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Brain Octane Oil

by Bulletproof · liquid · 16 fl. Oz.

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 8 15709 02073 6
  • DSLD label 213899
  • Serving 5 to 15 ml (1 tsp-1 Tbsp); amounts per 15 ml
  • 32 servings

Brain Octane Oil by Bulletproof lists one ingredient: 14 g of caprylic acid triglycerides per serving of 15 ml. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on February 26, 2020.

What is in Brain Octane Oil?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 15 ml. 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 Octane Oil: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 213899, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories130 Calories
Total Fat14 g18%Fat (unspecified) in Brain Octane Oil against 11,965 products14 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 2.5 g, the median 1.5 g.14 g

Higher than 98% of 11,965 products listing fat (unspecified) (median 1.5 g).

Saturated Fat14 g70%Saturated fat in Brain Octane Oil against 5,234 products14 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 1.5 g, the median 1 g.14 g

Higher than 98% of 5,234 products listing saturated fat (median 1 g).

Trans Fat0 g
Caprylic Acid Triglycerides14 gMedium Chain Triglycerides in Brain Octane Oil against 559 products14 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 5 g, the median 1.5 g.14 g

Higher than 91% of 559 products listing medium chain triglycerides (median 1.5 g).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 213899 (entered February 26, 2020), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD. 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 14 g of caprylic acid triglycerides (filed by NIH under medium chain triglycerides) is higher than 91% of the 559 medium chain triglycerides products that print an amount; 5 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?

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
Recipe for success. Brain Octane oil is flavorless so you can add it to just about everything. Start with one teaspoon and build to the full one-tablespoon serving over several days. Try it in salad dressings, smoothies or your morning cup of Bulletproof Coffee-just start small so your stomach stays happy.
Warnings
Safety-sealed. Replace if outer seal is broken.
Brain Octane and all edible oils react with certain plastics (including Styrofoam) and should only be used with utensils and containers made of metal, glass, ceramic or safe HDPE plastics.
Do not heat about 320 degrees F
Allergens and what it does not contain
No palm oil whatsoever.
Storage
Refrigeration not required.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 213899.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Caprylic Acid Triglycerides.

How many labels does Brain Octane Oil have?

2 labels are on file under this name since December 22, 2017: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 213899 (current) Entered February 26, 2020 · on the market · 16 fl. Oz. · UPC 8 15709 02073 6
  2. Label 81158 Entered December 22, 2017 · off the market March 5, 2021 · 16 fl. Oz.

DSLD also links this label to: Brain Octane C8 MCT Oil (package size 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 Bullet Proof 360 Inc. (distributor), Seattle, WA. All Bulletproof products.

Where next?