Chlorophyll

by Swanson GreenFoods Formulas · capsule · 90 liquid veggie capsules

  • Off the market since November 2023 (NIH)
  • UPC 0 87614 06056 9
  • DSLD label 188781
  • Serving 1 liquid veggie capsule

Chlorophyll by Swanson GreenFoods Formulas lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 liquid veggie capsule, such as 2 mg of copper and 50 mg of chlorophyll-copper complex. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on April 25, 2019.

What is in Chlorophyll?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 liquid veggie 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).

Chlorophyll: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 188781, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Copperas Sodium Copper ChlorophyllinCopper (Form: from Sodium Copper Chlorophyllin)2 mg222%Copper in Chlorophyll against 6,468 products2 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 mg to 2 mg, the median 1 mg.DV 0.9 mgUL 10 mg2 mg

Higher than 66% of 6,468 products listing copper (median 1 mg). Per day at the most servings: 4 mg.

Chlorophyll-Copper Complexas Sodium Copper ChlorophyllinChlorophyll-Copper Complex (Form: as Sodium Copper Chlorophyllin)50 mgChlorophyllin in Chlorophyll against 88 products50 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 4.75 mg to 100 mg, the median 20 mg.50 mg

Higher than 58% of 88 products listing chlorophyllin (median 20 mg). Per day at the most servings: 100 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 188781 (entered April 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 1 to 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?

3 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 liquid veggie capsule one to two times per day with 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 188781.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Safflower Oil, Vegetable Capsule, Candelilla Wax, natural Oil of Peppermint.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): V Vegetarian formula Guaranteed purity & potency.

How many labels does Chlorophyll have?

2 labels are on file under this name since June 25, 2018: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 188781 (current) Entered April 25, 2019 · off the market November 28, 2023 · 90 liquid veggie capsules · UPC 0 87614 06056 9
  2. Label 177540 Entered June 25, 2018 · off the market November 28, 2023 · 300 veggie capsules · UPC 0 87614 06020 0

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 GreenFoods Formulas products.

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