Alpha Lipoic Acid

by Nature's Sunshine · capsule · 60 capsules

On the market (NIH)
UPC 0 99904 01505 0
DSLD label 255154
Serving 1 capsule; amounts per 2 capsules
60 servings

Alpha Lipoic Acid by Nature's Sunshine lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 250 mg of alpha lipoic acid and 40 mg of turmeric. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 23, 2021.

What is in Alpha Lipoic Acid?

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

Alpha Lipoic Acid: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 255154, January 2026 release)
Ingredient	Amount	% DV	Among products listing it
Alpha Lipoic Acid	250 mg		Higher than 85% of 2,407 products listing alpha lipoic acid (median 50 mg). Per day at the most servings: 500 mg.
Turmeric	40 mg		82% of 2,369 products listing turmeric give more (median 150 mg). Per day at the most servings: 80 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 255154 (entered August 23, 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?

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 2 servings 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 Alpha Lipoic Acid's, rare ingredients counting for more.

R-Lipoic Acid 50 mgSource Naturals 1 shared, 53% alike
Alpha Lipoic Acid 600GNC · off the market 1 shared, 53% alike
Alpha Lipoic Acid 300GNC · off the market 1 shared, 53% alike
Alpha Lipoic Acid 100 mgVitamin World 1 shared, 53% alike
Alpha Lipoic Acid TR Time Release 600 mgNatrol · off the market 1 shared, 53% alike
Maximum Strength Alpha Lipoic Acid 600 mgVitamin World 1 shared, 53% alike

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: Recommended Use: Take 1 capsule twice daily.
Warnings: Do not use if inner seal is missing or damaged.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 255154.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Capsule, Cellulose, Vegetable Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Ko Pareve (Kosher).

How many labels does Alpha Lipoic Acid have?

3 labels are on file under this name since March 23, 2018: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

Label 255154 (current) Entered August 23, 2021 · on the market · 60 capsules · UPC 0 99904 01505 0
Label 208596 Entered November 21, 2019 · off the market June 9, 2021 · 60 capsules · UPC 0 99904 01505 0
Label 173800 Entered March 23, 2018 · off the market February 27, 2019 · 60 capsules

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

Who makes it?

The label names Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. (manufacturer), Spanish Fork, UT. All Nature's Sunshine products.