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Exact product checked · GTIN 00737870181392Life Extension · checked Jul 22, 2026🇺🇸 USPTO wordmark owner · Life Extension Foundation, Inc. · FLORIDA, USAPackage says manufactured for: Quality Supplements and Vitamins, Inc. · Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309
Quick read · Life Extension

Life Extension Zinc Caps, zinc 50 mg, zinc Citrate

Checked against public sources between July 22 and July 24, 2026 · LookCloser does not sell or recommend supplements.

90capsules
90servings per container

Does the marketing hold up?

Package and trademark records name different responsible entities. The package says manufactured for: Quality Supplements and Vitamins, Inc., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33309. USPTO names Life Extension Foundation, Inc. as the exact wordmark owner. …

Is the dose real?Listing and panel agreeboth say 50 mg of Zinc
What a serving costs$0.07per serving, at the checked price
Is it tested?ConsumerLab seal printed on the labelwe read it off the package photo
Who’s behind it?🇺🇸Life Extension Foundation, Inc.corporation · FLORIDA, USA
Is it the real thing?Barcode matches outside records
Trouble on record?Recall check not run yeta gap in our records, not a finding about the product

“Couldn’t verify” means we looked and found no public proof — not a mark against the product. Most supplement claims cannot be independently verified by anyone, so grey is the normal state of this industry.

1◖ partly confirmed2? couldn’t verifyno contradictions · no recalls
The label itself

What the Supplement Facts panel says

Serving size Serving Size 1 Vegetarian Capsule · 90 servings per container

Zinc (as OptiZinc® zinc monomethionine, zinc citrate)50 mg

Printed on the package: GLUTEN FREE · NON GMO LE CERTIFIED · MANUFACTURED IN THE USA · VEGETARIAN LE CERTIFIED · NON GMO · LE CERTIFIED · VEGETARIAN · ConsumerLab.com

We read 1 lines from the package photograph. It is our transcript of the label, not the manufacturer’s panel, and it may be incomplete.

Marketing claims, checked

The checks, one by one

The public sources did not settle the marketing promises on this label.

Partly confirmed1

“Life Extension Zinc Caps, zinc 50 mg, zinc Citrate, Support The Body's Immune defenses, Ultra-absorbable, Vegetarian, Non-GMO, Gluten-Free, 90…”

Published research exists for ingredients in this formula. Whether this product’s doses match those studies could not be confirmed.

Evidence →

Ingredient research can support context, but it is not a trial of this exact product.

?Couldn’t verify independently2

“majority of our products are non-GMO, gluten-free and manufactured in the USA—and a Certificate of Analysis is available for every product we”

“Made in USA” can describe only final bottling. Ingredient-sourcing records were not located for this product.

Evidence →
“matter – Sourced using only the finest raw ingredients with the purity and potency your body”

No named laboratory or lot-specific certificate was found for this exact product. No exact brand product page was available for a document check. NSF, IFOS, USP, and Informed-Sport were not checked in this record. This is a public-evidence limit, not a finding that testing did not occur.

Evidence →

We looked and found no public proof. That does not count against the product.

Quick read · 2 useful findings

What is worth knowing.

Headlines first. Open evidence only when you want the source trail.

CheckedIs the label honest?

Every ingredient shows its amount · 1 ingredients listed.

Every ingredient shows its real amount — nothing is hidden in a proprietary blend.

Evidence and sources

The panel gives a per-ingredient amount rather than hiding quantities inside a proprietary blend, so each one can be compared to published research.

Locked evidence record →Open the full source-linked finding
CheckedCan you trust the review pattern?

We can see 71 of this product’s 430 reviews — the count rose between August 9, 2025 and August 28, 2026. That is too small a slice to say anything about the wider pattern.

A count that moves steadily is ordinary. A sudden burst is what deserves a closer look.

Evidence and sources

Written reviews rose from 359 to 430 between August 9, 2025 and August 28, 2026. The largest rise inside any single 30-day window was about 12, so the count moved in steps rather than in one burst.

Locked evidence record →Open the full source-linked finding
What remains open 1
  • We have not found a public label filing for this exact product.

These are evidence gaps, not strikes against the product.

Who owns the brand wordmark?
🇺🇸
Life Extension Foundation, Inc.Corporation · exact supplement-class mark for LIFE EXTENSION
Registration3789340
Registered2010-05-18
AssignmentsYes

Filed address
3600 West Commercial Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale, FLORIDA 33309, UNITED STATES

USPTO identifies the public owner or applicant behind this brand wordmark. This does not by itself identify the product manufacturer or prove where the product was made. Open USPTO source ↗

Research behind the findings

Dose and research context

The label amount is shown beside the range used in the linked ingredient studies.

Dose vs research

Zinc

50 mg per serving — above the 8–40 mg/day used in the linked studies.

Linked ingredient research · label amount, not a recommendation
Background reading

What the research says about these amounts

Not a score. Studies disagree with each other and change over time, so this sits beside the evidence rather than counting toward it — it is here so you can read the sources yourself.

The panel lists 50 mg of zinc per serving. Studies we found used 8 mg–40 mg a day, so this sits above that range.

0studied 8 mg–40 mg

Study ranges differ between trials and change as research changes. This is background reading, not a pass, a failure, or a recommendation.

Where it sells

Price check for this exact product

Amazon

Exact UPC/GTIN match
$6.75

$0.07 per labeled serving

matching UPC/GTIN · checked Aug 29, 2026

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iHerb

Exact UPC/GTIN match
$6.75

4.8/5 · 32,830 ratings

$0.07 per labeled serving

matching UPC/GTIN · checked Jul 24, 2026

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Target

Not confirmed
No exact listing saved

We only show a price when the seller publishes the same barcode as the bottle. We haven’t found that match here.

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Walmart

Not confirmed
No exact listing saved

We only show a price when the seller publishes the same barcode as the bottle. We haven’t found that match here.

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Same UPC/GTIN observed across 2 sellers at the same price at check time.

Reference prices only · no affiliate links · every compared seller must publish the matching UPC/GTIN.

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Record built September 03, 2026. Sources: source listing observed at check time · USPTO Trademark Search · Keepa exact-listing history · NIH / published research · certification and regulator records where available. LookCloser publishes evidence and gaps; it does not advise for or against any supplement. Evidence-based corrections welcome.