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Double Strength Black Currant Oil 1000 mg

by NOW · softgel capsule · 100 softgels

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 01717 8
  • DSLD label 72289
  • Serving 1 softgel

Double Strength Black Currant Oil 1000 mg by NOW lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 1 softgel, such as 1 g of black currant oil, beside 1 Nutrition Facts row (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on March 24, 2017.

What is in Double Strength Black Currant Oil 1000 mg?

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).

Double Strength Black Currant Oil 1000 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 72289, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories10 Calories
Total Fat1 g1%Fat (unspecified) in Double Strength Black Currant Oil 1000 mg against 11,965 products1 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 2.5 g, the median 1.5 g.1 g

56% of 11,965 products listing fat (unspecified) give more (median 1.5 g). Per day at the most servings: 2 g.

Black Currant oilBlack Currant oil PlantPart: seed Genus: Ribes Species: nigrum Note: 1,000 mg1 gBlack Currant Seed Oil in Double Strength Black Currant Oil 1000 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: 2,000 mg.

Gamma-Linolenic AcidGamma Linolenic Acid (Alt. Name: GLA) Note: 14%140 mgGamma Linolenic Acid in Double Strength Black Currant Oil 1000 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: 280 mg.

Alpha-Linolenic Acid104 mgAlpha-Linolenic Acid in Double Strength Black Currant Oil 1000 mg against 712 products104 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 130 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 485 mg.104 mg

77% of 712 products listing alpha-linolenic acid give more (median 485 mg). Per day at the most servings: 208 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 72289 (entered March 24, 2017), 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?

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 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?

1 product lists 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
Suggested Usage: Take 1 softgel 2 times daily with food.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Keep out of reach of children.
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, corn, milk, egg, fish or shellfish ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, corn, milk, egg, fish or shellfish ingredients.
Non-GMO
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 72289.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Softgel Capsule.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): GMP Quality Assured; Triangle K.

How many labels does Double Strength Black Currant Oil 1000 mg have?

4 labels are on file under this name since December 24, 2013: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 72289 (current) Entered March 24, 2017 · on the market · 100 softgels · UPC 7 33739 01717 8
  2. Label 46355 Entered June 25, 2015 · off the market March 7, 2017 · 100 softgels · UPC 7 33739 01717 8
  3. Label 35977 Entered August 26, 2014 · off the market May 21, 2015 · 100 softgels · UPC 7 33739 01717 8
  4. Label 28325 Entered December 24, 2013 · off the market March 6, 2014 · 100 softgels · UPC 7 33739 01717 8

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

Who makes it?

The label names NOW Foods (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW products.

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