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Super ORAC

by Nature's Sunshine · capsule · 90 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 99904 00808 3
  • DSLD label 278285
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 45 servings

Super ORAC by Nature's Sunshine lists 9 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 12 mcg of selenium and 150 mg of polyphenols; 7 sit inside a blend without their own amounts. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on October 24, 2022.

What is in Super ORAC?

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).

Super ORAC: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 278285, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Seleniumas Selenomethionine12 mcg22%Selenium in Super ORAC against 7,658 products12 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 27 mcg to 100 mcg, the median 55 mcg.DV 55 mcgUL 400 mcg12 mcg

93% of 7,658 products listing selenium give more (median 55 mcg). Per day at the most servings: 24 mcg.

Polyphenols150 mgPolyphenols in Super ORAC against 249 products150 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 19.5 mg to 180 mg, the median 80 mg.150 mg

Higher than 69% of 249 products listing polyphenols (median 80 mg). Per day at the most servings: 300 mg.

Proprietary Blend550 mg
Green Tea leaves extractin the blend, no amount given
Mangosteen pericarp extractin the blend, no amount given
Turmeric root extractin the blend, no amount given
Quercetinas Sophora japonicain the blend, no amount given
Resveratrolas Japanese Knotweedin the blend, no amount given
Apple Fruit Extractin the blend, no amount given
Acai berry concentratein the blend, no amount given

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 278285 (entered October 24, 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?

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:

  • 93% of the 7,658 products that print an amount of selenium list more than its 12 mcg of selenium (median 55 mcg).

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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Super ORAC's, rare ingredients counting for more.

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
Recommended use: Take 2 capsules twice daily with meals.
Warnings
Do not use if inner seal is missing or damaged.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 278285.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Gelatin, Water, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide.

How many labels does Super ORAC have?

6 labels are on file under this name since January 25, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 278285 (current) Entered October 24, 2022 · on the market · 90 capsules · UPC 0 99904 00808 3
  2. Label 220438 Entered May 22, 2020 · off the market January 21, 2022 · 90 capsules · UPC 0 99904 00808 3
  3. Label 205800 Entered August 23, 2019 · off the market April 7, 2020 · 90 capsules · UPC 0 99904 00808 3
  4. Label 17799 Entered March 25, 2013 · off the market February 27, 2019 · 90 capsules · UPC 0 99904 00808 3
  5. Label 17721 Entered January 25, 2013 · off the market February 27, 2019
  6. Label 4493 Entered January 25, 2012 · off the market February 1, 2012 · 90 capsules · UPC 0 99904 00808 3

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 Sunshine Products, Inc. (manufacturer), Spanish Fork, UT. All Nature's Sunshine products.

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