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AREDS2 White Formula

by VisiVite · capsule · 60 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 8 99205 00023 2
  • DSLD label 292315
  • Serving 2 vegetarian capsules
  • 30 servings

AREDS2 White Formula by VisiVite lists 5 ingredients, 5 with an amount per serving of 2 vegetarian capsules, such as 500 mg of vitamin C, 264 mg of vitamin E, 100 mg of calcium and 10 mg of FloraGLO. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 18, 2023.

What is in AREDS2 White Formula?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 vegetarian capsules. 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).

AREDS2 White Formula: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 292315, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin Cas Ascorbic Acid500 mg566%Vitamin C in AREDS2 White Formula 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 D-Alpha-Tocopheryl Succinate264 mg1,760%
Calciumas Dicalcium Phosphate100 mg8%Calcium in AREDS2 White Formula against 17,831 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg100 mg

53% of 17,831 products listing calcium give more (median 115 mg).

FloraGLOas Lutein10 mgLutein in AREDS2 White Formula against 2,493 products10 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 mg to 10 mg, the median 3 mg.10 mg

Higher than 71% of 2,493 products listing lutein (median 3 mg).

OmniXanas Zeaxanthin2 mgZeaxanthin in AREDS2 White Formula against 1,215 products2 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 0.4 mg to 2 mg, the median 1 mg.2 mg

Higher than 62% of 1,215 products listing zeaxanthin (median 1 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 292315 (entered July 18, 2023), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD or its label image (PDF). Amounts are what the maker printed; DSLD does not test products. Daily Values: the FDA's Daily Value page.

Is that a lot?

Every amount on this label with a position sits within the middle 80% of the products that list the same ingredient.

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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with AREDS2 White Formula's, rare ingredients counting for more.

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
Recommended intake: Take two capsules daily all at once, or one capsule twice daily with meals.
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children.
Tamper resistant package. Do not use if outer seal is broken.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Based upon the latest macular degeneration genetic research, some patients who are at increased risk for macular degeneration have greater benefit when zinc and copper are removed. VisiVite AREDS2 zinc-free white formula contains FloraGLO brand lutein and OmniXan brand zeaxanthin.
This product contains no milk, egg, peanuts, crustacean shellfish (lobster, crab, or shrimp), tree nuts, wheat, yeast, gluten or rice. Contains no artificial sweeteners, flavors, colors or preservatives.
Storage
Store at room temperature

Source: label statements in DSLD label 292315.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: modified Plant Cellulose, Vegetable Stearate, Silica, Calcium Silicate.

How many labels does AREDS2 White Formula have?

3 labels are on file under this name since May 22, 2015: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 292315 (current) Entered July 18, 2023 · on the market · 60 capsules · UPC 8 99205 00023 2
  2. Label 242481 Entered January 22, 2021 · off the market August 17, 2022 · 60 capsules · UPC 8 99205 00023 2
  3. Label 46048 Entered May 22, 2015 · off the market November 2, 2020 · 60 capsules · UPC 8 99205 00023 2

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

Who makes it?

The label names Vitamin Science LLC (distributor), Selden, NY. All VisiVite products.

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