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Professional AREDS 2 Macular Health Formula

by ProVision · capsule · 60 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 8 99205 00037 9
  • DSLD label 230784
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 30 servings

Professional AREDS 2 Macular Health Formula by ProVision lists 6 ingredients, 6 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 500 mg of vitamin C, 268 mg of vitamin E, 40 mg of zinc and 1 mg of copper. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 23, 2020.

What is in Professional AREDS 2 Macular Health Formula?

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).

Professional AREDS 2 Macular Health Formula: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 230784, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin Cas Ascorbic Acid500 mg556%Vitamin C in Professional AREDS 2 Macular Health Formula against 18,583 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 270 mg, the median 100 mg.DV 90 mgUL 2,000 mg500 mg

Higher than 81% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C (median 100 mg).

Vitamin Eas D-Alpha-Tocopheryl SuccinateVitamin E (Form: as D-Alpha Tocopheryl Succinate)268 mg1,787%
Zincas Zinc Oxide40 mg364%Zinc in Professional AREDS 2 Macular Health Formula against 13,186 products40 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 5 mg to 15 mg, the median 11 mg.DV 11 mgUL 40 mg40 mg

Higher than 96% of 13,186 products listing zinc (median 11 mg).

Copperas Copper OxideCopper (Form: as Copper Oxide)1 mg111%Copper in Professional AREDS 2 Macular Health Formula against 6,468 products1 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 mg to 2 mg, the median 1 mg.DV 0.9 mgUL 10 mg1 mg

40% of 6,468 products listing copper give more (median 1 mg).

Luteinas Marigold flower extractLutein (Form: from Marigold flower extract PlantPart: flower)10 mgLutein in Professional AREDS 2 Macular Health Formula against 2,493 products10 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 mg to 10 mg, the median 3 mg.10 mg

Higher than 71% of 2,493 products listing lutein (median 3 mg).

Zeaxanthinas Marigold flower extractZeaxanthin (Form: from Marigold flower extract PlantPart: flower)2 mgZeaxanthin in Professional AREDS 2 Macular Health Formula against 1,215 products2 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 0.4 mg to 2 mg, the median 1 mg.2 mg

Higher than 62% of 1,215 products listing zeaxanthin (median 1 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 230784 (entered July 23, 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 40 mg of zinc is higher than 96% of the 13,186 zinc products that print an amount; 434 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: Take two capsules daily all at once, or one capsule twice daily with meals.
2 capsules per day
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children
Tamper resistant package. Do not use if outer seal is broken.
Allergens and what it does not contain
No artificial colors Gluten-free
Storage
Store at room temperature

Source: label statements in DSLD label 230784.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Silicate, Magnesium Silicate, Vegetable Fatty Acids, Silica.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Manufactured & packaged in the USA with USA and imported ingredients.

How many labels does Professional AREDS 2 Macular Health Formula have?

2 labels are on file under this name since June 24, 2016: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 230784 (current) Entered July 23, 2020 · on the market · 60 capsules · UPC 8 99205 00037 9
  2. Label 62197 Entered June 24, 2016 · off the market May 12, 2020 · 60 capsules · UPC 8 99205 00037 9

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

Who makes it?

The label names Vitamin Science, Inc. (distributor), Huntington, NY. All ProVision products.

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