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Essential Omega-3

by Juvenon · softgel capsule · 60 softgels

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 8 53108 00028 7
  • DSLD label 261896
  • Serving 2 softgels
  • 30 servings

Essential Omega-3 by Juvenon lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 2 softgels, such as 4 IU of vitamin E, 600 mg of EPA and 400 mg of DHA, beside 1 Nutrition Facts row (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on April 11, 2022.

What is in Essential Omega-3?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 softgels. 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 Omega-3: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 261896, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories20 Calories
Calories from Fat20 Calories
Total Fat2 g4%Fat (unspecified) in Essential Omega-3 against 11,965 products2 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 2.5 g, the median 1.5 g.2 g

Higher than 56% of 11,965 products listing fat (unspecified) (median 1.5 g).

Vitamin Eas D-Alpha-Tocopherol4 IU14%Vitamin E in Essential Omega-3 against 6,459 products4 IU per serving; the middle half of products list 15 IU to 100 IU, the median 30 IU.4 IU

95% of 6,459 products listing vitamin E give more (median 30 IU).

EPA600 mgEPA (Eicosapentaenoic Acid) in Essential Omega-3 against 3,134 products600 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 120 mg to 590 mg, the median 300 mg.600 mg

Higher than 75% of 3,134 products listing EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) (median 300 mg).

DHA400 mgDHA in Essential Omega-3 against 3,627 products400 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 104 mg to 400 mg, the median 232 mg.400 mg

Higher than 72% of 3,627 products listing DHA (median 232 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 261896 (entered April 11, 2022), 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:

  • 95% of the 6,459 products that print an amount of vitamin E list more than its 4 IU of vitamin E (median 30 IU).

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?

3 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 2 softgels per day.
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children.
Storage
Store in a dry place and avoid excessive heat.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 261896.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Fish Oil concentrate, Gelatin, Glycerin, Water.

How many labels does Essential Omega-3 have?

3 labels are on file under this name since February 25, 2013: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 261896 (current) Entered April 11, 2022 · on the market · 60 softgels · UPC 8 53108 00028 7
  2. Label 50137 Entered September 25, 2015 · off the market September 20, 2021 · 60 softgels · UPC 8 53108 00028 7
  3. Label 15237 Entered February 25, 2013 · off the market October 1, 2013 · 60 softgels · UPC 8 53108 00028 7

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

Who makes it?

The label names Juvenon, Inc. (distributor), Incline Village, NV. All Juvenon products.

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