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Saw Palmetto Complex

by Swanson · softgel capsule · 60 softgels

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 87614 02013 6
  • DSLD label 204119
  • Serving 1 softgel

Saw Palmetto Complex by Swanson lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 1 softgel, such as 160 mg of supercritical CO2 saw palmetto berry extract, 50 mg of pygeum extract, 40 mg of pumpkin seed oil and 5 mg of lycopene. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 24, 2019.

What is in Saw Palmetto Complex?

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

Saw Palmetto Complex: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 204119, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Supercritical CO2 Saw Palmetto berry extractas Fatty AcidsSupercritical CO2 Saw Palmetto berry extract (Form: standardized to minimum 85% Fatty Acids) PlantPart: berry Genus: Serenoa Species: repens160 mgSaw Palmetto in Saw Palmetto Complex against 1,109 products160 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 100 mg to 320 mg, the median 200 mg.160 mg

51% of 1,109 products listing saw palmetto give more (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 320 mg.

Pygeum extractas SterolsPygeum extract (Form: 13% Sterols) PlantPart: bark Genus: Pygeum50 mgPygeum in Saw Palmetto Complex against 326 products50 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 33.72 mg to 120 mg, the median 100 mg.50 mg

57% of 326 products listing pygeum give more (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 100 mg.

Pumpkin seed Oil40 mgPumpkin Seed Oil in Saw Palmetto Complex against 177 products40 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 80 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 260 mg.40 mg

86% of 177 products listing pumpkin seed oil give more (median 260 mg). Per day at the most servings: 80 mg.

Lycopene5 mgLycopene in Saw Palmetto Complex against 1,691 products5 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 mg to 5 mg, the median 1.2 mg.5 mg

Higher than 73% of 1,691 products listing lycopene (median 1.2 mg). Per day at the most servings: 10 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 204119 (entered June 24, 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?

The rows in the top or bottom tenth of the products that list the same ingredient, and any above the adult upper limit at the most servings a day the directions give:

  • 86% of the 177 products that print an amount of pumpkin seed oil list more than its 40 mg of pumpkin seed oil (median 260 mg).

The NIH database records 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?

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 one softgel two times per day with food and water.
Warnings
Warning: For adults only.
Consult your physician 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 soy.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place. Do not refrigerate.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 204119.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, Glycerin, Soybean Oil, yellow Beeswax, purified Water, Carob, Soy Lecithin, Titanium Dioxide.

How many labels does Saw Palmetto Complex have?

2 labels are on file under this name since January 7, 2019: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 204119 (current) Entered June 24, 2019 · on the market · 60 softgels · UPC 0 87614 02013 6
  2. Label 184791 Entered January 7, 2019 · off the market July 24, 2018 · 60 softgels · UPC 0 87614 02013 6

DSLD also links this label to: Saw Palmetto Combo (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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