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Pau d'Arco 500 mg

by Swanson Premium Brand · capsule · 100 capsules

  • Off the market since December 2019 (NIH)
  • UPC 0 87614 01424 1
  • DSLD label 187483
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 50 servings

Pau d'Arco 500 mg by Swanson Premium Brand lists one ingredient: 1 g of pau d'Arco per serving of 2 capsules. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on February 25, 2019.

What is in Pau d'Arco 500 mg?

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).

Pau d'Arco 500 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 187483, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Pau d'Arco1 gPau d'Arco in Pau d'Arco 500 mg against 149 products1,000 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 704 mg, the median 210 mg.1,000 mg

Higher than 80% of 149 products listing pau d'Arco (median 210 mg). Per day at the most servings: 2,000 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 187483 (entered February 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?

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 two capsules one to two times per day with food and water.
Warnings
Do not use if seal is broken.
Keep out of reach of children.
Warning: Do not take this product if you are pregnant or nursing.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 187483.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, May contain one or more of the following.

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 Pau d'Arco 500 mg have?

2 labels are on file under this name since March 23, 2018: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 187483 (current) Entered February 25, 2019 · off the market December 3, 2019 · 100 capsules · UPC 0 87614 01424 1
  2. Label 175175 Entered March 23, 2018 · off the market September 19, 2018 · 100 capsules · UPC 0 87614 01424 1

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 Premium Brand products.

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