Alpha Ketoglutaric Acid

by Klaire Labs · capsule · 60 vegetarian capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 09616 13506 8
  • DSLD label 280430
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 60 servings

Alpha Ketoglutaric Acid by Klaire Labs lists one ingredient: 300 mg of alpha-ketoglutarate per serving of 1 capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 23, 2023.

What is in Alpha Ketoglutaric Acid?

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).

Alpha Ketoglutaric Acid: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 280430, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Alpha-Ketoglutarate300 mgAlpha-Ketoglutarate in Alpha Ketoglutaric Acid against 51 products300 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 300 mg, the median 150 mg.300 mg

Higher than 53% of 51 products listing alpha-ketoglutarate (median 150 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 280430 (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?

4 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
Suggested Use: As a dietary supplement take one capsule daily or as directed by a healthcare practitioner. Capsules may be pulled apart and nutrients taken separately.
Warnings
Do not use if full-bottle shrinkwrap is broken or missing.
Keep out of reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Free of the following common allergens: milk/casein, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat/gluten, corn, yeast, and soybeans. Contains no artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place (59 degrees F - 85 degrees F) away from direct light.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 280430.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Water, L-Leucine.

How many labels does Alpha Ketoglutaric Acid have?

3 labels are on file under this name since April 21, 2022: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 322246 Entered February 23, 2025 · off the market February 18, 2025 · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 7 09616 13506 8
  2. Label 280430 (current) Entered January 23, 2023 · on the market · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 7 09616 13506 8
  3. Label 264555 Entered April 21, 2022 · off the market March 18, 2022 · 60 vegetarian capsules · UPC 7 09616 13506 8

DSLD also links this label to: Alpha-Ketoglutaric (image 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 ProThera, Inc. (manufacturer), Reno, NV. All Klaire Labs products.

Where next?