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Cod Liver Oil

by Windmill Natural Vitamins · softgel capsule · 100 softgels

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 35046 00164 3
  • DSLD label 299474
  • Serving 1 softgel
  • 100 servings

Cod Liver Oil by Windmill Natural Vitamins lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 1 softgel, such as 402 mcg of vitamin A, 10.25 mcg (410 IU) of vitamin D and 200 mg of cod liver oil. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on November 22, 2023.

What is in Cod Liver Oil?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 softgel. 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).

Cod Liver Oil: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 299474, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin Aas Retinyl Palmitate402 mcg45%
Vitamin Das Cholecalciferol10.25 mcg (410 IU)51%Vitamin D in Cod Liver Oil against 14,175 products10.25 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 10 mcg to 25 mcg, the median 15 mcg.DV 20 mcgUL 100 mcg10.25 mcg

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

Cod Liver Oilas Fish200 mgFish Liver oil in Cod Liver Oil against 123 products0.2 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.463 g to 2.3 g, the median 1 g.0.2 g

94% of 123 products listing fish liver oil give more (median 1 g).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 299474 (entered November 22, 2023), 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:

  • 94% of the 123 products that print an amount of fish liver oil list more than its 0.2 g of cod liver oil (filed by NIH under fish liver oil) (median 1 g).

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?

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
DIRECTIONS: Take 1 softgel daily with food as a dietary supplement or as directed by a healthcare professional.
Warnings
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.
Do not purchase if seal is broken.
Allergens and what it does not contain
NO SUGAR, WHEAT, SOY, MILK, ARTIFICIAL COLORS, FLAVORS OR PRESERVATIVES NON GMO GLUTEN FREE
Storage
Protect from heat, light & moisture. Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 299474.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, Glycerin, Water, Purified.

How many labels does Cod Liver Oil have?

4 labels are on file under this name since April 25, 2017: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 299474 (current) Entered November 22, 2023 · on the market · 100 softgels · UPC 0 35046 00164 3
  2. Label 231571 Entered August 23, 2020 · off the market November 4, 2022 · 100 softgels · UPC 0 35046 00164 3
  3. Label 215447 Entered March 24, 2020 · off the market July 27, 2020 · 100 softgels · UPC 0 35046 00164 3
  4. Label 71714 Entered April 25, 2017 · off the market September 1, 2021 · 100 softgels · UPC 0 35046 00164 3

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

Who makes it?

The label names Windmill Health Products (distributor), West Caldwell, NJ. All Windmill Natural Vitamins products.

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