SodaPeak Supplement Facts: The Panel From the Bottle
The SodaPeak panel lists one 1,200 mg Test Boost proprietary blend per 2-capsule serving.
Eight ingredients share that blend, listed from most to least by weight, as US label rules allow.
Learn about each one on the ingredients page.
One line of active content. A 1,200 mg proprietary blend called Test Boost, per 2-capsule serving, shared by eight ingredients. No individual amount is disclosed for any of them, and no standardization figure is given for any of them.
That is legal. 21 CFR 101.36(c) permits a blend to declare a total and list its contents in descending order of weight without breaking the total down.
The artwork, line by line
Eight markers, one on each line of the panel. Each opens what that line tells you and what it leaves out.
Supplement Facts
- What it tells you
- The format is set by 21 CFR 101.36. A product that carries this heading is committing to the rules that go with it: a serving size, a servings count, every dietary ingredient named, and a specific order.
- What it does not say
- That the format is followed does not mean the amounts are useful. This panel is compliant and still discloses no individual amount.
Serving Size: 2 capsules · Servings Per Container: 30
- What it tells you
- Two capsules is the serving every figure below is measured against, and thirty servings is a 60-capsule bottle divided by two. That makes the bottle 30 days.
- What it does not say
- The side panel of the same bottle says one or two capsules. At one, the serving is half of everything below and the bottle is 60 days. The panel does not acknowledge the other option.
Amount Per Serving · %DV
- What it tells you
- Two columns: how much, and what share of a Daily Value. Every panel carries them.
- What it does not say
- Not one of the eight ingredients has a figure in either column. The %DV column is empty because no Daily Value exists for any of them; the amount column is empty because the blend is declared as one total.
Test Boost Proprietary Blend 1200mg (double asterisk)
- What it tells you
- This is the entire active content of the product: one name, one weight, one footnote mark. 21 CFR 101.36(c) permits a blend to declare a total without breaking it down.
- What it does not say
- How 1,200 mg divides between eight ingredients. That is the whole subject of this site, and it is the one thing a reader most wants.
Horny Goat Weed Extract, Tongkat Ali Powder, Saw Palmetto Extract, Nettle Extract, Wild Yam Extract, Sarsaparilla, Orchic Substance, Boron Amino Acid Chelate
- What it tells you
- This order is a requirement, not a layout choice. 21 CFR 101.36(c)(2) puts them in descending order of predominance by weight — which makes position the only quantitative fact the label gives about any single ingredient.
- What it does not say
- Any amount, any extract ratio and any standardised marker. Two of these eight — orchic substance and boron chelate — appear nowhere in the seller’s brief or either marketing image.
Daily Value Not Established (single asterisk)
- What it tells you
- It is telling you the ingredients above have no Daily Value, which is true of all eight.
- What it does not say
- It is flagged with a single asterisk while the blend line above it carries a double one, and 21 CFR 101.36(b)(3)(iv) asks for the same symbol on both.
Calcium Carbonate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Sodium Starch Glycolate, Stearic Acid, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide, Gelatin Capsule.
- What it tells you
- Six ordinary manufacturing excipients and the capsule shell. Nothing here is unusual for a capsule product.
- What it does not say
- The last entry is the one that matters. Gelatin is a product of collagen from cattle and swine, which makes the shell animal-derived — and the product carries a vegetarian seal.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
- What it tells you
- Required alongside a structure/function claim, and present here in full. Credit where it is due: several labels carry this in a smaller type than the rest, and this one does not.
- What it does not say
- It shares that single asterisk with the footnote above and the front-panel claim, so on this label one mark points at three different things.
The SodaPeak label, transcribed
Supplement Facts
Serving Size: 2 capsules
Servings Per Container: 30
Horny Goat Weed Extract (Epimedium Sagittatum) Leaf, Tongkat Ali Powder (Eurycoma Longifolia Jack) Root, Saw Palmetto Extract (Serenoa Repens) Fruit, Nettle Extract (Urtica Dioica L.) Root, Wild Yam Extract (Dioscorea Opposita) Root, Sarsaparilla (Smilax Glabra Roxb.) Root, Orchic Substance, Boron Amino Acid Chelate
Daily Value Not Established
Other Ingredients: Calcium Carbonate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Sodium Starch Glycolate, Stearic Acid, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide, Gelatin Capsule.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Transcribed from the supplied photograph of the bottle back. On the bottle the blend line carries a double asterisk and the footnote a single one; this transcription spells those marks out in words. The footnote reads “Daily Value Not Established”, in line with the regulation’s wording.
One detail in that panel is worth a closer look, and it is visible in the supplied artwork.
A footnote-mark detail on the SodaPeak label
The marks do not match
The blend line carries a double asterisk; the footnote underneath carries a single one. 21 CFR 101.36(b)(3)(iv) asks for the mark on the ingredient and the mark on the footnote to be the same. The same single asterisk also sits on the front-panel claim and on the FDA statement, so one mark points at three different things.
What the footnote says
The footnote reads “Daily Value Not Established”. No Daily Value exists for any of the eight blend ingredients, so the %DV column is empty and the footnote says why. In substance it matches the wording the regulation gives.
Neither point changes what is in the capsule. They are noted here because a transcription that tidied the label would be a summary, and a summary of a label is not a label.
Line by line
| Row | What it says | What it does not say |
|---|---|---|
| Serving Size | 2 capsules | Whether one capsule is also a serving. The side panel says one or two, so the panel and the directions describe different servings |
| Servings Per Container | 30 | Anything, if you take one capsule a day — at which point the bottle holds 60 servings of half the stated blend |
| Amount Per Serving / %DV | The column headings | A %DV for anything, because none of the eight has one |
| Test Boost Proprietary Blend | 1,200 mg per serving, flagged with a double asterisk | How the 1,200 mg divides between eight ingredients |
| The eight ingredient names | Botanical names, Latin binomials and plant parts, in descending order of weight | An amount, an extract ratio, or a standardized marker compound for any of them |
| Footnote | Daily Value Not Established, flagged with a single asterisk | Which line it refers to, since the blend carries a double asterisk and this a single one |
| Other Ingredients | Calcium Carbonate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Sodium Starch Glycolate, Stearic Acid, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide, Gelatin Capsule. | Which of them is the capsule shell’s plasticiser and which is a tablet-era holdover — though the gelatin is explicit, and it is the reason the vegetarian seal cannot stand |
| FDA disclaimer | Present, in full, on the back panel | Nothing. This row is simply correct, and it is worth saying so |
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The eight names as the panel prints them
Reproduced with the label’s own capitalisation of the Latin binomials, which is not the botanical convention but is what is printed.
- Horny Goat Weed Extract (Epimedium Sagittatum) Leaf
- Tongkat Ali Powder (Eurycoma Longifolia Jack) Root
- Saw Palmetto Extract (Serenoa Repens) Fruit
- Nettle Extract (Urtica Dioica L.) Root
- Wild Yam Extract (Dioscorea Opposita) Root
- Sarsaparilla (Smilax Glabra Roxb.) Root
- Orchic Substance
- Boron Amino Acid Chelate
The order is not arbitrary and it is not a marketing choice. 21 CFR 101.36(c)(2) requires the ingredients in a blend to be listed in descending order of predominance by weight, which makes this list the only quantitative statement on the panel about any single ingredient.
The directions panel
- Suggested use
- As a dietary supplement, take one (1) or two (2) capsules daily with an 8 oz. glass of water.
- Storage
- Keep away from heat, light, and humidity to preserve freshness.
- Caution
- Do not exceed recommended dose. Pregnant or nursing mothers, children under the age of 18 and individuals with a known medical condition should consult a physician before using this or any dietary supplement.
- Keep out of reach
- KEEP OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN. DO NOT USE IF SAFETY SEAL IS DAMAGED OR MISSING. STORE IN A COOL, DRY PLACE
- Distributed by
- Vitalifes — no city, no state, no ZIP
- Expiry date
- 07-2028
One capsule or two
The side panel permits one or two capsules a day. The Facts panel is built on a two-capsule serving. Those are not the same product to a reader trying to work out what they are taking.
At two capsules a day a bottle is 30 days and a serving is 1,200 mg of blend. At one capsule a day a bottle is 60 days and a serving is 600 mg. Every ceiling on this site halves with it, which moves saw palmetto and boron from allowed to forbidden as well.
What 21 CFR 101.5 asks for
The label prints Distributed by: Vitalifes and stops. No city, no state, no ZIP.
21 CFR 101.5 requires the name and the place of business of the manufacturer, packer or distributor on a food label, which a dietary supplement is. The regulation permits the street address to be left off where the firm is listed in a current city or telephone directory. It does not permit the city and state to be left off.
This is a labeling point rather than a safety one, and it has a practical edge: a distributor with no printed place of business is a distributor a buyer cannot look up. The order desk for this site is reachable through the footer, which is a different thing from a distributor’s address.
The Other Ingredients line, read
The Other Ingredients line is the part of a panel readers skip. On this label it carries the single fact that contradicts one of the product’s own seals, so it is worth going through.
| Entry | What it is | Why a capsule would contain it |
|---|---|---|
| Calcium Carbonate | A mineral, chalk | Used as a bulking agent. On a nutrition panel it would be a calcium source; here it is below the rule, so it is declared as an excipient rather than a nutrient |
| Microcrystalline Cellulose | Purified plant fibre | The commonest filler in the industry. It takes up the space between the active material and the capsule wall |
| Sodium Starch Glycolate | A modified starch | A disintegrant — it swells on contact with water so the contents break up rather than passing through as a plug |
| Stearic Acid | A fatty acid | A lubricant, keeping powder moving through the filling machinery |
| Magnesium Stearate | The magnesium salt of stearic acid | The other standard lubricant. Two of them on one line is common and unremarkable |
| Silicon Dioxide | Fine silica | An anti-caking agent, keeping the powder free-flowing |
| Gelatin Capsule | The shell itself, made from collagen | This is the entry that matters. US regulation defines gelatin as a product of collagen from cattle and swine. The shell is animal-derived, which the vegetarian seal on this product is not compatible with |
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Two animal-derived components, not one
The gelatin capsule is the obvious one. The less obvious one is in the blend itself: orchic substance, position seven, which is bovine testicle tissue.
So the vegetarian mark is contradicted twice over, by two different parts of the same panel, and one of those two is absent from every piece of marketing supplied to this site.
Checking this transcription yourself
Everything on this page came off one photograph. A reader with a bottle in hand has a better source than we do, and should use it.
Count the names inside the blend
There should be eight. If your bottle lists a different number, the artwork has changed since the images we were given, and we would like to know through the website inbox in the footer.
Check the order against ours
Horny goat weed, tongkat ali, saw palmetto, nettle, wild yam, sarsaparilla, orchic substance, boron amino acid chelate. The order is the data on this label, so a change in it changes every ceiling on this site.
Check the blend total and the serving size
1,200 mg per 2-capsule serving, 30 servings to a bottle. If the total or the serving size differs, the arithmetic differs with it.
Compare the footnote marks
On the artwork we were given, the blend line carries a double asterisk and the footnote a single one. Matching marks on your bottle would mean the label has been revised since.
Look for a standardization figure
A percentage, a ratio such as 10:1, or a named marker compound beside any of the eight. We found none. If your bottle has one, it is the most useful thing on the panel and we will add it.
This site has a standing correction policy and it is not decorative. Where a reader shows us that something here is wrong, the page changes and the change is dated.
What the SodaPeak label does not print
- The split inside the blend
- Eight ingredients share 1,200 mg and the label discloses only the total. This is legal, and it is the whole subject of this site.
- Any standardization figure
- No icariin percentage for the horny goat weed, no eurycomanone figure for the tongkat ali, no fatty acid content for the saw palmetto, no elemental boron figure for the chelate. Every one of those changes what a milligram means.
- The elemental boron content
- “Boron Amino Acid Chelate” is a raw material, not an element. Common trade grades are around 5% elemental boron, but no specification was supplied and the label states none.
- The source and processing of the orchic substance
- Country of origin, the age of the cattle and the processing method are all unstated, and all three are what a reader concerned about bovine tissue would want.
- A place of business for the distributor
- “Vitalifes” and nothing else.
- Any pack price
- Not supplied. The brief points at the marketplace listing.
- The guarantee term
- “As printed on the marketplace listing”. No number was supplied.
- Shipping cost and delivery estimate
- Not published. Both appear at checkout.
- A certificate of analysis
- A reference number was supplied. No document was.
- Any third-party testing
- None of any kind was supplied.
References
The sources behind the numbers on this page.
- U.S. Government Publishing Office21 CFR 101.36 — Nutrition labeling of dietary supplements, including the proprietary blend and descending-order requirements — Code of Federal Regulations · source
- U.S. Government Publishing Office21 CFR 101.5 — Food; name and place of business of the manufacturer, packer, or distributor — eCFR.gov · source
- U.S. Food and Drug AdministrationQuestions and Answers on Dietary Supplements — FDA.gov · source
See the SodaPeak packs
One, three or six bottles. The price is on the seller’s checkout page, because it is the one figure this site was never given — and a figure we were not given is not a figure we will print.
Shipping and the guarantee term are shown at checkout. This site publishes no number it was not able to verify.