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Brain Elevate

by NOW · capsule · 120 veg capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 03304 8
  • DSLD label 315772
  • Serving 1 veg capsule
  • 120 servings

Brain Elevate by NOW lists 7 ingredients, 7 with an amount per serving of 1 veg capsule, such as 50 mg of choline, 60 mg of ginkgo leaf extract, 25 mg of RoseOx and 15 mg of phosphatidyl serine. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 25, 2024.

What is in Brain Elevate?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 veg 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).

Brain Elevate: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 315772, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Cholineas Choline Bitartrate50 mg9%Choline in Brain Elevate against 4,738 products50 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 18 mg to 100 mg, the median 40 mg.DV 550 mgUL 3,500 mg50 mg

Higher than 54% of 4,738 products listing choline (median 40 mg). Per day at the most servings: 100 mg.

Ginkgo Leaf Extractas Ginkgoflavonglycosides, Ginkgolidesminimum 24% Ginkgoflavonglycosides, and 6% Ginkgolides60 mgGinkgo in Brain Elevate against 1,339 products60 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 30 mg to 120 mg, the median 60 mg.60 mg

45% of 1,339 products listing ginkgo give more (median 60 mg). Per day at the most servings: 120 mg.

RoseOxas Rosemary Leaf Extractstandardized Rosemary Leaf Extract, minimum 6% Carnosic Acid25 mgRosemary in Brain Elevate against 332 products25 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 100 mg, the median 50 mg.25 mg

68% of 332 products listing rosemary give more (median 50 mg). Per day at the most servings: 50 mg.

Phosphatidyl Serine15 mgPhosphatidylserine in Brain Elevate against 641 products15 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 150 mg, the median 100 mg.15 mg

88% of 641 products listing phosphatidylserine give more (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 30 mg.

Huperzine Complexas Huperzia serrata25 mcgHuperzine in Brain Elevate against 589 products25 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mcg to 200 mcg, the median 100 mcg.25 mcg

89% of 589 products listing huperzine give more (median 100 mcg). Per day at the most servings: 50 mcg.

L-Glutaminefree-form125 mgGlutamine in Brain Elevate against 1,850 products0.125 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.356 g to 3 g, the median 1 g.0.125 g

86% of 1,850 products listing glutamine give more (median 1 g). Per day at the most servings: 0.25 g.

Gotu Kola leaf extract4:1 Extract125 mgGotu Kola in Brain Elevate against 393 products125 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 225 mg, the median 100 mg.125 mg

Higher than 59% of 393 products listing gotu kola (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 250 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 315772 (entered July 25, 2024), 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:

  • 89% of the 589 products that print an amount of huperzine list more than its 25 mcg of huperzine (median 100 mcg).

The NIH database records 1 to 2 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?

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 usage: Take 1 capsule 1 to 2 times daily.
Warnings
Do not exceed dosage without advice of a physician.
Caution: For adults only. Keep out of reach of children.
Not for pregnant or nursing women. Consult physician if taking medication (especially anticonvulsants, antidepressants, and those that may affect bleeding time), have a medical condition (including liver disease and coagulation disorders), or are planning to have surgery.
Do not exceed recommended dose.
Contains soy (phosophatidyl serine from soy lecithin) (non-GMO).
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Non-GMO
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 315772.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Rice Flour, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Crescent H (Halal) GMP Quality Assured; Triangle K (Kosher).

How many labels does Brain Elevate have?

12 labels are on file under this name since November 21, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 315772 (current) Entered July 25, 2024 · on the market · 120 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 03304 8
  2. Label 313623 Entered May 23, 2024 · on the market · 60 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 03303 1
  3. Label 245724 Entered March 25, 2021 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 60 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 03303 1
  4. Label 245723 Entered March 25, 2021 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 120 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 03304 8
  5. Label 63699 Entered August 24, 2016 · off the market September 22, 2023 · 120 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 03304 8
  6. Label 63698 Entered August 24, 2016 · off the market September 22, 2023 · 60 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 03303 1
  7. Label 59970 Entered May 22, 2016 · off the market March 31, 2016 · 60 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 03303 1
  8. Label 57370 Entered March 24, 2016 · off the market March 31, 2016 · 120 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 03304 8
  9. Label 14994 Entered November 21, 2012 · off the market December 23, 2015 · 120 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 03304 8
  10. Label 14992 Entered November 21, 2012 · off the market August 9, 2012 · 120 vcaps(R) · UPC 7 33739 03304 8
  11. Label 14990 Entered November 21, 2012 · off the market January 19, 2016 · 60 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 03303 1
  12. Label 14989 Entered November 21, 2012 · off the market August 9, 2012 · 60 vcaps(R) · UPC 7 33739 03303 1

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

Who makes it?

The label names NOW FOODS (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW products.

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