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Focus Alert

by Altrum · capsule · 90 veg capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • DSLD label 331466
  • Serving 2 veg capsules
  • 45 servings

Focus Alert by Altrum lists 12 ingredients, 12 with an amount per serving of 2 veg capsules, such as 36 mg of vitamin C, 12 mg of vitamin B6, 10 mg of potassium and 800 mg of L-tyrosine. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 24, 2025.

What is in Focus Alert?

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

Focus Alert: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 331466, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin C36 mg40%Vitamin C in Focus Alert against 18,583 products36 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 60 mg to 270 mg, the median 100 mg.DV 90 mgUL 2,000 mg36 mg

83% of 18,583 products listing vitamin C give more (median 100 mg).

Potassium Ascorbate60 mg
Vitamin B6as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride12 mg706%Vitamin B6 in Focus Alert against 15,277 products12 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 2 mg to 20 mg, the median 6 mg.DV 1.7 mgUL 100 mg12 mg

Higher than 66% of 15,277 products listing vitamin B6 (median 6 mg).

Potassiumelemental, from10 mg1%Potassium in Focus Alert against 11,614 products10 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 190 mg, the median 99 mg.DV 4,700 mg10 mg

93% of 11,614 products listing potassium give more (median 99 mg).

Potassium Ascorbate60 mg
L-TyrosineL-Tyrosine Note: free-form800 mgTyrosine in Focus Alert against 1,680 products800 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 150 mg to 989 mg, the median 500 mg.800 mg

Higher than 72% of 1,680 products listing tyrosine (median 500 mg).

L-PhenylalanineL-Phenylalanine Note: free-form300 mgPhenylalanine in Focus Alert against 611 products300 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 100 mg to 597.5 mg, the median 250 mg.300 mg

Higher than 55% of 611 products listing phenylalanine (median 250 mg).

Taurine100 mgTaurine in Focus Alert against 2,337 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 110 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 500 mg.100 mg

76% of 2,337 products listing taurine give more (median 500 mg).

Grape seed extractas Polyphenols80 mgGrape in Focus Alert against 1,900 products80 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 100 mg, the median 50 mg.80 mg

Higher than 57% of 1,900 products listing grape (median 50 mg).

Dimethylaminoethanolas Dimethylaminoethanol Bitartrate60 mgDeanol in Focus Alert against 365 products60 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 150 mg, the median 100 mg.60 mg

55% of 365 products listing deanol give more (median 100 mg).

Ginkgo 50:1 standardized extractas Ginkgoflavonglycosides, Terpene Lactones40 mgGinkgo in Focus Alert against 1,339 products40 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 30 mg to 120 mg, the median 60 mg.40 mg

68% of 1,339 products listing ginkgo give more (median 60 mg).

CoQ10as Ubiquinone10 mgCoenzyme Q-10 in Focus Alert against 2,922 products10 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 30 mg to 100 mg, the median 60 mg.10 mg

85% of 2,922 products listing coenzyme Q-10 give more (median 60 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 331466 (entered July 24, 2025), 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?

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:

  • 93% of the 11,614 products that print an amount of potassium list more than its 10 mg of potassium (median 99 mg).
  • 85% of the 2,922 products that print an amount of coenzyme Q-10 list more than its 10 mg of CoQ10 (filed by NIH under coenzyme Q-10) (median 60 mg).

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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Focus Alert's, rare ingredients counting for more.

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 2 capsules daily between meals.
Warnings
Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Caution: For adults only.
Consult a physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Phenylketonurics (PKU): This product contains L-Phenylalanine.
Keep out of reach of children.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients.
Non-GMO
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 331466.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide.

How many labels does Focus Alert have?

2 labels are on file under this name since September 24, 2021: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 331466 (current) Entered July 24, 2025 · on the market · 90 veg capsules
  2. Label 255032 Entered September 24, 2021 · off the market November 19, 2024 · 90 veg capsules

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

Who makes it?

The label names ALTRUM Nutrition Div. of AMSOIL INC. (distributor), Superior, WI. All Altrum products.

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