PlainVitamins

High Potency EPA & DHA

by GNC Mega Men · softgel capsule · 30 packs

  • On the market (NIH)
  • DSLD label 315840
  • Serving 1 light yellow softgel capsule
  • 30 servings

High Potency EPA & DHA by GNC Mega Men lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 1 light yellow softgel capsule, such as 1,065 mg of total omega-3 fatty acids, beside 1 Nutrition Facts row (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 22, 2024.

What is in High Potency EPA & DHA?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 light yellow softgel capsule. 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).

High Potency EPA & DHA: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 315840, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories15 Calories
Total Fat1.5 g2%Fat (unspecified) in High Potency EPA & DHA 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).

Total Omega-3 Fatty Acids1,065 mgOmega-3 in High Potency EPA & DHA against 2,714 products1,065 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 230 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 500 mg.1,065 mg

Higher than 79% of 2,714 products listing omega-3 (median 500 mg).

Total DHA, EPAas Docosahexaenoic Acid, Eicosapentaenoic Acid1,000 mg
Eicosapentaenoic Acidomega-3734 mgEPA (Eicosapentaenoic Acid) in High Potency EPA & DHA against 3,134 products734 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 120 mg to 590 mg, the median 300 mg.734 mg

Higher than 86% of 3,134 products listing EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) (median 300 mg).

Docosahexaenoic Acidomega-3267 mgDHA in High Potency EPA & DHA against 3,627 products267 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 104 mg to 400 mg, the median 232 mg.267 mg

Higher than 61% of 3,627 products listing DHA (median 232 mg).

Other Omega-3s64 mg

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 315840 (entered August 22, 2024), 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?

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 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
Directions: As a dietary supplement, take the contents of one pack daily with food.
Warnings
Contains: Soy and fish (anchovy, mackerel, whiting, pollock, sardine, smelt, salmon, tuna, cod or a combination thereof).
Warning: Cancer and reproductive harm - www.P65warnings.ca.gov.
Consult your physician prior to using this product if you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Discontinue use two weeks prior to surgery.
Keep out of reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
No artificial flavors, gluten free.
Gf Gluten free
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 315840.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Fish Body Oil, Bovine Gelatin, Glycerin, Water, Purified, Natural Flavors.

How many labels does High Potency EPA & DHA have?

6 labels are on file under this name since January 25, 2017: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 315840 (current) Entered August 22, 2024 · on the market · 30 packs
  2. Label 276837 Entered September 22, 2022 · off the market December 18, 2023 · 30 packs
  3. Label 259827 Entered February 23, 2022 · on the market · 30 packs
  4. Label 259816 Entered January 22, 2022 · on the market · 30 packs
  5. Label 69715 Entered January 25, 2017 · off the market September 3, 2021 · 30 packs
  6. Label 69695 Entered January 25, 2017 · on the market · 30 packs

DSLD also links this label to: Circulatory Health (bundle set), Men's Prostate (bundle set), Vitality & Sexual Health (bundle set), Mega Men Multivitamin (bundle set).

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

Who makes it?

The label names GNC Holdings, LLC (distributor), Pittsburgh, PA. All GNC Mega Men products.

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