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Flax Oil

by Spectrum Essentials · softgel capsule · 250 softgels

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 22506 12002 0
  • DSLD label 12189
  • Serving 6 softgels (6g)
  • 42 servings

Flax Oil by Spectrum Essentials lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 6 softgels, such as 3.3 g of alpha-linolenic acid, 0.9 g of linoleic acid and 1.2 g of oleic acid, beside 4 Nutrition Facts rows (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 24, 2012.

What is in Flax Oil?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 6 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).

Flax Oil: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 12189, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories50 Calories
Calories from Fat50 Calories
Total Fat6 g9%Fat (unspecified) in Flax Oil against 11,965 products6 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 2.5 g, the median 1.5 g.6 g

Higher than 92% of 11,965 products listing fat (unspecified) (median 1.5 g).

Saturated Fat0.5 g3%Saturated fat in Flax Oil against 5,234 products0.5 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 1.5 g, the median 1 g.0.5 g

66% of 5,234 products listing saturated fat give more (median 1 g).

Polyunsaturated Fat4 gPolyunsaturated Fat in Flax Oil against 1,759 products4 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 2 g, the median 1 g.4 g

Higher than 92% of 1,759 products listing polyunsaturated fat (median 1 g).

Monounsaturated Fat1 gMonounsaturated Fat in Flax Oil against 989 products1 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 1 g, the median 1 g.1 g

24% of 989 products listing monounsaturated fat give more (median 1 g).

Alpha-Linolenic AcidOmega-3 (Form: Alpha-Linolenic Acid (Alt. Name: ALA))3.3 g206%Alpha-Linolenic Acid in Flax Oil against 712 products3,300 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 130 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 485 mg.3,300 mg

Higher than 93% of 712 products listing alpha-linolenic acid (median 485 mg).

Linoleic AcidOmega-6 (Form: linoleic acid LA)0.9 gLinoleic Acid in Flax Oil against 801 products900 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 110 mg to 696 mg, the median 350 mg.900 mg

Higher than 82% of 801 products listing linoleic acid (median 350 mg).

Oleic AcidOmega-9 (Form: oleic acid (Alt. Name: OA))1.2 gOleic Acid in Flax Oil against 694 products1,200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 88.5 mg to 370 mg, the median 140 mg.1,200 mg

Higher than 92% of 694 products listing oleic acid (median 140 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 12189 (entered August 24, 2012), 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?

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 3,300 mg of alpha-linolenic acid is higher than 93% of the 712 alpha-linolenic acid products that print an amount; 49 list more.
  • Its 1,200 mg of oleic acid is higher than 92% of the 694 oleic acid products that print an amount; 55 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?

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
Suggested Serving: 6 softgels daily with food.
Warnings
Consult a healthcare practitioner for your individual needs.
Storage
STORE IN A COOL, DRY PLACE. REFRIGERATE AFTER OPENING.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 12189.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cold-pressed unrefined organic flaxseed oil, Softgel.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): (recycle) 2 HDPE.

How many labels does Flax Oil have?

One label is on file, entered on August 24, 2012.

  1. Label 12189 (current) Entered August 24, 2012 · on the market · 250 softgels · UPC 0 22506 12002 0

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

Who makes it?

The label names Spectrum Organic Products A Division of The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (distributor), Melville, NY. All Spectrum Essentials products.

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