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Vitamin D3

by Higher Nature · capsule · 60 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 5 031013 103803
  • DSLD label 275920
  • Serving 1 to 2 capsules (adults); amounts per 1 capsule
  • 60 servings

Vitamin D3 by Higher Nature lists one ingredient: 12.5 mcg (500 IU) of vitamin D3 per serving of 1 capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 23, 2023.

What is in Vitamin D3?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 capsule. 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).

Vitamin D3: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 275920, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin D3Vitamin D3 Note: 500 IU12.5 mcg (500 IU)250%Vitamin D in Vitamin D3 against 14,175 products12.5 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 10 mcg to 25 mcg, the median 15 mcg.DV 20 mcgUL 100 mcg12.5 mcg

53% of 14,175 products listing vitamin D give more (median 15 mcg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 275920 (entered January 23, 2023), 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?

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: Adults take 1-2 capsules (children 5 and over 1 capsule) a day with meals. Do not exceed recommended daily intake. Food supplements should not be used as a substitute for a varied and balanced diet and healthy lifestyle.
Warnings
Storage: Store in a cool, dry place out of reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Free from: Artificial colours, flavourings or preservatives, corn, dairy products, gluten, lactose, maize, salt, soya, starch, sugar, wheat, yeast.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 275920.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Sunflower Oil, Bovine Gelatine, Vitamin D3.

How many labels does Vitamin D3 have?

6 labels are on file under this name since April 23, 2020: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 275920 (current) Entered January 23, 2023 · on the market · 60 capsules · UPC 5 031013 103803
  2. Label 245918 Entered June 23, 2021 · off the market February 15, 2022 · 60 capsules · UPC 5 031013 103803
  3. Label 245917 Entered June 23, 2021 · on the market · 120 capsules · UPC 5 031013 103810
  4. Label 223414 Entered June 24, 2020 · on the market · 60 capsules · UPC 5 031013 103803
  5. Label 216950 Entered April 23, 2020 · off the market September 1, 2020 · 13.5 mL · UPC 5 031013 107405
  6. Label 216945 Entered April 23, 2020 · on the market · 120 capsules · UPC 5 031013 103810

DSLD also links this label to: Vitamin D 500 IU (image difference, same product), Vitamin D 500 IU (package size difference, same product), Vitamin D 500 IU (package size difference, same product), Vitamin D 500 IU (package size 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 Higher Nature Ltd (manufacturer), Horam, East Sussex, UK. All Higher Nature products.

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