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What is in your supplement?

The authorities, New York State attorney general, said they had conducted tests on top-selling store brands of herbal supplements at four national retailers — GNC, Target, Walgreens and Walmart — and found that four out of five of the products did not contain any of the herbs on their labels.

Ginseng pills at Walgreens, promoted for “physical endurance and vitality,” that contained only powdered garlic and rice

Walmart, the authorities found that its ginkgo biloba, a Chinese plant promoted as a memory enhancer, contained little more than powdered radish, houseplants and wheat.

Three out of six herbal products at Target — ginkgo biloba, St. John’s wort and valerian root, a sleep aid — tested negative for the herbs on their labels.



From GNC, Herbal Plus brand:
Gingko Biloba:
  • No gingko biloba found
  • Did detect allium (garlic), rice, spruce and asparagus
St. John’s Wort
  • No St. John’s Wort found
  • Did detect allium (garlic), rice and dracaena (a tropical houseplant)
Ginseng
  • No ginseng found
  • Did detect rice, dracaena, pine, wheat/grass and citrus
Garlic
  • Contained garlic
Echinacea
  • No echinacea found
  • Did detect rice in some samples
Saw Palmetto
  • One sample contained the clear presence of palmetto
  • Other samples contained a variety of ingredients, including asparagus, rice and primrose
From Target, Up & Up brand
Gingko Biloba
  • No gingko biloba found
  • Found garlic, rice and mung/French bean
St. John’s Wort
  • No St. John’s Wort found
  • Found garlic, rice and dracaena (houseplant)
Garlic
  • Contained garlic
  • One test identified no DNA
Echinacea
  • Most but not all tests detected Echinacea
  • One test identified rice
Saw Palmetto
  • Most tests detected saw palmetto
  • Some tests found no plant DNA
Valerian Root
  • No valerian root found
  • Found allium, bean, asparagus, pea family, rice, wild carrot and saw palmetto
From Walgreens, Finest Nutrition brand
Gingko Biloba
  • No gingko biloba found
  • Did detect rice
St. John’s Wort
  • No St. John’s Wort found
  • Detected garlic, rice and dracaena
Ginseng
  • No ginseng found
  • Detected garlic and rice
Garlic
  • No garlic found
  • Detected palm, dracaena, wheat and rice
Echinacea
  • No echinacea found
  • Identified garlic, rice and daisy
Saw Palmetto
  • Contained saw palmetto
From Walmart, Spring Valley brand
Gingko Biloba
  • No gingko biloba found
  • Found rice, dracaena, mustard, wheat and radish
St. John’s Wort
  • No St. John’s Wort found
  • Detected garlic, rice and cassava
Ginseng
  • No ginseng found
  • Found rice, dracaena, pine, wheat/grass and citrus
Garlic
  • One sample showed small amounts of garlic
  • Found rice, pine, palm, dracaena and wheat
Echinacea
  • No echinacea or plant material found
Saw Palmetto
  • Some samples contained small amounts of saw palmetto
  • Also found garlic and rice
Cease and desist Notification
 
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