Yeast Defense Essentials
by Swanson Condition Specific Formulas · capsule · 120 veggie capsules
- Off the market since December 2023 (NIH)
- UPC 0 87614 07082 7
- DSLD label 184568
- Serving 1 veggie capsule
Yeast Defense Essentials by Swanson Condition Specific Formulas lists 4 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 veggie capsule, such as 250 mg of grapefruit seed extract and 200 mg of caprylic acid; 2 give their count of live cultures or enzyme activity instead of a weight. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 7, 2019.
What is in Yeast Defense Essentials?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 veggie capsule. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grapefruit Seed Extract | 250 mg | Higher than 71% of 220 products listing grapefruit (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 500 mg. | |
| Caprylic Acid | 200 mg | 75% of 234 products listing caprylic acid give more (median 500 mg). Per day at the most servings: 400 mg. | |
| Lactobacillus acidophilus | Lactobacillus acidophilus Genus: Lactobacillus Species: acidophilus Note: (100 million viable organisms) (At time of manufacture.) | ||
| Bifidobacterium bifidum | Bifidobacterium bifidum Genus: Bifidobacterium Species: bifidum Note: (100 million viable organisms) (At time of manufacture.) |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 184568 (entered January 7, 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; 2 ingredients sit inside a blend, so their amounts cannot be compared.
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?
The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Yeast Defense Essentials's, rare ingredients counting for more.
- Acidophilus ComplexPhysioLogics · off the market 2 shared, 41% alike
- Bifidophilus ChewablesAB American Biologics 2 shared, 41% alike
- BioDophilus CapsBiotics Research Corporation 2 shared, 41% alike
- LactozymeBiotics Research Corporation 2 shared, 41% alike
- Probiotic - AcidophilusGNC Preventive Nutrition 2 shared, 41% alike
- Bio-Bifidus ComplexAB American Biologics 2 shared, 41% alike
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 veggie capsule two times per day with water.
- Warnings
- Do not use if seal is broken.
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Storage
- Store in a cool, dry place.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 184568.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Rice Flour, Calcium Palmitate.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): V Vegetarian formula; Guaranteed purity & potency.
How many labels does Yeast Defense Essentials have?
One label is on file, entered on January 7, 2019.
- Label 184568 (current) Entered January 7, 2019 · off the market December 5, 2023 · 120 veggie capsules · UPC 0 87614 07082 7
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 Condition Specific Formulas products.