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Evening Primrose Oil

by Apollo Sun · softgel capsule · 100 softgels

  • Off the market since May 2025 (NIH)
  • UPC 8 50025 75515 3
  • DSLD label 294179
  • Serving 3 softgels
  • 33 servings

Evening Primrose Oil by Apollo Sun lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 3 softgels, such as 1.5 g of evening primrose seed oil and 135 mg of gamma-linolenic acid, beside 3 Nutrition Facts rows (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 22, 2023.

What is in Evening Primrose Oil?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 3 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).

Evening Primrose Oil: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 294179, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories15 Calories
Total Fat1.5 g2%Fat (unspecified) in Evening Primrose Oil against 11,965 products1.5 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 2.5 g, the median 1.5 g.1.5 g

44% of 11,965 products listing fat (unspecified) give more (median 1.5 g).

Polyunsaturated Fat1 gPolyunsaturated Fat in Evening Primrose Oil against 1,759 products1 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 2 g, the median 1 g.1 g

39% of 1,759 products listing polyunsaturated fat give more (median 1 g).

Monounsaturated Fatless than 0.5 g
Evening Primrose Seed Oilas Oenothera biennis1,500 mg, cold-pressed, hexane-free1.5 gEvening Primrose oil in Evening Primrose Oil against 300 products1,500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 500 mg to 1,300 mg, the median 500 mg.1,500 mg

Higher than 94% of 300 products listing evening primrose oil (median 500 mg).

Gamma-Linolenic Acid135 mgGamma Linolenic Acid in Evening Primrose Oil against 740 products135 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 42 mg to 160 mg, the median 90 mg.135 mg

Higher than 70% of 740 products listing gamma linolenic acid (median 90 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 294179 (entered June 22, 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?

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:

  • Its 1,500 mg of evening primrose seed oil (filed by NIH under evening primrose oil) is higher than 94% of the 300 evening primrose oil products that print an amount; 8 list more.

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?

5 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
Suggested usage: Take 3 softgels daily with food.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only. Keep out of reach of children.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
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
Hexane free
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 294179.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, Glycerin, Water.

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

How many labels does Evening Primrose Oil have?

One label is on file, entered on June 22, 2023.

  1. Label 294179 (current) Entered June 22, 2023 · off the market May 28, 2025 · 100 softgels · UPC 8 50025 75515 3

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

Who makes it?

The label names MindEyes LLC (distributor), Atlantic Beach, FL. All Apollo Sun products.

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