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Vital Brain

by Return Healthy · capsule · 60 vegetarian capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • DSLD label 313321
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 30 servings

Vital Brain by Return Healthy lists 6 ingredients, 6 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 500 mg of acetyl-L-carnitine hydrochloride, 250 mg of cognizin, 200 mg of glycerophosphocholine and 100 mg of NeuroFactor. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 25, 2024.

What is in Vital Brain?

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).

Vital Brain: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 313321, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Acetyl-L-Carnitine Hydrochloride500 mgAcetyl L-Carnitine in Vital Brain against 933 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 200 mg to 525 mg, the median 500 mg.500 mg

26% of 933 products listing acetyl L-carnitine give more (median 500 mg).

Cognizinas Citicoline250 mgCiticoline in Vital Brain against 206 products250 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 125 mg to 250 mg, the median 250 mg.250 mg

21% of 206 products listing citicoline give more (median 250 mg).

Glycerophosphocholineas Soy Lecithin200 mgAlpha-GPC in Vital Brain against 656 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 150 mg to 300 mg, the median 200 mg.200 mg

49% of 656 products listing alpha-GPC give more (median 200 mg).

NeuroFactoras Coffee Whole Fruit Concentrate100 mgCoffee in Vital Brain against 263 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 100 mg to 100 mg, the median 100 mg.100 mg

24% of 263 products listing coffee give more (median 100 mg).

Phosphatidylserineas Sunflower Lecithin100 mgPhosphatidylserine in Vital Brain against 641 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 150 mg, the median 100 mg.100 mg

29% of 641 products listing phosphatidylserine give more (median 100 mg).

Ginkgo bilobaas Ginkgoflavonglycosides, Terpenes100 mgGinkgo in Vital Brain against 1,339 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 30 mg to 120 mg, the median 60 mg.100 mg

Higher than 59% of 1,339 products listing ginkgo (median 60 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 313321 (entered July 25, 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?

The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Vital Brain'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
Recommended Use: Take two capsules per day with meals, or as directed by your health care practitioner.
Warnings
Warning: Consult your health care practitioner before use if you are pregnant or lactating, have chronic kidney failure, or are taking prescription medication, especially blood thinners or anticoagulants.
Keep out of reach of children.
Report any adverse reactions to: (435) 213-4801
Allergens and what it does not contain
Does not contain gluten.
Storage
Store at room temperature.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 313321.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Cellulose, Silicon Dioxide, Dicalcium Phosphate, Stearate.

How many labels does Vital Brain have?

2 labels are on file under this name since February 21, 2023: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 313321 (current) Entered July 25, 2024 · on the market · 60 vegetarian capsules
  2. Label 282170 Entered February 21, 2023 · off the market July 21, 2023 · 60 vegetarian capsules

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

Who makes it?

The label names Return Healthy LLC (distributor), St George, UT. All Return Healthy products.

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