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Brain Energy

by Host Defense Mushrooms MycoBotanicals · powder · 3.5 ounces

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 6 33422 60886 0
  • DSLD label 312622
  • Serving 3 g (1 tsp.)
  • 33 servings

Brain Energy by Host Defense Mushrooms MycoBotanicals lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 3 g, such as 1.5 g of Lion's mane, 750 mg of yerba mate and 750 mg of eleuthero, beside 1 Nutrition Facts row (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 25, 2024.

What is in Brain Energy?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 3 g. 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 Energy: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 312622, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories5 Calories
Total Carbohydrates1 g1%Carbohydrate in Brain Energy against 21,979 products1 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 6 g, the median 3 g.1 g

74% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate give more (median 3 g).

Lion's Manecertified organic, rice biomass1.5 gHericium mushroom in Brain Energy against 373 products1,500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 200 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 500 mg.1,500 mg

Higher than 90% of 373 products listing hericium mushroom (median 500 mg).

Yerba Matecertified organic750 mg
Eleutheroas Eleutherococcus senticosuscertified organic750 mgEleuthero in Brain Energy against 726 products750 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 200 mg, the median 100 mg.750 mg

Higher than 94% of 726 products listing eleuthero (median 100 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 312622 (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:

  • Its 1,500 mg of Lion's mane (filed by NIH under hericium mushroom) is higher than 90% of the 373 hericium mushroom products that print an amount; 21 list more.
  • Its 750 mg of eleuthero is higher than 94% of the 726 eleuthero products that print an amount; 40 list more.

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?

1 product lists 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
Directions: Adults take 1 tsp. daily.
Warnings
Caution: If you have a medical condition, are taking medications, or are pregnant or breastfeeding, consult a healthcare professional before using this product.
Keep out of reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Gluten free
Non GMO

Source: label statements in DSLD label 312622.

What else is on the label?

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): USDA Organic; Certified Organic Washington State Department of Agriculture Organic Program. Listed with: USDA Organic seal (a seal is the label's claim; the certifier's own list confirms it).

How many labels does Brain Energy have?

One label is on file, entered on July 25, 2024.

  1. Label 312622 (current) Entered July 25, 2024 · on the market · 3.5 ounces · UPC 6 33422 60886 0

DSLD also links this label to: Brain Energy (image difference, same product), Brain Energy (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 Fungi Perfecti, LLC (distributor), Olympia, WA. All Host Defense Mushrooms MycoBotanicals products.

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