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Source Of Life Blue Lightning

by Nature's Plus · powder · 0.5 lb

  • Off the market since July 2015 (NIH)
  • UPC 0 97467 30573 1
  • DSLD label 15076
  • Serving 6 g (2 rounded tsp)
  • 38 servings

Source Of Life Blue Lightning by Nature's Plus lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 6 g, such as 5 g of total carbohydrates. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on December 21, 2012.

What is in Source Of Life Blue Lightning?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 6 g. 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).

Source Of Life Blue Lightning: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 15076, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories22 Calories
Total Carbohydrates5 g2%Carbohydrate in Source Of Life Blue Lightning against 21,979 products5 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 6 g, the median 3 g.5 g

Higher than 65% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate (median 3 g).

Sugar1 gSugar in Source Of Life Blue Lightning against 11,807 products1 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 4 g, the median 2 g.1 g

69% of 11,807 products listing sugar give more (median 2 g).

Blue Lightning Proprietary Whole Food Blendas Activessence, Beet, Belgian Endive6,000 mg

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 15076 (entered December 21, 2012), 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 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: As a dietary supplement, add two rounded teaspoons of SOURCE OF LIFE BLUE LIGHTNING to 8 oz. of water or juice and stir gently. SOURCE OF LIFE BLUE LIGHTNING may also be sprinkled on food and added to shakes and smoothies.
Warnings
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Free from artificial colors and preservatives. Free from the common allergens yeast, wheat, soy and milk.
Storage
KEEP TIGHTLY CLOSED IN A COOL, DRY PLACE.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 15076.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Natural flavor.

How many labels does Source Of Life Blue Lightning have?

2 labels are on file under this name since November 21, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 15076 (current) Entered December 21, 2012 · off the market July 31, 2015 · 0.5 lb · UPC 0 97467 30573 1
  2. Label 15470 Entered November 21, 2012 · off the market February 28, 2022 · 180 vegetarian capsules · UPC 0 97467 30574 8

DSLD also links this label to: Source of Life Blue Lightening with Blueberry, Red Wine Grape, Elderberry and Black Currant (image difference, same product).

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 Plus (distributor), Melville, NY. All Nature's Plus products.

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