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Did Natrol 5-HTP 50 mg capsules shrink?

Size FactsDid it shrink? Yes
Before45 capsules
After30 capsules
−33.3%smaller
Price per capsule · if the price stayed the same+50.0%Hypothetical: the size cut alone. The source recorded no shelf prices.

How big a cut? The joint 11th-largest of 68 documented health & supplements cuts (tied with 3 others); a bigger cut than 93% of all 1,366 cases in the library. See the biggest cuts →

When
2025
Country
United States
Brand
Natrol
Category
Health & Supplements
Source
dsld.od.nih.gov

Barcode (UPC): 047469008826 · Barcode lookup

Source and evidence

NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database — labels 202913 → 332988 (UPC 047469008826) dsld.od.nih.gov

Source fetched 2026-10-22. All 22 NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database cases.

Two label versions in the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database carry the same UPC (047469008826): label 202913 (dsld.od.nih.gov) lists 45 capsules, the newer label 332988 (dsld.od.nih.gov) lists 30, with the same serving size. Year = when the newer label entered DSLD. No shelf prices in DSLD. One capsule per serving. DSLD marks the 45-count label off the market on 2025-04-28; the 30-count label entered DSLD on 2025-08-22.

Evidence
Typelabel archive (NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database: two label versions with the same UPC)
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Against official inflation: BLS CPI-U (US) “nonprescription drugs” changed −1.2% (2025 average vs 2024, same 11 months, a broad match for this category). The size cut alone raises the price per capsule by +50.0% if the shelf price stayed the same (the source recorded no prices). Every case is compared the same way in the ShrinkRadar Index.

What the source says

“DSLD label 202913: Natrol 5-HTP 50 mg, UPC 0 47469 00882 6, net contents 45 Capsule(s), serving size 1 Capsule(s) → DSLD label 332988: Natrol 5-HTP 50 mg, UPC 0 47469 00882 6, net contents 30 Capsule(s), serving size 1 Capsule(s)”

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ShrinkRadar, “Did Natrol 5-HTP 50 mg capsules shrink? 45 capsules → 30 capsules”, https://shrinkradar.com/cases/natrol-5-htp-50-mg-capsules-us-2025.html, accessed 2026-11-05. Original source: NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database — labels 202913 → 332988 (UPC 047469008826) (https://dsld.od.nih.gov/label/332988).

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