kyo-DophilusKyo-Dophilus Note: (250 million CFU) (at the time of manufacture) (blend of)
L. gasseriin the blend, no amount given
B. bifidumin the blend, no amount given
B. longumin the blend, no amount given

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 212529 (entered January 25, 2020), 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; 3 ingredients sit inside a blend, so their amounts cannot be compared.

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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Urinary Tract Essentials's, rare ingredients counting for more.

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 two veggie capsules per day with food and water.
Warnings
Do not use if seal is broken.
Keep out of reach of children.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 212529.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Potato Starch, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Silica, Rice Extract.

How many labels does Urinary Tract Essentials have?

One label is on file, entered on January 25, 2020.

  1. Label 212529 (current) Entered January 25, 2020 · off the market December 5, 2023 · 60 veggie capsules · UPC 0 87614 07092 6

DSLD also links this label to: Urinary Tract Essentials (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 Condition Specific Formulas products.

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