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Blade

by Blue Star Nutraceuticals · capsule · 120 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • DSLD label 268377
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 60 servings

Blade by Blue Star Nutraceuticals lists 12 ingredients, 8 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 450 mg of sweet pepper 'CH-19', 400 mg of acetyl-L-carnitine hydrochloride, 300 mg of green tea leaf extract and 50 mg of advantra Z; 4 sit inside a blend without their own amounts. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 16, 2022.

What is in Blade?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 capsules. 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).

Blade: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 268377, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Sweet Pepper 'CH-19'as Capsicum annuum0.75%450 mgCapsicum in Blade against 874 products450 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 100 mg, the median 44.5 mg.450 mg

Higher than 89% of 874 products listing capsicum (median 44.5 mg).

Acetyl-L-Carnitine Hydrochloride400 mgAcetyl L-Carnitine in Blade against 933 products400 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 200 mg to 525 mg, the median 500 mg.400 mg

57% of 933 products listing acetyl L-carnitine give more (median 500 mg).

Green Tea leaf extractas EGCG45% EGCG300 mgGreen Tea in Blade against 2,595 products300 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 250 mg, the median 100 mg.300 mg

Higher than 77% of 2,595 products listing green tea (median 100 mg).

Caffeine Blend225 mg
Caffeine Anhydrous200 mgCaffeine in Blade against 3,358 products225 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 100 mg to 275 mg, the median 200 mg.225 mg

Higher than 67% of 3,358 products listing caffeine (median 200 mg).

CaffeinexumXR delayed release caffeine25 mg
Advantra Zas Bitter Orange, p-Synephrine25% p-synephrine50 mgBitter orange in Blade against 198 products50 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 200 mg, the median 100 mg.50 mg

63% of 198 products listing bitter orange give more (median 100 mg).

Rauwolfia vomitoria extract4:18 mgAfrican Snakeroot in Blade against 102 products8 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 1 mg to 2 mg, the median 2 mg.8 mg

Higher than over 99% of 102 products listing african snakeroot (median 2 mg).

Huperzia serrataas Huperzine A1% Huperzine A400 mcgToothed Clubmoss in Blade against 90 products0.4 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 1 mg to 10 mg, the median 5 mg.0.4 mg

78% of 90 products listing toothed clubmoss give more (median 5 mg).

XD Delivery Technology61 mg
Fumaratein the blend, no amount given
Bioperineas Black Pepper95% Piperinein the blend, no amount given
AstraGinas Astragalus membranaceous, Panax notoginsengin the blend, no amount given
Sodium R-alpha Lipoatein the blend, no amount given
Succinatein the blend, no amount given

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 268377 (entered June 16, 2022), 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?

The rows in the top or bottom tenth of the products that list the same ingredient, and any above the adult upper limit at the most servings a day the directions give:

  • Its 8 mg of rauwolfia vomitoria extract (filed by NIH under african snakeroot) is higher than over 99% of the 102 african snakeroot products that print an amount.

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 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.

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.

Warnings
Allergy Warning: Processed in a facility that processes milk, egg, soy, wheat, peanut, tree nut, fish, and shellfish ingredients.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 268377.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Magnesium Stearate, Microcrystalline Cellulose.

How many labels does Blade have?

3 labels are on file under this name since September 21, 2017: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 268377 (current) Entered June 16, 2022 · on the market · 120 capsules
  2. Label 78797 Entered September 21, 2017 · off the market January 11, 2019 · 120 capsules · UPC 0 61442 00081 2
  3. Label 78791 Entered September 21, 2017 · off the market January 26, 2018 · 120 capsules · UPC 0 61442 00003 4

Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).

Who makes it?

The label names Blue Star Nutraceuticals (manufacturer). All Blue Star Nutraceuticals products.

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