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Yucca 500 mg

by NOW · capsule · 100 veg. capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 04780 9
  • DSLD label 314223
  • Serving 2 veg capsules
  • 50 servings

Yucca 500 mg by NOW lists one ingredient: 1 g of yucca root concentrate per serving of 2 veg capsules. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 25, 2024.

What is in Yucca 500 mg?

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

Yucca 500 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 314223, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Total Carbohydrates1 g1%Carbohydrate in Yucca 500 mg against 21,979 products1 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 6 g, the median 3 g.1 g

74% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate give more (median 3 g). Per day at the most servings: 3 g.

Yucca Root Concentrate4:1 concentrate1 gYucca in Yucca 500 mg against 106 products1,000 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 450 mg, the median 50 mg.1,000 mg

Higher than 89% of 106 products listing yucca (median 50 mg). Per day at the most servings: 3,000 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 314223 (entered July 25, 2024), 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 1 to 3 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 Usage: Take 2 capsules 1 to 3 times daily.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Keep out of reach of children.
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Non-GMO
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 314223.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Magnesium Stearate, Stearic Acid.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Triangle K (Kosher); GMP Quality Assured.

How many labels does Yucca 500 mg have?

6 labels are on file under this name since October 1, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 314223 (current) Entered July 25, 2024 · on the market · 100 veg. capsules · UPC 7 33739 04780 9
  2. Label 44972 Entered April 24, 2015 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04780 9
  3. Label 40640 Entered December 29, 2014 · off the market March 24, 2015 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04780 9
  4. Label 39109 Entered November 25, 2014 · off the market November 26, 2014 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04780 9
  5. Label 33510 Entered May 23, 2014 · off the market October 8, 2014 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04780 9
  6. Label 14008 Entered October 1, 2012 · off the market November 4, 2013 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 33739 04780 9

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

Who makes it?

The label names NOW FOODS (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW products.

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