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Branched-Chain Amino Acid Powder

by NOW Sports · powder · 12 ounces

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 00213 6
  • DSLD label 314250
  • Serving 5.2 g (1 1/2 level teaspoons)
  • 65 servings

Branched-Chain Amino Acid Powder by NOW Sports lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 5.2 g, such as 2.3 g of L-leucine, 1.1 g of L-isoleucine and 1.1 g of L-valine. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 20, 2024.

What is in Branched-Chain Amino Acid Powder?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 5.2 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).

Branched-Chain Amino Acid Powder: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 314250, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories20 Calories
L-LeucineL-Leucine Note: (free-form) (2,300 mg)2.3 gLeucine in Branched-Chain Amino Acid Powder against 2,056 products2.3 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 3.5 g, the median 2.5 g.2.3 g

56% of 2,056 products listing leucine give more (median 2.5 g). Per day at the most servings: 6.9 g.

L-IsoleucineL-Isoleucine Note: (free-form) (1,100 mg)1.1 gIsoleucine in Branched-Chain Amino Acid Powder against 1,614 products1.1 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 1.5 g, the median 1.23 g.1.1 g

52% of 1,614 products listing isoleucine give more (median 1.23 g). Per day at the most servings: 3.3 g.

L-ValineL-Valine Note: (free-form) (1,100 mg)1.1 gValine in Branched-Chain Amino Acid Powder against 1,632 products1.1 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 1.5 g, the median 1.25 g.1.1 g

54% of 1,632 products listing valine give more (median 1.25 g). Per day at the most servings: 3.3 g.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 314250 (entered June 20, 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?

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.

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: Spoon Stirred: Add 1 1/2 level teaspoons of BCAA Powder to a glass filled with 8-10 oz. of water or your favorite beverage and mix vigorously with a spoon for about 15-20 seconds. Take 1 to 3 times daily. Can be taken before meals or before and after exercise. Shaker: Add 2 level teaspoons of BCAA Powder to your shaker cup filled with 8-10 oz. of water or your favorite beverage. Cover and shake for about 10 seconds to ensure a good mix. Take 1 to 3 times daily. Can be taken before meals or before and after exercise. Tip: Try adding BCAA Powder to your favorite protein powder, meal replacement product, or weight-gainer shake.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only. Keep out of reach of children.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Do not eat freshness packet enclosed.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Steroid tested Non-GMO
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients.
Storage
This product is sold by weight not volume.
Store in a cool, dry, dark place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 314250.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Sunflower Lecithin.

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; Informed Sport We Test You Trust; Triangle K (Kosher). Listed with: Informed Sport or Informed Choice (a seal is the label's claim; the certifier's own list confirms it).

How many labels does Branched-Chain Amino Acid Powder have?

7 labels are on file under this name since October 1, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 335340 Entered September 25, 2025 · off the market January 21, 2025 · 12 ounces · UPC 7 33739 00213 6
  2. Label 314250 (current) Entered June 20, 2024 · on the market · 12 ounces · UPC 7 33739 00213 6
  3. Label 210371 Entered December 22, 2019 · on the market · 12 oz. · UPC 7 33739 00213 6
  4. Label 70151 Entered January 25, 2017 · off the market November 7, 2019 · 12 oz. · UPC 7 33739 00213 6
  5. Label 69481 Entered January 25, 2017 · off the market November 30, 2016 · 12 oz. · UPC 7 33739 00213 6
  6. Label 26883 Entered October 25, 2013 · off the market July 18, 2016 · 12 oz. · UPC 7 33739 00213 6
  7. Label 13514 Entered October 1, 2012 · off the market September 11, 2012 · 12 oz. · UPC 7 33739 00213 6

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 (packager), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW Sports products.

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