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Super DHA 500 500 mg

by Swanson · softgel capsule · 30 softgels

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 87614 17062 6
  • DSLD label 266985
  • Serving 1 softgel
  • 30 servings

Super DHA 500 500 mg by Swanson lists 5 ingredients, 5 with an amount per serving of 1 softgel, such as 1.22 g of calamarine EE marine oil, beside 2 Nutrition Facts rows (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 16, 2022.

What is in Super DHA 500 500 mg?

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).

Super DHA 500 500 mg: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 266985, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories15 Calories
Total Fat1.5 g2%Fat (unspecified) in Super DHA 500 500 mg against 11,965 products1.5 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 2.5 g, the median 1.5 g.1.5 g

44% of 11,965 products listing fat (unspecified) give more (median 1.5 g).

Cholesterol5 mg2%Cholesterol in Super DHA 500 500 mg against 5,275 products5 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 5 mg to 45 mg, the median 15 mg.5 mg

71% of 5,275 products listing cholesterol give more (median 15 mg).

Calamarine EE Marine Oil1.22 g
Total Omega-3 Fatty Acidsas Ethyl Esters (EE)675 mgOmega-3 in Super DHA 500 500 mg against 2,714 products675 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 230 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 500 mg.675 mg

Higher than 61% of 2,714 products listing omega-3 (median 500 mg).

Docosahexaenoic Acid500 mgDHA in Super DHA 500 500 mg against 3,627 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 104 mg to 400 mg, the median 232 mg.500 mg

Higher than 82% of 3,627 products listing DHA (median 232 mg).

Eicosapentaenoic Acid125 mgEPA (Eicosapentaenoic Acid) in Super DHA 500 500 mg against 3,134 products125 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 120 mg to 590 mg, the median 300 mg.125 mg

74% of 3,134 products listing EPA (eicosapentaenoic acid) give more (median 300 mg).

Other Omega-3 Fatty Acids50 mg

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 266985 (entered June 16, 2022), 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 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?

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
Suggested use: As a dietary supplement, take one softgel per day with a meal.
Warnings
Warning: For adults only.
Consult your healthcare provider before using this or any product if you are pregnant or nursing, taking medication, especially blood-thinning medication, or if you have a medical condition.
Keep out of reach of children.
Do not use if seal is broken.
Contains shellfish (squid)
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place. Do not refrigerate.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 266985.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, Glycerin, Water, Purified, natural Lemon flavor, Rosemary extract, Tocopherols, Sunflower Lecithin, Ascorbyl Palmitate.

How many labels does Super DHA 500 500 mg have?

2 labels are on file under this name since September 24, 2019: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 266985 (current) Entered June 16, 2022 · on the market · 30 softgels · UPC 0 87614 17062 6
  2. Label 203441 Entered September 24, 2019 · off the market March 26, 2021 · 30 softgels · UPC 0 87614 17062 6

DSLD also links this label to: Super DHA 500 (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 Swanson Health Products (distributor), Fargo, ND. All Swanson products.

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