Neptune Krill Oil 500 mg
by Protocol For Life Balance · softgel capsule · 60 softgels
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 7 07359 11625 2
- DSLD label 292274
- Serving 2 softgels
- 30 servings
Neptune Krill Oil 500 mg by Protocol For Life Balance lists 6 ingredients, 6 with an amount per serving of 2 softgels, such as 1,000 mg of neptune krill oil, 450 mg of phospholipids and 360 mcg of esterified astaxanthin, beside 1 Nutrition Facts row (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 18, 2023.
What is in Neptune Krill Oil 500 mg?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 softgels. 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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 10 Calories | ||
| Total Fat | 1 g | 1% | 56% of 11,965 products listing fat (unspecified) give more (median 1.5 g). Per day at the most servings: 2 g. |
| Neptune Krill Oil1 g | 1,000 mg | 11% of 320 products listing krill oil give more (median 1 g). Per day at the most servings: 2 g. | |
| Omega-3 Fatty Acids | 250 mg | 72% of 2,714 products listing omega-3 give more (median 500 mg). Per day at the most servings: 500 mg. | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid | 135 mg | 73% of 3,134 products listing EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) give more (median 300 mg). Per day at the most servings: 270 mg. | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid | 60 mg | 86% of 3,627 products listing DHA give more (median 232 mg). Per day at the most servings: 120 mg. | |
| Phospholipids | 450 mg | Higher than 83% of 257 products listing phospholipid (median 245 mg). Per day at the most servings: 900 mg. | |
| Esterified Astaxanthin | 360 mcg | 63% of 955 products listing astaxanthin give more (median 1 mg). Per day at the most servings: 0.72 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 292274 (entered July 18, 2023), 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 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?
6 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- Neptune Krill Oil 500 mgNOW · off the market same ingredients
- Super Krill 1,000 mgLuckyVitamin same ingredients
- Krill OilOnnit same ingredients
- Krill OilDaVinci Laboratories same ingredients
- Sustainable Krill OilOnnit · off the market same ingredients
- Neptune Krill Oil 1000 mgNOW · off the market same ingredients
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
- Suggested usage: Take 2 softgels twice daily, or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.
- Warnings
- Cautions/interactions: For adults only.
- Use may be accompanied by mild, but transient GI discomfort.
- NKO may interact with some medications including blood thinners (NSAIDs, Warfarin) and statins.
- Do not take this product if you are allergic to shellfish.
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Contains shellfish (krill).
- Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- It is tested to be free of potentially harmful levels of contaminated such as PCCs, dioxins, mercury and other heavy metals.
- Non-GMO
- Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg or fish ingredients.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 292274.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Bovine Gelatin, Glycerin, Water.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Friend of the Sea.
How many labels does Neptune Krill Oil 500 mg have?
7 labels are on file under this name since June 25, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 292274 (current) Entered July 18, 2023 · on the market · 60 softgels · UPC 7 07359 11625 2
- Label 73057 Entered April 25, 2017 · off the market June 9, 2022 · 60 softgels · UPC 7 07359 11625 2
- Label 69326 Entered January 25, 2017 · off the market March 7, 2017 · 60 softgels · UPC 7 07359 11625 2
- Label 67649 Entered December 23, 2016 · off the market November 30, 2016 · 60 softgels · UPC 7 07359 11625 2
- Label 23629 Entered July 25, 2013 · off the market December 23, 2015 · 60 softgels · UPC 7 07359 11625 2
- Label 15119 Entered November 21, 2012 · off the market August 9, 2012 · 60 softgels · UPC 7 07359 11625 2
- Label 10160 Entered June 25, 2012 · off the market May 1, 2012 · 60 softgels · UPC 7 07359 11625 2
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names Protocol For Life Balance (manufacturer, distributor), Bloomingdale, IL. All Protocol For Life Balance products.