Time Release Valerian

by Nature's Sunshine · tablet or pill · 60 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 99904 00721 5
  • DSLD label 255504
  • Serving 1 to 2 tablets; amounts per 2 tablets
  • 30 servings

Time Release Valerian by Nature's Sunshine lists one ingredient: 1,040 mg of valerian root extract per serving of 2 tablets. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on September 24, 2021.

What is in Time Release Valerian?

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

Time Release Valerian: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 255504, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Valerian Root Extract1,040 mgValerian in Time Release Valerian against 647 products1,040 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 80 mg to 450 mg, the median 200 mg.1,040 mg

Higher than 96% of 647 products listing valerian (median 200 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 255504 (entered September 24, 2021), 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:

  • Its 1,040 mg of valerian is higher than 96% of the 647 valerian products that print an amount; 25 list more.

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?

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
Recommended Use: Take 1-2 tablets one hour before bedtime for continual, time-release benefits during the night.
Warnings
Do not use if inner seal is missing or damaged.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 255504.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Dicalcium Phosphate, Stearic Acid, Vegetable Magnesium Stearate, Sodium Copper Chlorophyllin.

How many labels does Time Release Valerian have?

One label is on file, entered on September 24, 2021.

  1. Label 255504 (current) Entered September 24, 2021 · on the market · 60 tablets · UPC 0 99904 00721 5

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, Utah. All Nature's Sunshine products.

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