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Essential Fatty Acid Support

by GNC Women's · softgel capsule · 30 packs

  • On the market (NIH)
  • DSLD label 297220
  • Serving 1 softgel capsule
  • 30 servings

Essential Fatty Acid Support by GNC Women's lists 5 ingredients, 5 with an amount per serving of 1 softgel capsule, such as 942 mg of total omega-3s and 25 mg of gamma linolenic acid, beside 1 Nutrition Facts row (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 18, 2023.

What is in Essential Fatty Acid Support?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 softgel 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 Fatty Acid Support: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 297220, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories10 Calories
Total Fat1 g1%Fat (unspecified) in Essential Fatty Acid Support 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).

Total Omega-3s942 mgOmega-3 in Essential Fatty Acid Support against 2,714 products942 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 230 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 500 mg.942 mg

Higher than 73% of 2,714 products listing omega-3 (median 500 mg).

Eicosapentaenoic AcidOmega-3700 mgEPA (Eicosapentaenoic Acid) in Essential Fatty Acid Support against 3,134 products700 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 120 mg to 590 mg, the median 300 mg.700 mg

Higher than 83% of 3,134 products listing EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) (median 300 mg).

Docosahexaenoic AcidOmega-3100 mgDHA in Essential Fatty Acid Support against 3,627 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 104 mg to 400 mg, the median 232 mg.100 mg

75% of 3,627 products listing DHA give more (median 232 mg).

Other Omega-3s142 mg
Gamma Linolenic Acid25 mgGamma Linolenic Acid in Essential Fatty Acid Support against 740 products25 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 42 mg to 160 mg, the median 90 mg.25 mg

85% of 740 products listing gamma linolenic acid give more (median 90 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 297220 (entered July 18, 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?

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?

2 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: As a dietary supplement, take contents of one packet daily with food. For maximum benefits, take as directed every day.
Warnings
Warning: Cancer and reproductive harm - www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
Consult your physician prior to using this product if you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Discontinue use two weeks prior to surgery.
Keep out of reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
No artificial flavors, no wheat, gluten free, no dairy.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 297220.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Fish Body Oil, Safflower Oil, Gelatin, Glycerin, mixed Tocopherols.

How many labels does Essential Fatty Acid Support have?

2 labels are on file under this name since July 23, 2020: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 297220 (current) Entered July 18, 2023 · on the market · 30 packs
  2. Label 229383 Entered July 23, 2020 · on the market · 30 packs

DSLD also links this label to: Women's Multivitamin Active (bundle set), Energy and Metabolism Igniter (bundle set), L-Carnitine (bundle set).

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

Who makes it?

The label names General Nutrition Corporation (distributor), Pittsburgh, PA. All GNC Women's products.

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