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Essential Factors

by ProCaps Laboratories · capsule · 360 easy to swallow capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • DSLD label 4683
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 360 servings

Essential Factors by ProCaps Laboratories lists 5 ingredients, 5 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 200 mg of vitamin C, 200 IU (5 mcg) of vitamin D3, 200 mcg of folic acid and 200 mcg of vitamin B12. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 25, 2012.

What is in Essential Factors?

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).

Essential Factors: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 4683, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin Cas Ascorbyl Palmitate, Calcium AscorbateVitamin C (Form: as Calcium Ascorbate, Ascorbyl Palmitate)200 mg333%Vitamin C in Essential Factors against 18,583 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 270 mg, the median 100 mg.DV 90 mgUL 2,000 mg200 mg

Higher than 63% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg).

Vitamin D3as Cholecalciferol200 IU (5 mcg)50%Vitamin D in Essential Factors against 14,175 products5 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 10 mcg to 25 mcg, the median 15 mcg.DV 20 mcgUL 100 mcg5 mcg

83% of 14,175 products listing vitamin D give more (median 15 mcg).

Folic Acid200 mcg50%Folate in Essential Factors against 7,022 products200 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 200 mcg to 400 mcg, the median 400 mcg.200 mcg

71% of 7,022 products listing folate give more (median 400 mcg).

Vitamin B12as CyanocobalaminVitamin B12 (Form: as Cyanocobalamin Note: on ion exchange resin)200 mcg3,333%Vitamin B12 in Essential Factors against 14,425 products200 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 6 mcg to 200 mcg, the median 36 mcg.DV 2.4 mcg200 mcg

Higher than 74% of 14,425 products listing vitamin B12 (median 36 mcg).

Calciumas Ascorbate, Calcium Carbonate, citrate malateCalcium (Form: as Calcium Carbonate, Ascorbate, citrate malate)200 mg20%Calcium in Essential Factors against 17,831 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg200 mg

Higher than 64% of 17,831 products listing calcium (median 115 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 4683 (entered January 25, 2012), 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 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.

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 Consume one or more capsules daily or as recommended by a health care professional. This product is most effective when used in conjunction with a high potency, comprehensive multi-vitamin-mineral supplement from Andrew Lessman’s Life Rx(TM) family of formulas. For answers to questions about the use of this product call 800.800.1200.
Allergens and what it does not contain
NO ADDITIVES.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 4683.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): All-Solar MANUFACTURING; ProCaps(R) LABORATORIES.

How many labels does Essential Factors have?

One label is on file, entered on January 25, 2012.

  1. Label 4683 (current) Entered January 25, 2012 · on the market · 360 easy to swallow capsules

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

Who makes it?

The label names ProCaps Laboratories (manufacturer), Henderson, NV. All ProCaps Laboratories products.

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