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Cholesterol Caps

by Viva Vitamins · capsule · 90 veggie caps

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 8 12720 01610 6
  • DSLD label 237119
  • Serving 1 capsule (Standard Serving); amounts per 3 capsules
  • 15 servings

Cholesterol Caps by Viva Vitamins lists 9 ingredients, 5 with an amount per serving of 3 capsules, such as 250 mg of inositol hexanicotinate, 250 mcg of chromium, 10 mg of policosanol and 300 mg of garlic bulb extract; 4 sit inside a blend without their own amounts. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on October 23, 2020.

What is in Cholesterol Caps?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 3 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).

Cholesterol Caps: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 237119, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Inositol Hexanicotinateas NiacinInositol Hexanicotinate (Form: providing 80% Niacin) Note: Flush-Free Niacin250 mg1,562%Inositol nicotinate in Cholesterol Caps against 84 products250 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 75 mg to 850 mg, the median 285 mg.250 mg

51% of 84 products listing inositol nicotinate give more (median 285 mg). Per day at the most servings: 750 mg.

Chromiumas Chromium Picolinate250 mcg714%Chromium in Cholesterol Caps against 7,825 products250 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 45 mcg to 200 mcg, the median 100 mcg.DV 35 mcg250 mcg

Higher than 90% of 7,825 products listing chromium (median 100 mcg). Per day at the most servings: 750 mcg.

Policosanol10 mgPolicosanol in Cholesterol Caps against 223 products10 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 10 mg to 20 mg, the median 10 mg.10 mg

38% of 223 products listing policosanol give more (median 10 mg). Per day at the most servings: 30 mg.

Sterol/Sterone Complex500 mg
Plant Sterolsin the blend, no amount given
Guggulas GuggulsteronesGuggul (Form: 2.5% guggulsterones)in the blend, no amount given
Garlic bulb extractGarlic bulb extract PlantPart: bulb Note: 100:1300 mgGarlic in Cholesterol Caps against 1,075 products300 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 500 mg, the median 200 mg.300 mg

Higher than 59% of 1,075 products listing garlic (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 900 mg.

Green Tea/Black Tea Complex300 mg
Green Tea Leaf Extractas Polyphenol CatechinsGreen Tea Leaf Extract (Form: 60% Polyphenol Catechins) PlantPart: leafin the blend, no amount given
Black Tea extractin the blend, no amount given
Pantotheine50 mgPantethine in Cholesterol Caps against 94 products50 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 5 mg to 225 mg, the median 50 mg.50 mg

37% of 94 products listing pantethine give more (median 50 mg). Per day at the most servings: 150 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 237119 (entered October 23, 2020), 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?

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 250 mcg of chromium is higher than 90% of the 7,825 chromium products that print an amount; 641 list more.

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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Cholesterol Caps'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
Directions: A standard serving is one capsule, three times daily. An optimal serving is two capsules, three times daily.
Warnings
Keep out of the reach of children.
Do not use if safety seal under cap is broken or missing.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Non-GMO
Free of: Gluten, sugar, salt, starch, yeast, corn, wheat, lactose, citrus, milk, egg, fish products, artificial coloring, flavoring, or preservatives.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place. Do not refrigerate.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 237119.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Rice Flour, Vegetable Cellulose.

How many labels does Cholesterol Caps have?

2 labels are on file under this name since November 25, 2011: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 237119 (current) Entered October 23, 2020 · on the market · 90 veggie caps · UPC 8 12720 01610 6
  2. Label 1783 Entered November 25, 2011 · on the market · 210 capsules · UPC 8 12720 01611 3

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

Who makes it?

The label names Viva Vitamins (distributor), Los Angeles, CA. All Viva Vitamins products.

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