Time Release Milk Thistle
by Nature's Sunshine · tablet or pill · 60 tablets
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 0 99904 04071 7
- DSLD label 278290
- Serving 1 tablet
- 60 servings
Time Release Milk Thistle by Nature's Sunshine lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 350 mg of milk thistle seed extract. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on October 24, 2022.
What is in Time Release Milk Thistle?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 tablet. 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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Milk Thistle seed extract | 350 mg | Higher than 80% of 1,277 products listing milk thistle (median 175 mg). Per day at the most servings: 700 mg. | |
| Silymarin | 280 mg | Higher than 87% of 208 products listing silymarin (median 116 mg). Per day at the most servings: 560 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 278290 (entered October 24, 2022), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD or its label image (PDF). 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 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.
- SuperPure Milk ThistlePure Synergy same ingredients
- Milk Thistle 350 mgSolaray same ingredients
- Milk ThistleDaVinci Laboratories Of Vermont · off the market same ingredients
- Milk Thistle 300 mg ExtractFoodScience of Vermont same ingredients
- Milk Thistle 300 mgDaVinci Laboratories same ingredients
- Milk Thistle SupremePureFormulas same ingredients
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
- Recommended use: Take 1 tablet with a meal twice daily.
- Warnings
- Do not use if inner seal is missing or damaged.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 278290.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Dicalcium Phosphate, Cellulose, Stearic Acid.
How many labels does Time Release Milk Thistle have?
3 labels are on file under this name since February 25, 2013: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 278290 (current) Entered October 24, 2022 · on the market · 60 tablets · UPC 0 99904 04071 7
- Label 208239 Entered October 23, 2019 · off the market January 21, 2022 · 60 tablets · UPC 0 99904 04071 7
- Label 18203 Entered February 25, 2013 · off the market February 27, 2019 · 60 tablets · UPC 0 99904 04071 7
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. (manufacturer), Spanish Fork, UT. All Nature's Sunshine products.