Ingredients
Read the label before you buy it.
Every ingredient in all eleven formulas, on one page, with the amount that is printed on its tin. Search it.
Energy
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Caffeine
Plant extract 50 mgThe compound green tea and coffee both contain. The panel prints it as caffeine, with the amount, and names no source.
Printed on the panel as Caffeine
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L-Theanine
Amino acid 30 mgAn amino acid that occurs in tea leaves. Two formulas carry it at two different amounts, so both numbers are printed.
Printed on the panel as L-Theanine · Green Tea (L-Theanine)
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Vitamin B12
Vitamin 1000 mcgOne of the eight B vitamins. Methylcobalamin is the form in this tin; “B12” on its own would not tell you that.
Printed on the panel as Vitamin B12
Sleep
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Melatonin
Hormone 1 mgA hormone the body makes on its own. One milligram is an ordinary amount, not a heroic one.
Printed on the panel as Melatonin
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Valerian
Botanical 50 mgA root that has been in European kitchens for centuries. Fifty milligrams of extract.
Printed on the panel as Valerian root extract
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Lavender
Botanical 20 mgThe flowering herb from the linen drawer.
Printed on the panel as Lavender extract
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Chamomile
Botanical 10 mgThe flower in the tea, as an extract.
Printed on the panel as Chamomile extract
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Hibiscus
Botanical 10 mgThe flower that turns a tea deep red. Our panel and our lab paperwork name two different hibiscus species, so until that is settled we print neither Latin name.
Printed on the panel as Hibiscus extract
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Xylitol
Sweetener Toxic to dogs. Keep the tin away from petsIn Sleep.
A sugar alcohol, on the Sleep panel only. Toxic to dogs even in small amounts. Keep that tin where a dog cannot reach it.
Hangover
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Curcumin
Botanical 20 mgThe yellow compound in turmeric root.
Printed on the panel as Curcuma Longa extract
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Andrographis
Botanical 15 mgA bitter herb grown across South and Southeast Asia.
Printed on the panel as Andrographis paniculata extract
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Phyllanthus niruri
Botanical 15 mgPhyllanthus niruri
A plant the panel names by its Latin name and no common one, so neither do we.
Printed on the panel as Phyllanthus Niruri extract
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Phyllanthus emblica
Botanical 15 mgPhyllanthus emblica
A related plant, also called amla. Named on the panel by its Latin name, and measured on its own rather than pooled with the one above it.
Printed on the panel as Phyllanthus Emblica extract
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Date palm
Botanical 20 mg -
Grape
Botanical 15 mgThe panel names it by its Latin name, Vitis vinifera, as an extract. No part of the fruit, no extract ratio. So this row stops there too.
Printed on the panel as Vitis Vinifera extract
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Chicory
Botanical 15 mgThe blue-flowered root you are more likely to have met in a coffee substitute.
Printed on the panel as Cichorium intybus extract
Cognitive Relax
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L-Theanine
Amino acid 50 mgAn amino acid that occurs in tea leaves. Two formulas carry it at two different amounts, so both numbers are printed.
Printed on the panel as L-Theanine · Green Tea (L-Theanine)
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GABA
Amino acid 25 mgGamma-aminobutyric acid, spelled out in full on the panel.
Printed on the panel as Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA)
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Vitamin B6
Vitamin 6 mgSupplied here as pyridoxine hydrochloride, which is the form the panel names.
Printed on the panel as Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine Hydrochloride)
Mushroom Focus
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Lion's Mane
Mushroom 30 mgA shaggy white mushroom, sold dried far more often than fresh.
Printed on the panel as Hericium erinaceus (Lion's Mane)
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Maitake
Mushroom 25 mgHen-of-the-woods, if you have met it at a market.
Printed on the panel as Grifola frondosa (Maitake)
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Cordyceps
Mushroom 25 mgA fungus. On the Mushroom Focus tin the printed label and the batch certificate name two different Cordyceps species, so this row names neither. Intimate Vitality carries a cordyceps too, at a different amount, under its own entry below.
Printed on the panel as Cordyceps
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Shiitake
Mushroom 20 mgThe kitchen mushroom, dried and extracted.
Printed on the panel as Lentinus edodes (Shiitake)
Probiotic
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Bifidobacterium lactis
Probiotic 37.5 mg (10 Billion CFU)Bifidobacterium lactis
A named bacterial species, counted in colony-forming units rather than milligrams. It lives in a tin, not in the fridge door.
Printed on the panel as Bifidobacterium lactis
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Polydextrose
Fiber 50 mg
Appetite Balance
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Saffron
Botanical 10 mgThe stigma of a crocus, picked by hand, which is most of why it costs what it costs.
Printed on the panel as Crocus sativus (Saffron)
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Chromium
Mineral 75 mcgA trace mineral, here as chromium picolinate.
Printed on the panel as Chromium (as Chromium Picolinate)
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Molybdenum
Mineral 10 mcgA trace mineral most people have never heard of and most dinners already contain.
Printed on the panel as Molybdenum (as Molybdenum Glycinate 400 mcg)
Bone Support
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Vitamin D3
Vitamin Not vegan: lanolin-sourced2000 IUThe D3 form, and ours comes from lanolin. That is the whole reason Bone Support is not vegan.
Printed on the panel as Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol)
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Vitamin K2
Vitamin 120 mcgMenaquinone on the panel, with no number after it. The label does not say which menaquinone, so neither do we.
Printed on the panel as Vitamin K2 (Menaquinone)
Iron
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Iron
Mineral Keep out of reach of children. Read the warning19 mgAs ferric saccharate. Iron is the one ingredient here that carries a federal warning about children, and on the product page that warning sits above the buy button, not under it.
Printed on the panel as Iron (as Ferric Saccharate)
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Folate
Vitamin 400 mcg DFE (240 mcg Folic Acid)Supplied as folic acid. The panel prints it in micrograms DFE (dietary folate equivalents) with the folic-acid amount beside it, because that is how this nutrient is declared.
Printed on the panel as Folate
Beauty + Collagen
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Collagen peptide
Peptide Not vegan: animal-sourced100 mgAnimal-sourced, and the manufacturer has not told us which animal. Until they do, the panel says collagen peptide and so does this row.
Printed on the panel as Collagen Peptide
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Vitamin E
Vitamin 6 mgThe synthetic DL form. The panel names it because the two forms are not the same thing.
Printed on the panel as Vitamin E (DL-alpha-Tocopherol)
Intimate Vitality
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Cordyceps militaris
Mushroom 50 mgCordyceps militaris
The cultivated cordyceps. On this tin the printed panel and the batch certificate name the same species, so this row does too.
Printed on the panel as Cordyceps militaris
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Shilajit
Resin 50 mgAsphaltum punjabianum
A resin that seeps out of rock at altitude. The panel prints the Latin name, so it is here too.
Printed on the panel as Asphaltum punjabianum (Shilajit)
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Oyster peptide
Peptide Contains shellfish20 mgDerived from oyster. That makes Intimate Vitality a shellfish product, and it is stated on the panel, on the product page and here.
Printed on the panel as Oyster peptide
The film, and what makes it taste of anything.
These are on the list because a brand that prints its label cannot also claim to have no fillers. Mannitol and cellulose are bulking agents. They are on our panel, so they are on this page.
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Pullulan
Film baseIn every one of the eleven formulas.
The strip itself: a polymer that dries to a sheet thin enough to sit on a tongue. It is gone in about thirty seconds.
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Mannitol
Bulking agentIn Energy, Hangover, Cognitive Relax, Probiotic.
A sugar alcohol that gives the film its body.
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Cellulose
Bulking agentIn every one of the eleven formulas.
Plant fiber, doing the same job: holding the film's shape.
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Lecithin
EmulsifierIn every one of the eleven formulas.
Keeps the mix even while the film dries.
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Malic acid
AcidIn Energy, Sleep, Hangover, Cognitive Relax, Probiotic, Appetite Balance, Bone Support, Beauty + Collagen.
The sourness in a green apple. It keeps the sweeteners honest.
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Pectin
Gelling agentIn Energy, Cognitive Relax, Bone Support, Beauty + Collagen, Intimate Vitality.
The setting agent from fruit peel, the same one in jam.
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Erythritol
SweetenerIn Energy, Sleep, Cognitive Relax, Probiotic, Bone Support, Intimate Vitality.
A sugar alcohol. There is no sugar in any of the eleven.
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Steviol glycosides
SweetenerIn every one of the eleven formulas.
The sweet part of the stevia leaf.
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Monk fruit extract
SweetenerIn Cognitive Relax, Mushroom Focus, Probiotic, Iron, Beauty + Collagen, Intimate Vitality.
The other sweetener on this list.
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Sorbitol
SweetenerIn Sleep, Appetite Balance, Bone Support, Intimate Vitality.
A sugar alcohol, printed as sorbitol syrup on three panels and as sorbitol on one.
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Xylitol
Sweetener Toxic to dogs. Keep the tin away from petsIn Sleep.
A sugar alcohol, on the Sleep panel only. Toxic to dogs even in small amounts. Keep that tin where a dog cannot reach it.
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Medium chain triglycerides
Carrier oilIn Sleep, Mushroom Focus, Probiotic, Iron.
A fat that carries the flavor through the film.
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Xanthan gum
ThickenerIn Mushroom Focus, Iron.
A fermented gum that thickens the mix before it dries.
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Citric acid
AcidIn Iron.
The sourness in a lemon, on the Iron panel in place of malic acid.
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Licorice extract
FlavorIn Hangover.
On the Hangover panel only, and in the other ingredients rather than the actives, which is why the batch paperwork measures seven things on that tin and not eight.
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Flavor
FlavorIn every one of the eleven formulas.
Each tin names its own: cranberry, raspberry, mango, mixed berry, strawberry and peppermint, mango and orange, chocolate.
Nothing here matches that.
Try a formula name like Sleep, an ingredient like folate, or a kind like mineral.
A link beside an ingredient points at the public record for that substance: an NIH fact sheet or a paper. It is not a claim that this formula does anything a paper describes, and we have left the link off wherever the literature is mostly about treating a condition.
How to read a panel
Four lines and a column of numbers.
A strip is a film. The film is pullulan, and the rest of the panel is what makes a film hold together and taste of something. None of that is an active. All of it is printed, and all of it is on this page.
The actives sit above that line, each with a number beside it. Hold those numbers against the tin in your hand. If the two ever disagree, the tin is the one that shipped, and we want to hear about it that day.
Six formulas are vegan-friendly. Iron and Mushroom Focus are vegetarian, and are not called vegan here. Three are not vegan, and one of those contains a shellfish allergen. Every one of those is flagged on its ingredient below and again on the product page, above the buy button rather than under it.
Where an amount has not been confirmed to us, the row says so in those words ('Not published') rather than carry an invented figure. Today every row on every tin prints a number.