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Trikatu

by Organic India · capsule · 90 vegetarian caps

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 8 51469 00027 4
  • DSLD label 300148
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 45 servings

Trikatu by Organic India lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 220 mg of black pepper, 220 mg of ginger and 220 mg of long pepper. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on December 14, 2023.

What is in Trikatu?

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).

Trikatu: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 300148, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Black Pepperorganic220 mg

This amount is far outside what other labels list for black pepper, or disagrees with the label's own %DV: possibly a unit or transcription slip in the database. Check the label image on DSLD.

Gingerorganic220 mgGinger in Trikatu against 1,770 products220 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 150 mg, the median 60 mg.220 mg

Higher than 81% of 1,770 products listing ginger (median 60 mg). Per day at the most servings: 440 mg.

Long Pepperorganic220 mgIndian Long Pepper in Trikatu against 46 products220 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 5 mg to 725 mg, the median 30 mg.220 mg

Higher than 65% of 46 products listing indian long pepper (median 30 mg). Per day at the most servings: 440 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 300148 (entered December 14, 2023), 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.

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: 2 caps twice daily with food and water.
Warnings
Do not use if pregnant or nursing without consulting a physician.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Gluten free
Non GMO Project Verified nongmoproject.org

Source: label statements in DSLD label 300148.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Pullulan.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): USDA Organic Non GMO Project Verified nongmoproject.org Certified B Corporations Control Union Certified KPOP/NAB/0010; Halal Mumbai India Halal Committee Jamiat Ulama - E - Maharashtra OU (Kosher). Listed with: USDA Organic seal (a seal is the label's claim; the certifier's own list confirms it).

How many labels does Trikatu have?

5 labels are on file under this name since September 25, 2015: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 300148 (current) Entered December 14, 2023 · on the market · 90 vegetarian caps · UPC 8 51469 00027 4
  2. Label 300181 Entered November 22, 2023 · on the market · 30 daily packs
  3. Label 213241 Entered February 26, 2020 · off the market October 25, 2022 · 90 vegetarian caps · UPC 8 51469 00027 4
  4. Label 81486 Entered December 22, 2017 · off the market September 3, 2019 · 90 veg caps · UPC 8 51469 00027 4
  5. Label 50111 Entered September 25, 2015 · off the market October 20, 2017 · 90 veg capsules · UPC 8 51469 00027 4

Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).

Who makes it?

The label names Organic India USA (distributor), Boulder, CO. All Organic India products.

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