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Horny Goat Weed Complex

by Swanson Passion · capsule · 60 capsules

  • Off the market since December 2023 (NIH)
  • UPC 0 87614 08028 4
  • DSLD label 177847
  • Serving 2 to 3 capsules; amounts per 2 capsules
  • 30 servings

Horny Goat Weed Complex by Swanson Passion lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 500 mg of horny goat weed extract, 300 mg of tribulus terrestris extract, 250 mg of maca and 36 mg of mucuna pruriens. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 25, 2018.

What is in Horny Goat Weed Complex?

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

Horny Goat Weed Complex: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 177847, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Horny Goat Weed extractas IcariinsHorny Goat Weed extract (Form: standardized to 10% Icariins) PlantPart: aerial parts Genus: Epimedium Species: spp.500 mgEpimedium in Horny Goat Weed Complex against 311 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 95 mg to 550 mg, the median 200 mg.500 mg

Higher than 65% of 311 products listing epimedium (median 200 mg).

Tribulus terrestris extractas SaponinsTribulus terrestris extract (Form: standardized to 45% Saponins) PlantPart: whole plant Genus: Tribulus Species: terrestris300 mgTribulus in Horny Goat Weed Complex against 555 products300 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 100 mg to 750 mg, the median 300 mg.300 mg

46% of 555 products listing tribulus give more (median 300 mg).

Maca250 mgMaca in Horny Goat Weed Complex against 728 products250 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 118.13 mg to 600 mg, the median 250 mg.250 mg

48% of 728 products listing maca give more (median 250 mg).

Mucuna pruriens36 mgCowhage in Horny Goat Weed Complex against 417 products36 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 400 mg, the median 125 mg.36 mg

84% of 417 products listing cowhage give more (median 125 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 177847 (entered June 25, 2018), 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 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?

1 product lists 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 two capsules per day with food and water. For quicker results, take three capsules 60 to 90 minutes before activity.
Warnings
Do not use if seal is broken.
Keep out of reach of children.
Warning: Not recommended for use with MAO inhibitors. Consult your physician before use if you are being treated for hypertension, cardiac or pulmonary disease, or if taking products containing L-dopa.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 177847.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Rice Flour, Gelatin.

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

How many labels does Horny Goat Weed Complex have?

2 labels are on file under this name since May 24, 2018: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 177847 (current) Entered June 25, 2018 · off the market December 4, 2023 · 60 capsules · UPC 0 87614 08028 4
  2. Label 177513 Entered May 24, 2018 · off the market July 31, 2018 · 120 capsules · UPC 0 87614 08029 1

DSLD also links this label to: Horny Goat Weed Complex (package size difference, same product), Horny Goat Weed Complex (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 Swanson Health Products (distributor), Fargo, ND. All Swanson Passion products.

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