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Evening Primrose Oil 500 mg

by Vital Nutrients · softgel capsule · 250 softgel capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 6 93465 21021 5
  • DSLD label 208475
  • Serving 1 to 2 softgels; amounts per 2 softgels
  • 125 servings

Evening Primrose Oil 500 mg by Vital Nutrients lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 2 softgels, such as 1,000 mg of evening primrose seed oil. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on October 23, 2019.

What is in Evening Primrose Oil 500 mg?

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).

Evening Primrose Oil 500 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 208475, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Evening Primrose seed OilEvening Primrose seed Oil PlantPart: seed Note: provides1,000 mgEvening Primrose oil in Evening Primrose Oil 500 mg against 300 products1,000 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 500 mg to 1,300 mg, the median 500 mg.1,000 mg

Higher than 53% of 300 products listing evening primrose oil (median 500 mg). Per day at the most servings: 2,000 mg.

Gamma-Linolenic Acid90 mgGamma Linolenic Acid in Evening Primrose Oil 500 mg against 740 products90 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 42 mg to 160 mg, the median 90 mg.90 mg

46% of 740 products listing gamma linolenic acid give more (median 90 mg). Per day at the most servings: 180 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 208475 (entered October 23, 2019), 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 2 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?

6 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
Recommendations 1 to 2 capsules twice daily, or as directed by your healthcare professional.
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children
Use only if safety seal is intact
Warning If pregnant, consult your physician before taking.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Excludes coatings, binders, gluten (wheat, rye, barley), milk/dairy (casein, whey), soy protein, egg protein, sugar. Verified by independent testing
Cold pressed extracted without chemicals
Storage
Store sealed in a cool dry place

Source: label statements in DSLD label 208475.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, Glycerin, Water.

How many labels does Evening Primrose Oil 500 mg have?

6 labels are on file under this name since March 23, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 208475 (current) Entered October 23, 2019 · on the market · 250 softgel capsules · UPC 6 93465 21021 5
  2. Label 208469 Entered October 23, 2019 · on the market · 100 softgel capsules · UPC 6 93465 21011 6
  3. Label 56830 Entered February 23, 2016 · off the market April 5, 2019 · 250 softgel capsules · UPC 6 93465 21021 5
  4. Label 56368 Entered February 23, 2016 · off the market April 5, 2019 · 100 softgel capsules · UPC 6 93465 21011 6
  5. Label 6917 Entered March 23, 2012 · off the market January 26, 2016 · 250 softgel capsules · UPC 6 93465 21021 5
  6. Label 6915 Entered March 23, 2012 · off the market January 26, 2016 · 100 softgel capsules · UPC 6 93465 21011 6

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

Who makes it?

The label names Vital Nutrients (distributor), Middletown, CT. All Vital Nutrients products.

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