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Lutein & Greens 20 mg

by Carlson · capsule · 180 vegetarian capsules

  • Off the market since February 2024 (NIH)
  • UPC 0 88395 08662 5
  • DSLD label 241504
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 180 servings

Lutein & Greens 20 mg by Carlson lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 30 mcg RAE of vitamin A, 20 mg of lutein and 1,000 mcg of zeaxanthin. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on December 26, 2020.

What is in Lutein & Greens 20 mg?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 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).

Lutein & Greens 20 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 241504, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin Aas Beta-CaroteneVitamin A (Form: as Beta Carotene)30 mcg RAE3%
Luteinas Marigolds, Trans-LuteinLutein (Form: as Trans-Lutein, extracted from Marigolds PlantPart: flower Genus: Tagetes Species: erecta)20 mgLutein in Lutein & Greens 20 mg against 2,493 products20 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 mg to 10 mg, the median 3 mg.20 mg

Higher than 86% of 2,493 products listing lutein (median 3 mg).

Zeaxanthinas MarigoldsZeaxanthin (Form: extracted from Marigolds PlantPart: flower Genus: Tagetes Species: erecta)1,000 mcgZeaxanthin in Lutein & Greens 20 mg against 1,215 products1 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 0.4 mg to 2 mg, the median 1 mg.1 mg

42% of 1,215 products listing zeaxanthin give more (median 1 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 241504 (entered December 26, 2020), 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 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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Lutein & Greens 20 mg'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
Directions: Adults: take one capsule daily at mealtime.
Allergens and what it does not contain
No artificial preservatives Milk/Casein-free

Source: label statements in DSLD label 241504.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: organic Kale powder, Spirulina (Arthrospira platensis) powder, Hypromellose capsule, Magnesium Stearate, Microcrystalline Cellulose.

How many labels does Lutein & Greens 20 mg have?

7 labels are on file under this name since December 23, 2015: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 241504 (current) Entered December 26, 2020 · off the market February 16, 2024 · 180 vegetarian capsules · UPC 0 88395 08662 5
  2. Label 216533 Entered March 24, 2020 · off the market December 4, 2020 · 180 vegetarian capsules · UPC 0 88395 08662 5
  3. Label 216532 Entered March 24, 2020 · off the market December 4, 2020 · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 0 88395 08666 3
  4. Label 209436 Entered November 21, 2019 · off the market May 16, 2019 · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 0 88395 08666 3
  5. Label 209435 Entered November 21, 2019 · off the market May 16, 2019 · 180 vegetarian capsules · UPC 0 88395 08662 5
  6. Label 54982 Entered December 23, 2015 · off the market June 14, 2018 · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 0 88395 08666 3
  7. Label 54978 Entered December 23, 2015 · off the market March 30, 2018 · 180 vegetarian capsules · UPC 0 88395 08662 5

DSLD also links this label to: Lutein & Greens (image difference, same product).

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

Who makes it?

The label names Carlson Division of J.R. Carlson Laboratories, Inc. (distributor), Arlington Heights, IL. All Carlson products.

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