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Borage Oil

by Vital Nutrients · softgel capsule · 60 softgel capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 6 93465 20511 2
  • DSLD label 304955
  • Serving 2 softgels
  • 30 servings

Borage Oil by Vital Nutrients lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 2 softgels, such as 2,000 mg of borage seed oil, cold-pressed and 400 mg of gamma-linolenic acid, beside 3 Nutrition Facts rows (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 24, 2024.

What is in Borage Oil?

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

Borage Oil: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 304955, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories20 Calories
Calories from Fat20 Calories
Total Fat2 g3%Fat (unspecified) in Borage Oil against 11,965 products2 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 2.5 g, the median 1.5 g.2 g

Higher than 56% of 11,965 products listing fat (unspecified) (median 1.5 g). Per day at the most servings: 4 g.

Saturated Fat350 mg2%Saturated fat in Borage Oil against 5,234 products0.35 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 1.5 g, the median 1 g.0.35 g

93% of 5,234 products listing saturated fat give more (median 1 g). Per day at the most servings: 0.7 g.

Cholesterolno amount given0%
Borage Seed Oil, Cold-Pressedas Gamma-Linolenic Acidstandardized to 20% gamma linolenic acid2,000 mgBorage Oil in Borage Oil against 254 products2,000 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 161.5 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 515 mg.2,000 mg

Higher than 98% of 254 products listing borage oil (median 515 mg). Per day at the most servings: 4,000 mg.

Gamma-Linolenic Acid400 mgGamma Linolenic Acid in Borage Oil against 740 products400 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 42 mg to 160 mg, the median 90 mg.400 mg

Higher than 97% of 740 products listing gamma linolenic acid (median 90 mg). Per day at the most servings: 800 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 304955 (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?

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 2,000 mg of borage seed oil, cold-pressed (filed by NIH under borage oil) is higher than 98% of the 254 borage oil products that print an amount; 3 list more.
  • Its 400 mg of gamma-linolenic acid (filed by NIH under gamma linolenic acid) is higher than 97% of the 740 gamma linolenic acid products that print an amount; 15 list more.

The NIH database records 1 to 2 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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Borage Oil'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
Recommendations Take 2 softgels 1 to 2 times daily with food, 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, whey), soy protein, egg protein, sugar. Verified by independent testing
Storage
Store sealed in a cool dry place

Source: label statements in DSLD label 304955.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, Glycerin, Water, Mixed Tocopherols.

How many labels does Borage Oil have?

7 labels are on file under this name since March 23, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 304955 (current) Entered January 24, 2024 · on the market · 60 softgel capsules · UPC 6 93465 20511 2
  2. Label 207352 Entered September 24, 2019 · on the market · 180 softgel capsules · UPC 6 93465 20521 1
  3. Label 207349 Entered September 24, 2019 · off the market December 7, 2022 · 60 softgel capsules · UPC 6 93465 20511 2
  4. Label 182152 Entered October 25, 2018 · off the market April 5, 2019 · 180 softgel capsules · UPC 6 93465 20521 1
  5. Label 182148 Entered October 25, 2018 · off the market April 5, 2019 · 60 softgel capsules · UPC 6 93465 20511 2
  6. Label 6705 Entered March 23, 2012 · off the market April 16, 2018 · 60 softgel capsules · UPC 6 93465 20511 2
  7. Label 6329 Entered March 23, 2012 · off the market April 16, 2018 · 180 softgel capsules · UPC 6 93465 20521 1

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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