Flax Seed Oil 1000 mg
by Protocol For Life Balance · softgel capsule · 120 softgels
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 7 07359 11770 9
- DSLD label 326436
- Serving 3 softgels
- 40 servings
Flax Seed Oil 1000 mg by Protocol For Life Balance lists one ingredient: 3,000 mg of flaxseed oil per serving of 3 softgels. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on March 25, 2025.
What is in Flax Seed Oil 1000 mg?
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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 25 Calories | ||
| Total Fat | 3 g | 4% | Higher than 76% of 11,965 products listing fat (unspecified) (median 1.5 g). |
| Saturated Fat | less than 0.5 g | 2% | |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 2 g | Higher than 73% of 1,759 products listing polyunsaturated fat (median 1 g). | |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 0.5 g | 53% of 989 products listing monounsaturated fat give more (median 1 g). | |
| Flaxseed Oilorganic, 3g | 3,000 mg | Higher than 92% of 512 products listing flaxseed oil (median 1 g). |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 326436 (entered March 25, 2025), 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 3 g of flaxseed oil is higher than 92% of the 512 flaxseed oil products that print an amount; 21 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.
- Flax Oil 1000 mgNew Sun same ingredients
- High Lignan Flax Oil 1000 mgNOW same ingredients
- Flax Oil Softgels 1000 mgDouglas Cooper Co. same ingredients
- Flax Oil 1,000 mgLuckyVitamin same ingredients
- Flax Oil 1000 mgNOW same ingredients
- Flax Oil CapsulesPL Progressive Laboratories · off the market same ingredients
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 3 softgels daily with a meal, or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.
- Warnings
- Cautions/Interactions: Flax seed oil is generally well tolerated, but has been associated with mild gastric disturbances.
- Some evidence suggests that flaxseed may moderately interact with anti-coagulant and estrogen medications.
- 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
- No preservatives, additives, bleaches or fillers are used with this oil.
- Non-GMO
- Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, corn, milk, egg, fish or shellfish ingredients.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 326436.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Bovine Gelatin, Glycerin, Water, Caramel color.
How many labels does Flax Seed Oil 1000 mg have?
6 labels are on file under this name since June 25, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 326436 (current) Entered March 25, 2025 · on the market · 120 softgels · UPC 7 07359 11770 9
- Label 73091 Entered May 24, 2017 · off the market May 26, 2023 · 120 softgels · UPC 7 07359 11770 9
- Label 67620 Entered December 23, 2016 · off the market March 7, 2017 · 120 softgels · UPC 7 07359 11770 9
- Label 33081 Entered May 23, 2014 · off the market November 24, 2015 · 120 softgels · UPC 7 07359 11770 9
- Label 15134 Entered November 21, 2012 · off the market May 1, 2014 · 120 softgels · UPC 7 07359 11770 9
- Label 10205 Entered June 25, 2012 · off the market July 11, 2012 · 120 softgels · UPC 7 07359 11770 9
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names Protocol For Life Balance (manufacturer, distributor), Bloomingdale, IL. All Protocol For Life Balance products.