IngredientsSubstance reference

EPA

Fatty acids EUEFSAUSNIH ODS 16 products in Stacky

What the European Food Safety Authority and the United States National Institutes of Health have published about EPA intake, and what the catalogue records. Reference figures and citations only.

Stacky is an organisational tool, not a medical device. It does not provide medical advice, and nothing on this page says what EPA does. Talk to a doctor or pharmacist before starting, stopping or changing what you take.

Published intake references

Each figure is one authority’s published value, with the kind of figure and the people it applies to as that authority stated them. Where the EU and the US differ, both are shown and neither is averaged or converted. Only a tolerable upper intake level sets a ceiling. A recommended or adequate intake is context, not a limit.

EUEuropean Union — EFSA

No upper limit established by this authority None established EFSA sets no separate PRI or AI for EPA alone; its adult reference value is a combined EPA+dha ai of 250 mg/day (recorded under Omega-3). EUEFSA
No upper limit established by this authority None established No efsa ul established for EPA. EFSA (2012) could not derive a UL for EPA, DHA and DPA. EFSA instead stated supplemental intake levels that do not raise safety concerns. EUEFSA

USUnited States — NIH ODS / IOM

No upper limit established by this authority None established No IOM/nasem rda or AI for EPA. The only US omega-3 reference value is an AI for alpha-linolenic acid (ALA). USNIH ODS
No upper limit established by this authority None established No IOM/nasem ul established for EPA. The DRIs set no UL for omega-3 fatty acids. USNIH ODS

“None established” means that authority examined EPA and set no upper limit. What it published instead is below, with its own label.

Also published, and not a limit

EUEFSA: supplemental EPA alone that does not raise safety concerns 1.8 g adults. This is not a UL. EFSA also stated that supplemental EPA+DHA combined up to 5 g/day does not raise safety concerns for adults. EUEFSA

These are the authority’s own words for a figure that is not a tolerable upper intake level. The app never compares a dose against one; this page prints it because the authority did.

To cite a figure, cite the authority’s document linked on its card, and this page as where you read it: stacky-app.com/substances/epa, retrieved 13 November 2026. Every card has its own address: add #eu-none_established-2 to the page URL for the first one.

How it is recorded

What the app records so it can schedule a dose. None of it is advice.

Forms recorded: Softgel.

Default food note in the app: with food.

Indexed studies

Stacky has 5 papers indexed against EPA, and none of them is published here. A study reaches this page only if its own title names EPA and does not name a disease or clinical condition. None of the 5 passes that rule. They remain in the app. How this list is built →

About this page

Stacky is a supplement tracking app. It renders what you take and what published sources say about it; it does not tell you what to take. Every figure on this page names the authority that published it and links to that authority’s own page.

Not on this page: a dose of our own, a grade, a verdict on whether EPA works, or any statement that it treats, prevents or improves a condition. How these pages are built →

Figures are read from the authorities’ published tables and can go out of date when those tables are revised. If one here is wrong, tell us at support@stacky-app.com and we will check it against the source.