Evening Primrose Oil 1,300 mg
by Vitamer Laboratories · softgel capsule · 90 softgels
- Off the market since August 2021 (NIH)
- UPC 7 19985 12734 2
- DSLD label 67591
- Serving 1 softgel
- 90 servings
Evening Primrose Oil 1,300 mg by Vitamer Laboratories lists one ingredient: 1,300 mg of evening primrose oil per serving of 1 softgel. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on December 23, 2016.
What is in Evening Primrose Oil 1,300 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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total Calories | 10 Calories | ||
| Calories from Fat | 10 Calories | ||
| Total Fat | 1 g | 2% | 56% of 11,965 products listing fat (unspecified) give more (median 1.5 g). Per day at the most servings: 4 g. |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1 g | 39% of 1,759 products listing polyunsaturated fat give more (median 1 g). Per day at the most servings: 4 g. | |
| Evening Primrose Oil | 1,300 mg | Higher than 69% of 300 products listing evening primrose oil (median 500 mg). Per day at the most servings: 5,200 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 67591 (entered December 23, 2016), 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 1 to 4 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?
2 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- Evening Primrose Oil 1,300 mgNatural Healthy Concepts · off the market same ingredients
- Evening Primrose Oil 1300 mgSMNutrition same ingredients
- Oil of Evening Primrose 1000 mgTrader Darwin's 3 shared, 84% alike
- Evening Primrose Oil 1,300 mgWonder Laboratories 3 shared, 71% alike
- OmegaTru Evening Primrose Oil 500 mgSwanson EFAs · off the market 2 shared, 66% alike
- OmegaTru Evening Primrose Oil 1,300 mgSwanson EFAs · off the market 2 shared, 66% alike
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 Use: Take one softgel with food up to four time daily.
- Warnings
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- Contains no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives; no wheat, gluten, milk, egg, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, crustacean shellfish or fish.
- Cold-pressed and hexane-free
Source: label statements in DSLD label 67591.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Capsule, Glycerin.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Double Verified Gluten Free.
How many labels does Evening Primrose Oil 1,300 mg have?
3 labels are on file under this name since June 25, 2013: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 67591 (current) Entered December 23, 2016 · off the market August 11, 2021 · 90 softgels · UPC 7 19985 12734 2
- Label 53499 Entered November 24, 2015 · off the market October 29, 2016 · 90 softgels · UPC 7 19985 12734 2
- Label 23090 Entered June 25, 2013 · off the market October 21, 2015 · 90 softgels · UPC 7 19985 12734 2
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names Vitamer Laboratories (manufacturer). All Vitamer Laboratories products.