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Immune Essentials

by The Vitamin Shoppe · capsule · 60 vegetable capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 66536 04035 3
  • DSLD label 243766
  • Serving 2 vegetable capsules
  • 30 servings

Immune Essentials by The Vitamin Shoppe lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 2 vegetable capsules, such as 1,000 mg of vitamin C, 50 mcg (2,000 IU) of vitamin D3, 50 mg of zinc and 250 mg of elderberry extract. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on February 25, 2021.

What is in Immune Essentials?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 vegetable capsules. 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).

Immune Essentials: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 243766, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin Cas Ascorbic Acid1,000 mg1,111%Vitamin C in Immune Essentials against 18,583 products1,000 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 270 mg, the median 100 mg.DV 90 mgUL 2,000 mg1,000 mg

Higher than 91% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg).

Vitamin D3as CholecalciferolVitamin D3 (Alt. Name: Cholecalciferol) Note: 2000 IU50 mcg (2,000 IU)250%Vitamin D in Immune Essentials against 14,175 products50 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 10 mcg to 25 mcg, the median 15 mcg.DV 20 mcgUL 100 mcg50 mcg

Higher than 81% of 14,175 products listing vitamin D (median 15 mcg).

Zincas Zinc Citrate, Zinc GluconateZinc (Form: as Zinc Gluconate, Zinc Citrate)50 mg455%Zinc in Immune Essentials against 13,186 products50 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 5 mg to 15 mg, the median 11 mg.DV 11 mgUL 40 mg50 mg

Higher than 97% of 13,186 products listing zinc (median 11 mg). 1.3 times the adult UL a day.

Elderberry extract250 mgEuropean Elder in Immune Essentials against 920 products250 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 400 mg, the median 150 mg.250 mg

Higher than 63% of 920 products listing european elder (median 150 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 243766 (entered February 25, 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?

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 1,000 mg of vitamin C is higher than 91% of the 18,583 vitamin C products that print an amount; 445 list more.
  • At 1 serving a day, the most its directions give, the label lists 50 mg of zinc, 1.3 times the adult Tolerable Upper Intake Level.

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?

5 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: Take two (2) vegetable capsules, daily preferably with a meal.
Warnings
Warning: Consult your healthcare provider prior to use if you are pregnant, nursing, taking any medications or have a medical condition.
Keep out of reach of children.
Tamper Evident Do not use if outer seal is broken or missing.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Gluten-free Dairy-free Soy-free Nut-free Does not contain gluten, sugar, salt, preservatives.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 243766.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Rice Flour, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Quality Promise Tested & Trusted.

How many labels does Immune Essentials have?

One label is on file, entered on February 25, 2021.

  1. Label 243766 (current) Entered February 25, 2021 · on the market · 60 vegetable capsules · UPC 7 66536 04035 3

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

Who makes it?

The label names The Vitamin Shoppe (distributor), Secaucus, NJ. All The Vitamin Shoppe products.

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