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Lutein & Greens

by Carlson · capsule · 60 vegetarian capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 88395 08666 3
  • DSLD label 309936
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 60 servings

Lutein & Greens by Carlson lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 20 mg of lutein and 4 mg of zeaxanthin. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on May 23, 2024.

What is in Lutein & Greens?

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: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 309936, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Luteinas Trans-Lutein20 mgLutein in Lutein & Greens 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 Marigold Flower Extract4 mgZeaxanthin in Lutein & Greens against 1,215 products4 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 0.4 mg to 2 mg, the median 1 mg.4 mg

Higher than 81% of 1,215 products listing zeaxanthin (median 1 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 309936 (entered May 23, 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: Adults: Take one capsule daily at mealtime.
Warnings
Not for sale in California
Allergens and what it does not contain
IGEN Non-GMO Tested
No artificial preservatives Gluten-free

Source: label statements in DSLD label 309936.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Corn Starch, Kale, Powder, Spirulina, Powder, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Cellulose, Magnesium Stearate.

How many labels does Lutein & Greens have?

7 labels are on file under this name since December 26, 2020: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 337606 Entered August 22, 2025 · off the market April 22, 2025 · 30 vegetarian capsules · UPC 0 88395 86680 7
  2. Label 309936 (current) Entered May 23, 2024 · on the market · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 0 88395 08666 3
  3. Label 309937 Entered March 22, 2024 · on the market · 30 vegetarian capsules · UPC 0 88395 86680 7
  4. Label 309235 Entered February 22, 2024 · on the market · 180 vegetarian capsules · UPC 0 88395 08662 5
  5. Label 265185 Entered May 19, 2022 · off the market February 16, 2024 · 30 vegetarian capsules · UPC 0 88395 86680 7
  6. Label 241503 Entered December 26, 2020 · off the market February 16, 2024 · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 0 88395 08666 3
  7. Label 241500 Entered December 26, 2020 · off the market November 15, 2021 · 30 vegetarian capsules · UPC 0 88395 86680 7

DSLD also links this label to: Lutein & Greens 20 mg (image difference, same product), Lutein & Greens 20 mg (package size difference, same product), Lutein & Greens 20 mg (image difference, same product), Lutein & Greens 20 mg (package size difference, same product), Lutein & Greens 20 mg (image difference, same product), Lutein & Greens 20 mg (package size 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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