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Flax Seed Oil

by Nature's Sunshine · softgel capsule · 60 softgels

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 99904 01583 8
  • DSLD label 255257
  • Serving 2 softgels
  • 30 servings

Flax Seed Oil by Nature's Sunshine lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 2 softgels, such as 2,000 mg of flax seed oil. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on September 24, 2021.

What is in Flax Seed Oil?

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).

Flax Seed Oil: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 255257, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Flax Seed Oil2,000 mgFlaxseed Oil in Flax Seed Oil against 512 products2 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.4 g to 1.15 g, the median 1 g.2 g

Higher than 87% of 512 products listing flaxseed oil (median 1 g). Per day at the most servings: 6 g.

Omega-3 Fatty Acids900 mgOmega-3 in Flax Seed Oil against 2,714 products900 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 230 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 500 mg.900 mg

Higher than 70% of 2,714 products listing omega-3 (median 500 mg). Per day at the most servings: 2,700 mg.

Omega-6 Fatty Acids260 mgOmega-6 in Flax Seed Oil against 421 products260 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 45 mg to 484 mg, the median 140 mg.260 mg

Higher than 61% of 421 products listing omega-6 (median 140 mg). Per day at the most servings: 780 mg.

Omega-9 Fatty Acids280 mgOmega-9 in Flax Seed Oil against 307 products280 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 89 mg to 438.5 mg, the median 190 mg.280 mg

Higher than 62% of 307 products listing omega-9 (median 190 mg). Per day at the most servings: 840 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 255257 (entered September 24, 2021), 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 3 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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Flax Seed Oil's, rare ingredients counting for more.

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
Recommended Use: Take 2 softgels with a meal three times daily.
Warnings
Do not use if inner seal is missing or damaged.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 255257.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Lignans, Softgel.

How many labels does Flax Seed Oil have?

4 labels are on file under this name since January 25, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 255257 (current) Entered September 24, 2021 · on the market · 60 softgels · UPC 0 99904 01583 8
  2. Label 207142 Entered September 24, 2019 · off the market June 9, 2021 · 60 capsules · UPC 0 99904 01583 8
  3. Label 4570 Entered January 25, 2012 · off the market February 27, 2019 · 8 fl. Oz. · UPC 0 99904 03162 3
  4. Label 4526 Entered January 25, 2012 · off the market February 27, 2019 · 60 capsules · UPC 0 99904 01583 8

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

Who makes it?

The label names Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. (manufacturer), Spanish Fork, UT. All Nature's Sunshine products.

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