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Phosphatidyl Choline

by Carlson · softgel capsule · 250 softgels

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 88395 08762 2
  • DSLD label 55032
  • Serving 1 softgel

Phosphatidyl Choline by Carlson lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 1 softgel, such as 1,200 mg of phosphatidyl choline complex and 400 mg of phosphatidyl choline, beside 1 Nutrition Facts row (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on December 23, 2015.

What is in Phosphatidyl Choline?

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).

Phosphatidyl Choline: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 55032, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories10 Calories
Calories from Fat10 Calories
Total Fat1 g2%Fat (unspecified) in Phosphatidyl Choline against 11,965 products1 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 2.5 g, the median 1.5 g.1 g

56% of 11,965 products listing fat (unspecified) give more (median 1.5 g). Per day at the most servings: 3 g.

Phosphatidyl Choline Complexas Soy Lecithin1,200 mgPhosphatidylcholine in Phosphatidyl Choline against 403 products1,600 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 35 mg to 420 mg, the median 120 mg.1,600 mg

Higher than 95% of 403 products listing phosphatidylcholine (median 120 mg). Per day at the most servings: 4,800 mg.

Phosphatidyl CholinePhosphatidyl Choline Note: supplies400 mg
Choline54 mg10%*Choline in Phosphatidyl Choline against 4,738 products54 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 18 mg to 100 mg, the median 40 mg.DV 550 mgUL 3,500 mg54 mg

Higher than 64% of 4,738 products listing choline (median 40 mg). Per day at the most servings: 162 mg.

* % Daily Value computed from the printed amount and the FDA Daily Value (21 CFR 101.9); the label prints none for that row.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 55032 (entered December 23, 2015), 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 1,600 mg of phosphatidyl choline complex (filed by NIH under phosphatidylcholine) (2 rows of the label added together) is higher than 95% of the 403 phosphatidylcholine products that print an amount; 20 list more.

The NIH database records 3 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?

1 product lists 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: Take one soft gel one to three times daily, at mealtime.
Warnings
Contains soy.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 55032.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Medium Chain Triglyceride Oil, Soft Gel Shell.

How many labels does Phosphatidyl Choline have?

4 labels are on file under this name since May 24, 2013: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 55032 (current) Entered December 23, 2015 · on the market · 250 softgels · UPC 0 88395 08762 2
  2. Label 55002 Entered December 23, 2015 · on the market · 100 softgels · UPC 0 88395 08761 5
  3. Label 21382 Entered May 24, 2013 · off the market December 18, 2015 · 250 softgels · UPC 0 88395 08762 2
  4. Label 21379 Entered May 24, 2013 · off the market November 25, 2015 · 100 softgels · UPC 0 88395 08761 5

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

Who makes it?

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

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