A form of vitamin A

Retinyl acetate supplements

1,532 vitamin A products in the NIH label database list vitamin A as retinyl acetate (13% of the 11,596 vitamin A products); their median is 4,000 IU of vitamin A per serving, against 4,000 IU across all vitamin A products (DSLD version 9.4.0, January 2026).

How does retinyl acetate compare with the other forms?

The median amount of vitamin A per serving in products naming each form; the count in brackets. The amount is the vitamin A the label gives, as printed.

Median vitamin A per serving by form

Vitamin A by formBeta-carotene5,000 IU (5,517)Retinyl palmitate4,367 IU (2,967)Retinyl acetate4,000 IU (1,532)
Vitamin A by formBeta-carotene5,000 IU (5,517)Retinyl palmitate4,367 IU (2,967)Retinyl acetate4,000 IU (1,532)
Vitamin A by formBeta-carotene5,000 IU (5,517)Retinyl palmitate4,367 IU (2,967)Retinyl acetate4,000 IU (1,532)
Vitamin A by formBeta-carotene5,000 IU (5,517)Retinyl palmitate4,367 IU (2,967)Retinyl acetate4,000 IU (1,532)
Vitamin A by formBeta-carotene5,000 IU (5,517)Retinyl palmitate4,367 IU (2,967)Retinyl acetate4,000 IU (1,532)

Source: Supplement Facts rows and their forms, NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database version 9.4.0, current labels.

Products
1,5321,161 on the market
Median vitamin A per serving
4,000 IUall vitamin A products: 4,000 IU
Share of vitamin A products
13%1,532 of 11,596

What else do these products contain?

Ingredients most often listed alongside it, with the median amount in these products and in all products
IngredientShare of these productsMedian hereMedian, all products
Vitamin C95% 120 mg100 mg
Vitamin E91% 30 IU30 IU
Vitamin D86% 13 mcg15 mcg
Vitamin B686% 3.4 mg6 mg
Zinc86% 15 mg11 mg
Vitamin B1284% 22.5 mcg36 mcg
Folate82% 400 mcg400 mcg
Niacin78% 20 mg20 mg
Pantothenic Acid (Vitamin B5)77% 10 mg12 mg
Riboflavin75% 3 mg4 mg

Which products are they?

60 of the 1,532 (on-market products first, the newest label first), ordered by the amount of vitamin A per serving, largest first; an amount that looks like a slip or a compound's weight comes last, marked.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database version 9.4.0; the form each label names for its row. Daily Values: the FDA's Daily Value page.

Which brands make them?

Nature's Way (80), GNC Women's Ultra Mega (39), GNC Mega Men (38), Douglas Laboratories (34), Nature Made (32), Nature's Bounty (29), Justified Laboratories (27), Shaklee (26), 21st Century (26), Integrative Therapeutics (25).

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