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Lycopene 15 mg

by Carlson · softgel capsule · 60 softgels

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 88395 08716 5
  • DSLD label 241497
  • Serving 1 softgel
  • 60 servings

Lycopene 15 mg by Carlson lists one ingredient: 15 mg of lycopene per serving of 1 softgel. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on December 26, 2020.

What is in Lycopene 15 mg?

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

Lycopene 15 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 241497, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Lycopene15 mgLycopene in Lycopene 15 mg against 1,691 products15 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 mg to 5 mg, the median 1.2 mg.15 mg

Higher than 91% of 1,691 products listing lycopene (median 1.2 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 241497 (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?

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 15 mg of lycopene is higher than 91% of the 1,691 lycopene products that print an amount; 99 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.

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 soft gel daily at mealtime.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Tomato-free
Carlson Lycopene is tomato-free.
Gluten-free No artificial preservatives

Source: label statements in DSLD label 241497.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Sunflower Oil, Soft Gel Shell, Silicon Dioxide.

How many labels does Lycopene 15 mg have?

4 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 241497 (current) Entered December 26, 2020 · on the market · 60 softgels · UPC 0 88395 08716 5
  2. Label 216530 Entered March 24, 2020 · on the market · 180 softgels · UPC 0 88395 08712 7
  3. Label 54996 Entered December 23, 2015 · off the market December 4, 2020 · 60 softgels · UPC 0 88395 08716 5
  4. Label 54993 Entered December 23, 2015 · off the market May 16, 2019 · 180 softgels · UPC 0 88395 08712 7

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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