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Anti-Oxidant Formula IV

by Basic Organics · softgel capsule · 60 softgels

  • Off the market since October 2023 (NIH)
  • UPC 0 54458 43960 8
  • DSLD label 3219
  • Serving 1 softgel

Anti-Oxidant Formula IV by Basic Organics lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 1 softgel, such as 25,000 IU of vitamin A, 500 mg of vitamin C, 400 IU of vitamin E and 50 mcg of selenium. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on December 23, 2011.

What is in Anti-Oxidant Formula IV?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 softgel. The capsule beside an amount places it among every product in the NIH database that lists the same ingredient: the bar is the middle half of their amounts, the line in it the median, the whiskers the 10th and 90th percentiles; the green tick is the FDA Daily Value and the red dashed tick the adult upper limit (IOM).

Anti-Oxidant Formula IV: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 3219, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin A25,000 IU500%Vitamin A in Anti-Oxidant Formula IV against 5,772 products25,000 IU per serving; the middle half of products list 2,000 IU to 5,000 IU, the median 4,000 IU.25,000 IU

Higher than 96% of 5,772 products listing vitamin A (median 4,000 IU).

Vitamin Cas Ascorbic Acid500 mg833%Vitamin C in Anti-Oxidant Formula IV against 18,583 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 270 mg, the median 100 mg.DV 90 mgUL 2,000 mg500 mg

Higher than 81% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg).

Vitamin Eas DL-Alpha-Tocopheryl AcetateVitamin E (Form: as DL-Alphatocopheryl Acetate)400 IU1,333%Vitamin E in Anti-Oxidant Formula IV against 6,459 products400 IU per serving; the middle half of products list 15 IU to 100 IU, the median 30 IU.400 IU

Higher than 91% of 6,459 products listing vitamin E (median 30 IU).

Selenium50 mcg71%Selenium in Anti-Oxidant Formula IV against 7,658 products50 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 27 mcg to 100 mcg, the median 55 mcg.DV 55 mcgUL 400 mcg50 mcg

56% of 7,658 products listing selenium give more (median 55 mcg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 3219 (entered December 23, 2011), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD. Amounts are what the maker printed; DSLD does not test products. Daily Values: the FDA's Daily Value page.

Is that a lot?

The rows in the top or bottom tenth of the products that list the same ingredient, and any above the adult upper limit at the most servings a day the directions give:

  • Its 25,000 IU of vitamin A is higher than 96% of the 5,772 vitamin A products that print an amount; 32 list more.
  • Its 400 IU of vitamin E is higher than 91% of the 6,459 vitamin E products that print an amount; 120 list more.

The NIH database records one serving a day from the label's directions; its % Daily Values are for adults and children 4 or more years of age. The directions as printed are further down this page.

The Tolerable Upper Intake Level is the most of a nutrient per day, from food, water and supplements together, that is likely to pose no risk for almost all adults (Institute of Medicine, 2011). It does not apply under medical supervision. This page compares labels; it is not medical advice.

Sources: amounts from the DSLD label; Daily Values from 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8)(iv); adult upper limits from the Institute of Medicine's DRI summary tables (2011). How positions are computed.

Which products have the closest formulas?

6 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.

Source: ingredient lists of every product's current label in DSLD (version 9.4.0); similarity weights each shared ingredient by how rare it is.

What does the label say about taking it?

Quoted from the label as DSLD transcribed it: the maker's words, including any claim about what the product does, which the FDA has not evaluated and PlainVitamins does not endorse.

Directions
Suggested Use: As a dietary supplement, one capsule daily for adults.
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 3219.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, Glycerine, water.

How many labels does Anti-Oxidant Formula IV have?

One label is on file, entered on December 23, 2011.

  1. Label 3219 (current) Entered December 23, 2011 · off the market October 11, 2023 · 60 softgels · UPC 0 54458 43960 8

Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).

Who makes it?

The label names Basic Organics, Inc. (distributor), Columbus, OH. All Basic Organics products.

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