Black Currant Oil
by Nature's Sunshine · capsule · 90 capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 0 99904 01810 5
- DSLD label 208642
- Serving 1 capsule
Black Currant Oil by Nature's Sunshine lists one ingredient: 250 mg of black currant seed oil per serving of 1 capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on October 23, 2019.
What is in Black Currant Oil?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 capsule. 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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Currant seed Oilas Gamma-Linolenic AcidBlack Currant seed Oil (Form: providing 12% Gamma-Linolenic Acid) PlantPart: seed Genus: Ribes Species: nignum | 250 mg | 64% of 59 products listing black currant seed oil give more (median 535 mg). Per day at the most servings: 750 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 208642 (entered October 23, 2019), 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?
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 3 servings 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?
1 product lists the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- Blackcurrant Seed OilBiotics Research Corporation same ingredients
- OmegaTru Black Currant Seed Oil 500 mgSwanson EFAs · off the market 1 shared, 78% alike
- Omega Tru Black Currant Seed Oil 500 mgSwanson EFAs · off the market 1 shared, 78% alike
- Black Currant Oil 1000 mgBest Naturals 1 shared, 78% alike
- Black Currant Seed Oil 600 mgSolaray 1 shared, 78% alike
- Black Currant Seed Oil CapsulesNutri-West 1 shared, 76% alike
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
- Recommendation: Take one capsule with a meal three times daily.
- Warnings
- This container was sealed for your protection. Do not use if inner seal is missing or damaged.
- Storage
- Refrigerate after opening
Source: label statements in DSLD label 208642.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Capsule.
How many labels does Black Currant Oil have?
2 labels are on file under this name since January 25, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 208642 (current) Entered October 23, 2019 · on the market · 90 capsules · UPC 0 99904 01810 5
- Label 4593 Entered January 25, 2012 · off the market February 27, 2019 · 90 capsules · UPC 0 99904 01810 5
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. (manufacturer), Spanish Fork, UT. All Nature's Sunshine products.