Berberine X5
by InnovaPharm Essentials · capsule · 90 capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 6 36946 25160 4
- DSLD label 299145
- Serving 1 capsule
- 90 servings
Berberine X5 by InnovaPharm Essentials lists one ingredient: 100 mg of GlucoVantage per serving of 1 capsule. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on September 25, 2023.
What is in Berberine X5?
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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| GlucoVantageas Dihydroberberine | 100 mg | 76% of 419 products listing berberine give more (median 400 mg). Per day at the most servings: 300 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 299145 (entered September 25, 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 1 to 3 servings 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?
6 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- GlucoVantageAlpha Lion Gains Candy same ingredients
- Gains Candy GlucovantageAlpha Lion same ingredients
- Dihydroberberine SR 150 mgEndurance Products Company same ingredients
- LIPO BerberineAlive By Science same ingredients
- Lipo BerberineRenue By Science same ingredients
- BerbercapThorne Research · off the market same ingredients
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
- 1 capsule before carbs Suggested use: Take 1 capsule, 15-30 minutes before carbohydrate containing meals. Use up to 3 capsules daily.
- Warnings
- Warning: This product is only to be consumed by healthy adults, 18 years of age or older.
- If you are pregnant, breast feeding, have known medical conditions (including but not limited to: kidney, liver or heart disease) or are taking prescription or OTC medication(s), consult with your health care practitioner before using this product.
- Discontinue use two weeks prior to surgery.
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Allergen Information: Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, fish, shellfish, egg, milk or tree nut ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- Vegan + Non-GMO + Gluten free
- Allergen Information: Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, fish, shellfish, egg, milk or tree nut ingredients.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 299145.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Rice, Powder, Vegetable Capsule, Magnesium Stearate.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Manufactured in a U.S. GMP Facility.
How many labels does Berberine X5 have?
One label is on file, entered on September 25, 2023.
- Label 299145 (current) Entered September 25, 2023 · on the market · 90 capsules · UPC 6 36946 25160 4
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names InnovaPharm (distributor), Freeport, NY. All InnovaPharm Essentials products.