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Brain Energy

by Host Defense MycoBotanicals · powder · 3.5 ounces

  • Off the market since March 2023 (NIH)
  • UPC 6 33422 60886 0
  • DSLD label 278561
  • Serving 3 g (1 Level Teaspoon)
  • 33 servings

Brain Energy by Host Defense MycoBotanicals lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 3 g, such as 1.5 g of Lion's mane, 750 mg of yerba mate and 750 mg of eleuthero, beside 1 Nutrition Facts row (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on December 13, 2022.

What is in Brain Energy?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 3 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).

Brain Energy: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 278561, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calories5 Calories
Total Carbohydrates1 g1%Carbohydrate in Brain Energy against 21,979 products1 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1 g to 6 g, the median 3 g.1 g

74% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate give more (median 3 g). Per day at the most servings: 2 g.

Lion's Mane1.5 gHericium mushroom in Brain Energy against 373 products1,500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 200 mg to 1,000 mg, the median 500 mg.1,500 mg

Higher than 90% of 373 products listing hericium mushroom (median 500 mg). Per day at the most servings: 3,000 mg.

Yerba Mate750 mg
Eleuthero750 mgEleuthero in Brain Energy against 726 products750 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 200 mg, the median 100 mg.750 mg

Higher than 94% of 726 products listing eleuthero (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,500 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 278561 (entered December 13, 2022), 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:

  • Its 1,500 mg of Lion's mane (filed by NIH under hericium mushroom) is higher than 90% of the 373 hericium mushroom products that print an amount; 21 list more.
  • Its 750 mg of eleuthero is higher than 94% of the 726 eleuthero products that print an amount; 40 list more.

The NIH database records 1 to 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
Suggested Use: Adults take 1 tsp. 1-2 times per day, which can be mixed into your favorite food or beverage.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Non GMO Gluten free

Source: label statements in DSLD label 278561.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: myceliated Brown Rice.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): USDA Organic Non GMO Project Verified nongmoproject.org. Listed with: USDA Organic seal (a seal is the label's claim; the certifier's own list confirms it).

How many labels does Brain Energy 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 278561 (current) Entered December 13, 2022 · off the market March 28, 2023 · 3.5 ounces · UPC 6 33422 60886 0
  2. Label 255167 Entered September 24, 2021 · off the market February 14, 2022 · 3.5 ozs · UPC 6 33422 60886 0

DSLD also links this label to: Brain Energy (image difference, same product).

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

Who makes it?

The label names Fungi Perfecti, LLC (distributor), Olympia, WA. All Host Defense MycoBotanicals products.

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