PlainVitamins

A form of vitamin E

Natural vitamin E (d-alpha) supplements

6,972 vitamin E products in the NIH label database list vitamin E as natural vitamin E (d-alpha) (57% of the 12,207 vitamin E products); their median is 44 IU of vitamin E per serving, against 30 IU across all vitamin E products; the 265 whose only supplement ingredient is vitamin E list a median of 400 IU (DSLD version 9.4.0, January 2026).

How does natural vitamin E (d-alpha) compare with the other forms?

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

Median vitamin E per serving by form

Vitamin E by formNatural vitamin E (d-alpha)44 IU (6,972)Synthetic vitamin E (dl-alpha)30 IU (2,007)Mixed tocopherols50 IU (760)Tocotrienols30 IU (171)
Vitamin E by formNatural vitamin E (d-alpha)44 IU (6,972)Synthetic vitamin E (dl-alpha)30 IU (2,007)Mixed tocopherols50 IU (760)Tocotrienols30 IU (171)
Vitamin E by formNatural vitamin E (d-alpha)44 IU (6,972)Synthetic vitamin E (dl-alpha)30 IU (2,007)Mixed tocopherols50 IU (760)Tocotrienols30 IU (171)
Vitamin E by formNatural vitamin E (d-alpha)44 IU (6,972)Synthetic vitamin E (dl-alpha)30 IU (2,007)Mixed tocopherols50 IU (760)Tocotrienols30 IU (171)
Vitamin E by formNatural vitamin E (d-alpha)44 IU (6,972)Synthetic vitamin E (dl-alpha)30 IU (2,007)Mixed tocopherols50 IU (760)Tocotrienols30 IU (171)

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

Products
6,9724,871 on the market
Median vitamin E per serving
44 IUall vitamin E products: 30 IU
Share of vitamin E products
57%6,972 of 12,207

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 C74% 150 mg100 mg
Vitamin A67% 5,000 IU4,000 IU
Zinc66% 15 mg11 mg
Vitamin B665% 10 mg6 mg
Vitamin B1263% 50 mcg36 mcg
Vitamin D61% 15 mcg15 mcg
Folate61% 400 mcg400 mcg
Niacin61% 25 mg20 mg
Riboflavin59% 8.15 mg4 mg
Thiamin59% 10 mg5 mg

Which products are they?

60 of the 6,972 (on-market products first, the newest label first), ordered by the amount of vitamin E 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?

Carlson (177), Nature's Way (165), Douglas Laboratories (159), Nature's Plus (135), Country Life (98), NOW (94), Rainbow Light (72), Bronson (71), The Vitamin Shoppe (65), Solgar (63).

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