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Branched Chain Aminos

by Vital Nutrients · capsule · 180 vegetarian capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 6 93465 18811 8
  • DSLD label 304957
  • Serving 3 vegetarian capsules
  • 60 servings

Branched Chain Aminos by Vital Nutrients lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 3 vegetarian capsules, such as 1,125 mg of leucine, 270 mg of isoleucine, 270 mg of valine and 210 mg of lysine hydrochloride. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on January 24, 2024.

What is in Branched Chain Aminos?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 3 vegetarian 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 Aminos: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 304957, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
LeucineUSP1,125 mgLeucine in Branched Chain Aminos against 2,056 products1.13 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 3.5 g, the median 2.5 g.1.13 g

72% of 2,056 products listing leucine give more (median 2.5 g). Per day at the most servings: 2.25 g.

IsoleucineUSP270 mgIsoleucine in Branched Chain Aminos against 1,614 products0.27 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 1.5 g, the median 1.23 g.0.27 g

83% of 1,614 products listing isoleucine give more (median 1.23 g). Per day at the most servings: 0.54 g.

ValineUSP270 mgValine in Branched Chain Aminos against 1,632 products0.27 g per serving; the middle half of products list 0.5 g to 1.5 g, the median 1.25 g.0.27 g

83% of 1,632 products listing valine give more (median 1.25 g). Per day at the most servings: 0.54 g.

Lysine HydrochlorideUSP210 mgLysine in Branched Chain Aminos against 1,250 products210 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 148.25 mg to 996.25 mg, the median 500 mg.210 mg

68% of 1,250 products listing lysine give more (median 500 mg). Per day at the most servings: 420 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 304957 (entered January 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.

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?

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
Recommendations Take 3 capsules twice daily, or as directed by your healthcare professional.
Warnings
Keep out of reach of children
Use only if safety seal is intact
Warning If pregnant, consult your physician before taking.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Excludes coatings, binders, gluten (wheat, rye, barley), milk/dairy (casein, whey), soy protein, egg protein, sugar. Verified by independent testing
Storage
Store sealed in a cool dry place

Source: label statements in DSLD label 304957.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose.

How many labels does Branched Chain Aminos have?

2 labels are on file under this name since October 23, 2019: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 304957 (current) Entered January 24, 2024 · on the market · 180 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 18811 8
  2. Label 208250 Entered October 23, 2019 · off the market December 7, 2022 · 180 vegetarian capsules · UPC 6 93465 18811 8

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

Who makes it?

The label names Vital Nutrients (manufacturer), Middletown, CT. All Vital Nutrients products.

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