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Branched-Chain Amino Acids

by NOW Sports · capsule · 240 veg capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 00054 5
  • DSLD label 314251
  • Serving 4 veg capsules
  • 60 servings

Branched-Chain Amino Acids by NOW Sports lists 3 ingredients; 3 sit inside a blend without their own amounts. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on October 24, 2024.

What is in Branched-Chain Amino Acids?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 4 veg 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).

Branched-Chain Amino Acids: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 314251, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories10 Calories
Branched-Chain Amino AcidsBranched-Chain Amino Acids Note: 2,600 mg2.6 g
L-Leucinein the blend, no amount given
L-Isoleucinein the blend, no amount given
L-Valinein the blend, no amount given

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 314251 (entered October 24, 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; 3 ingredients sit inside a blend, so their amounts cannot be compared.

The NIH database records 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?

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: Take 4 capsules twice daily before meals or exercise.
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, 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
Steroid tested Non-GMO Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry, dark place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 314251.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Stearic Acid, 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 Acids have?

17 labels are on file under this name since October 25, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 314251 (current) Entered October 24, 2024 · on the market · 240 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 00054 5
  2. Label 314249 Entered October 24, 2024 · on the market · 120 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 00053 8
  3. Label 244500 Entered February 25, 2021 · on the market · 240 veg capsules
  4. Label 244493 Entered February 25, 2021 · on the market · 120 veg capsules
  5. Label 244485 Entered February 25, 2021 · on the market · 60 veg capsules
  6. Label 210353 Entered December 22, 2019 · on the market · 240 capsules · UPC 7 33739 00054 5
  7. Label 210321 Entered December 22, 2019 · on the market · 120 capsules · UPC 7 33739 00053 8
  8. Label 210320 Entered December 22, 2019 · on the market · 60 capsules · UPC 7 33739 00051 4
  9. Label 73545 Entered April 25, 2017 · off the market July 24, 2018 · 60 capsules · UPC 7 33739 00051 4
  10. Label 70115 Entered January 25, 2017 · off the market July 24, 2018 · 240 capsules · UPC 7 33739 00054 5
  11. Label 70114 Entered January 25, 2017 · off the market July 24, 2018 · 120 capsules · UPC 7 33739 00053 8
  12. Label 69454 Entered January 25, 2017 · off the market November 30, 2016 · 240 capsules · UPC 7 33739 00054 5
  13. Label 69453 Entered January 25, 2017 · off the market November 30, 2016 · 120 capsules · UPC 7 33739 00053 8
  14. Label 69452 Entered January 25, 2017 · off the market March 7, 2017 · 60 capsules · UPC 7 33739 00051 4
  15. Label 12994 Entered October 25, 2012 · off the market July 18, 2016 · 240 capsules · UPC 7 33739 00054 5
  16. Label 12993 Entered October 25, 2012 · off the market July 18, 2016 · 120 capsules · UPC 7 33739 00053 8
  17. Label 12986 Entered October 25, 2012 · off the market July 18, 2016 · 60 capsules · UPC 7 33739 00051 4

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 Sports products.

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