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PQQ Energy

by NOW · capsule · 30 veg capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 03168 6
  • DSLD label 313981
  • Serving 1 veg capsule
  • 30 servings

PQQ Energy by NOW lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 1 veg capsule, such as 1,000 mcg of vitamin B12, 20 mg of pqq, 200 mg of acetyl-L-carnitine and 30 mg of coenzyme Q-10. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on October 24, 2024.

What is in PQQ Energy?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 veg capsule. 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).

PQQ Energy: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 313981, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin B12as Methylcobalamin1,000 mcg41,667%Vitamin B12 in PQQ Energy against 14,425 products1,000 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 6 mcg to 200 mcg, the median 36 mcg.DV 2.4 mcg1,000 mcg

Higher than 89% of 14,425 products listing vitamin B12 (median 36 mcg).

Pqqas PQQ Disodium Salt20 mgPyrroloquinoline Quinone in PQQ Energy against 168 products20 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 10 mg to 20 mg, the median 10 mg.20 mg

Higher than 54% of 168 products listing pyrroloquinoline quinone (median 10 mg).

Acetyl-L-Carnitineas Acetyl-L-Carnitine Hydrochloride200 mgAcetyl L-Carnitine in PQQ Energy against 933 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 200 mg to 525 mg, the median 500 mg.200 mg

72% of 933 products listing acetyl L-carnitine give more (median 500 mg).

Coenzyme Q-1030 mgCoenzyme Q-10 in PQQ Energy against 2,922 products30 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 30 mg to 100 mg, the median 60 mg.30 mg

67% of 2,922 products listing coenzyme Q-10 give more (median 60 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 313981 (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.

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?

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 Usage: Take 1 capsule daily with a meal.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication (especially warfarin or acenocoumerol), or have a medical condition.
Keep out of reach of children.
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, corn, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Non-GMO
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, corn, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 313981.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Stearic Acid, Silicon Dioxide.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): GMP Quality Assured; Triangle K (Kosher).

How many labels does PQQ Energy have?

5 labels are on file under this name since November 25, 2014: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 313981 (current) Entered October 24, 2024 · on the market · 30 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 03168 6
  2. Label 245791 Entered March 25, 2021 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 30 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 03168 6
  3. Label 71086 Entered February 24, 2017 · on the market · 30 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 03168 6
  4. Label 55649 Entered January 25, 2016 · off the market November 30, 2016 · 30 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 03168 6
  5. Label 39077 Entered November 25, 2014 · off the market November 24, 2015 · 30 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 03168 6

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 products.

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