Comparison

Evening Primrose Oil and Evening Primrose Oil

Evening Primrose Oil (Basic Organics) lists 5 distinct ingredients and Evening Primrose Oil (Biotics Research Corporation) 5 (rows of one ingredient counted once); 5 are on both labels. On the site's similarity measure, which compares ingredient lists (1 for the same list, rarer ingredients counting for more; amounts are not part of it), the two formulas score 1.00: the same ingredients, at the amounts in the table below.

Amount per serving (and % of the Daily Value)
IngredientEvening Primrose OilEvening Primrose Oil
Fat (unspecified)0.5 g0.5 g
Saturated fat0.05 g0.05 g
Polyunsaturated Fat0.4 g0.4 g
Monounsaturated Fat0.04 g0.04 g
Gamma Linolenic Acid40 mg40 mg

Amounts are per serving as DSLD gives them: Evening Primrose Oil, 1 softgel; Evening Primrose Oil, 1 capsule. Current labels entered December 2011 and May 2013. Percentages of the Daily Value from 21 CFR 101.9. Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database.

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