VitaminDB Data · October 2026
The real cost of Licorice (DGL), per dose
For the exact same amount of Licorice (DGL) — the same serving of active ingredient — the priciest products cost a 6.0× premium over the cheapest. We measured it across 21 tracked products, normalized to cost per serving.
Is the premium brand worth it?
On price, usually not. Two bottles of Licorice (DGL) can carry the identical active dose at wildly different prices — the spread between the cheap and the premium end is 6.0× per serving, from a low around $0.079 to a high near $0.475. A higher sticker price is not a reliable signal of a better product; most of that gap is branding and margin, not more Licorice (DGL). Pay up only for a verifiable difference — third-party testing, or a specific better-absorbed form — never for the packaging.
Right now the best value in our catalog is FITO MEDIC'S Lab | Licorice Root |180 Capsules |Licorice… at $0.06 per serving — against a catalog median of $0.213/serving.
How we calculated it
Cost per active unit = price ÷ (servings per container × dose per serving), measured in Licorice (DGL)’s dominant dose unit (serving) so we only ever compare like with like — serving of Licorice (DGL) against serving of Licorice (DGL).
Spread = the 90th-percentile cost per serving ÷ the 10th-percentile. Using the 10th/90th percentiles (not the absolute min/max) deliberately excludes one-off outliers and mislabeled listings. Based on 21 active Licorice (DGL) products from our live Amazon US catalog, recomputed hourly. This is a value comparison, not medical or dosing advice.
Part of the catalog-wide supplement price-spread study (median 7.5× across 74 nutrients).
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Quote these figures with a link back to this page. Key data point (as of October 2026): for the same dose of Licorice (DGL), the priciest products cost 6.0× more than the cheapest per serving, across 21 tracked products.
Licorice (DGL) cost FAQ
- How much does Licorice (DGL) vary in price for the same dose?
- For the same amount of Licorice (DGL) (per serving), the most expensive products cost about 6.0× more than the cheapest — based on 21 tracked products, comparing the 90th vs 10th percentile cost per serving. The median is $0.213 per serving.
- Is the premium Licorice (DGL) brand worth it?
- On price alone, usually not: the priciest options deliver the same serving of Licorice (DGL) for up to 6.0× the cost. A higher price is not a reliable quality signal — pay more only for a verifiable difference such as third-party testing or a specific better-absorbed form, not for packaging.
- What is the cheapest Licorice (DGL) per dose right now?
- FITO MEDIC'S Lab | Licorice Root |180 Capsules |Licorice Root Extract | at $0.06 per serving is the lowest cost-per-dose Licorice (DGL) in our catalog. See the full ranking on the Best Licorice (DGL) page.