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Brevail

by Barlean's · capsule · 30 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • DSLD label 337678
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 30 servings

Brevail by Barlean's lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 10 mcg (400 IU) of vitamin D3 and 250 mg of flaxseed extract. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 22, 2025.

What is in Brevail?

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).

Brevail: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 337678, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin D3as Cholecalciferol10 mcg (400 IU)50%Vitamin D in Brevail against 14,175 products10 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 10 mcg to 25 mcg, the median 15 mcg.DV 20 mcgUL 100 mcg10 mcg

57% of 14,175 products listing vitamin D give more (median 15 mcg).

Flaxseed extractas Secoisolariciresinol Diglucoside250 mgFlax in Brevail against 359 products250 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 200 mg.250 mg

Higher than 52% of 359 products listing flax (median 200 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 337678 (entered August 22, 2025), 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 Brevail'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
Suggested use: One capsule per day, with or without a meal.
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children.
Caution: Not recommended for pregnant, lactating or adolescent females and those attempting to conceive.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 337678.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Rice Flour, Hypromellose, Magnesium Stearate.

How many labels does Brevail have?

4 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 337678 (current) Entered August 22, 2025 · on the market · 30 capsules
  2. Label 291813 Entered October 24, 2023 · off the market May 30, 2025 · 30 capsules
  3. Label 219934 Entered May 22, 2020 · on the market · 30 capsules · UPC 7 05875 10026 7
  4. Label 45318 Entered May 22, 2015 · off the market May 7, 2020 · 30 capsules

DSLD also links this label to: Brevail (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 Barlean's (distributor), Ferndale, WA. All Barlean's products.

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