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Black Currant Seed Oil 500 mg-GLA 70 mg

by Vital Nutrients · capsule · 100 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 6 93465 20411 5
  • DSLD label 304953
  • Serving 1 to 2 softgel capsules; amounts per 2 softgel capsules
  • 50 servings

Black Currant Seed Oil 500 mg-GLA 70 mg by Vital Nutrients lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 2 softgel capsules, such as 1,000 mg of black currant seed oil and 140 mg of gamma-linolenic acid. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 24, 2024.

What is in Black Currant Seed Oil 500 mg-GLA 70 mg?

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

Black Currant Seed Oil 500 mg-GLA 70 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 304953, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Black Currant Seed Oil1,000 mgBlack Currant Seed Oil in Black Currant Seed Oil 500 mg-GLA 70 mg against 59 products1,000 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 100 mg to 950 mg, the median 535 mg.1,000 mg

Higher than 75% of 59 products listing black currant seed oil (median 535 mg). Per day at the most servings: 3,000 mg.

Gamma-Linolenic Acid140 mgGamma Linolenic Acid in Black Currant Seed Oil 500 mg-GLA 70 mg against 740 products140 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 42 mg to 160 mg, the median 90 mg.140 mg

Higher than 71% of 740 products listing gamma linolenic acid (median 90 mg). Per day at the most servings: 420 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 304953 (entered January 24, 2024), 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 2 to 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?

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
Recommendations: Take 1 to 2 capsules 2 to 3 times daily, or as directed by your healthcare professional.
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children
Use only if safety seal is intact
Warning: If pregnant, consult your physician before taking.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Excludes coatings, binders, gluten (wheat, rye, barley), milk/dairy (casein/wheat), soy protein, egg protein, sugar. Verified by independent testing
Storage
Store sealed in a cool dry place

Source: label statements in DSLD label 304953.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, Glycerin, Water, Purified.

How many labels does Black Currant Seed Oil 500 mg-GLA 70 mg have?

3 labels are on file under this name since November 25, 2013: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 304953 (current) Entered January 24, 2024 · on the market · 100 capsules · UPC 6 93465 20411 5
  2. Label 56641 Entered February 23, 2016 · off the market December 7, 2022 · 100 capsules · UPC 6 93465 20411 5
  3. Label 27324 Entered November 25, 2013 · off the market January 26, 2016 · 100 softgel capsules · UPC 6 93465 20411 5

DSLD also links this label to: Black Currant Seed Oil 535 mg-GLA 70 mg (image difference, same product).

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

Who makes it?

The label names Vital Nutrients (distributor), Middletown, CT. All Vital Nutrients products.

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