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Epi Cat

by Blackstone Labs · capsule · 60 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 6 42125 50282 5
  • DSLD label 204931
  • Serving 1 capsule; amounts per 2 capsules
  • 30 servings

Epi Cat by Blackstone Labs lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 700 mg of green tea extract and 300 mg of epicatechins. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 24, 2019.

What is in Epi Cat?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 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).

Epi Cat: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 204931, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Green Tea extract700 mgGreen Tea in Epi Cat against 2,595 products700 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 250 mg, the median 100 mg.700 mg

Higher than 95% of 2,595 products listing green tea (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,400 mg.

Epicatechins300 mgEpicatechin in Epi Cat against 45 products300 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 300 mg, the median 200 mg.300 mg

Higher than 69% of 45 products listing epicatechin (median 200 mg). Per day at the most servings: 600 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 204931 (entered July 24, 2019), 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 700 mg of green tea is higher than 95% of the 2,595 green tea products that print an amount; 135 list more.

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?

2 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
Directions As a dietary supplement, take 1 capsule two times daily with a meal. Do not exceed 2 capsules daily.
Warnings
Do not exceed 2 capsules daily.
Warning Not for use by individuals under the age of 18 years.
Do not take without first consulting with a licensed healthcare provider or physician. Do not take this product if you have been diagnosed with androgen-sensitive cancers, high cholesterol, hypertension, or any other current or pre-existing medical condition.
Do not take if pregnant or nursing.
Keep out of reach of children.
Allergen warning: Manufactured on shared equipment that also processes eggs, wheat, & Soy (Lecithin).

Source: label statements in DSLD label 204931.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Rice Flour, Gelatin, Magnesium Stearate, Stearic Acid, Silica.

How many labels does Epi Cat have?

2 labels are on file under this name since July 24, 2015: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 204931 (current) Entered July 24, 2019 · on the market · 60 capsules · UPC 6 42125 50282 5
  2. Label 47317 Entered July 24, 2015 · off the market July 24, 2018 · 60 capsules · UPC 6 42125 50282 5

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

Who makes it?

The label names Blackstone Labs (distributor), Boca Raton, FL. All Blackstone Labs products.

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