# Vitamin capsules

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-capsules/66715>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 27, 2001, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-capsules/66715 "2001-05-27T23:29:04Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![mwbee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dec6dc/32.png) [@mwbee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mwbee)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2001, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-capsules/66715/1 "2001-05-27T23:29:04Z")

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How long before a vitamin E caplet goes rancid? Before you have to throw it away?

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**Author:** ![Jois](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@Jois](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jois)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-capsules/66715/2 "2001-05-28T01:09:31Z")

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Didn’t it say on the label of the bottle?

Jois

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**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-capsules/66715/3 "2001-05-28T01:22:24Z")

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There should be an expiration date on the label. My recently-acquired bottle has a date of January 2004. By the way, vitamin E usually appears in a softgel, not a caplet.

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**Author:** ![mwbee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dec6dc/32.png) [@mwbee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mwbee)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2001, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vitamin-capsules/66715/4 "2001-05-28T01:57:42Z")

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Yes, it is a softgel, not a caplet. Thank you, Dave.