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GlycoEden Ingredients: All Four, and the Split That Is Missing
All four extracts named on the GlycoEden panel, in the label’s own order, with the ratios it prints and the column it leaves blank.
Written and reviewed by the GlycoEden Editorial Desk · Last updated September 22, 2026
Quick answer
GlycoEden contains a 200 mg proprietary blend of four extracts, in descending order by weight: Berberine HCL (Berberis aristata) 30:1 root extract at 5%, Bitter Melon 10:1 extract, Ashwagandha 10:1 extract (Withania somnifera) and Black Pepper Extract. The other ingredients are purified water, vegetable glycerin, citric acid, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate, with no sweetener among them. No individual ingredient amount is published.
The formula
What are the ingredients in GlycoEden?
Four extracts in descending weight order, plus five other ingredients.
Four extracts are named on the Supplement Facts panel, in one fixed order, and that order is not decorative. A proprietary blend must be listed in descending order by weight, so the sequence tells you which ingredient the label bought most of and which it bought least of.
Open any of the four below and you reach the same closing line, because the panel closes the same way for all of them.
Berberine HCL
The first and largest share of the blend, and the reason this product exists.
Berberine HCL
The first and largest share of the blend, and the reason this product exists.
Berberine is a compound found in several plants. NCCIH describes it as “a substance found in a variety of plants, including goldenseal, barberry, Oregon grape, and others”. This label names the source species, Berberis aristata, prints the plant part as root, and gives a 30:1 extract ratio standardised to 5%. That is three more pieces of information than most labels in this category give you.
NCCIH reports that berberine “may have a modest effect on lowering blood glucose levels in people with type 2 diabetes and may reduce cholesterol levels”, and that plants containing it are “currently being studied for its effects on diabetes and risk factors for heart disease”. Modest, and being studied, are the operative words.
Amount in GlycoEden: not published Research reference: No agreed research dose; trials vary widely
Bitter melon extract
The second blood-sugar ingredient, and the one with the thinnest evidence file.
Bitter melon extract
The second blood-sugar ingredient, and the one with the thinnest evidence file.
Bitter melon is a tropical vine grown as a food crop across Asia, Africa and the Caribbean; the fruit is eaten as a vegetable. The label prints a 10:1 extract ratio and does not name the species or the plant part.
NCCIH’s page on dietary supplements and diabetes lists bitter melon among the herbal supplements studied and concludes that “overall, research has been limited ... and hasn’t proven that any of these herbal supplements are effective”. That is the whole of the mainstream position, and it is worth reading before you buy.
Amount in GlycoEden: not published Research reference: No agreed research dose
Ashwagandha extract
The one ingredient here with a real body of human research, and a documented safety signal to go with it.
Ashwagandha extract
The one ingredient here with a real body of human research, and a documented safety signal to go with it.
NCCIH describes ashwagandha as “an evergreen shrub found in parts of India, Africa, and the Middle East”, containing withanolides, compounds “associated with anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects”. This label names the species and prints a 10:1 ratio.
NCCIH reports that “research shows that some ashwagandha preparations may be effective for insomnia and stress”, while “evidence is unclear about its effects on anxiety”. Note that neither of those is a blood claim, which makes its presence in an “Advanced Blood Support” formula a fair question for the seller.
Amount in GlycoEden: not published Research reference: Commonly measured in hundreds of milligrams of root extract in trials
Black pepper extract
Last in the blend, and not there for its own sake.
Black pepper extract
Last in the blend, and not there for its own sake.
Black pepper extract is standardised for piperine, the compound that makes pepper hot. In supplements it is almost always included as an absorption aid rather than as an active ingredient in its own right. This is the only one of the four with no extract ratio printed beside it.
It is the industry’s standard bioavailability helper, which is a manufacturing choice rather than a health claim, and nothing on this label claims anything for it. Note the flip side: something that raises how much of one substance reaches the blood can do the same for a medicine you are already taking.
Amount in GlycoEden: not published Research reference: Used as an absorption aid, not as a dose in its own right
The missing column
How much of each ingredient is in GlycoEden?
Four rows, one answer, and we would rather print it than let a blend total stand in for four numbers.
| Ingredient, in label order | What the panel prints beside it | Amount in GlycoEden | What the line leaves out |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berberine HCL Extract | Berberis aristata · root · 30:1 · 5% | not published | Only the amount. |
| Bitter Melon Extract | 10:1 extract | not published | No species, no plant part. |
| Ashwagandha Extract | Withania somnifera · 10:1 | not published | No plant part. |
| Black Pepper Extract | Nothing but the name | not published | No species, no plant part, no ratio. |
A proprietary blend is a legal arrangement, not a mistake: one total may stand in for four amounts provided the ingredients run in descending weight order. That condition is the only thing left to read, and what it cannot tell you is the size of the steps. The berberine could be the great majority of the 200 mg, or the four could be near level. Both print this same panel, and that is the difference between a product built around a lead ingredient and one built around a list of names.
Reading the panel
What 30:1 and 10:1 actually mean here
An extract ratio is a manufacturing fact about concentration: a 30:1 berberine extract means thirty parts of starting material were reduced to one part of finished extract.
What these ratios genuinely tell you
Three things, all worth having. That each ingredient is an extract rather than milled plant, which is not a given here. Roughly how concentrated each is relative to the others — the berberine is specified three times tighter than the other two. And that somebody wrote a specification down.
The berberine line goes further. The “5%” after the ratio is a standardisation figure: a stated proportion of the marker compound in the finished extract. A ratio describes what went in; this describes what came out. Labels printing both are the minority of a minority.
What they do not tell you
Not how much extract is in the bottle — a ratio is a rate, not a quantity. Not what the starting material was, unstated for the bitter melon and the ashwagandha, which leaves the ratio’s own denominator unknown to you. Not what it was extracted with: water and ethanol pull different compounds from the same plant, and no solvent appears on this artwork. And nothing about effect.
More to check than almost anything beside it on a shelf, then, and still one column short of a comparison you could run.
The helper ingredient
Why is black pepper extract in a blood support formula?
Black pepper extract is standardised for piperine, and it is here for a reason that has nothing to do with pepper: it is the industry’s default absorption aid. The intent is to change how much of the other three survives the journey, not to do anything itself.
What that means in the product’s favour
It is a manufacturing decision rather than a marketing one, and the label treats it as one. Nothing here claims anything for the pepper: it is not dressed up as a fourth active, and it sits last where its weight puts it.
And what it means against
An absorption aid still occupies room in a 200 mg total, and whatever share it holds is a share the three named botanicals do not have. The larger point is a safety one, though. Something included because it raises how much of a substance reaches the blood cannot tell which substance you meant, and it can do the same to a medicine you already take. Not a reason to avoid the product — a reason to read the four names out to a pharmacist, which takes under a minute.
One note on sourcing: there is no plain-language federal page for black pepper extract or piperine, so this site cites none for it and says so.
The gaps
What the label does not print about the four
Six things a reader might expect on a panel this careful.
The berberine line prints root. The other three print nothing, and a ratio calculated against unnamed material cannot be compared with one calculated against named material.
Berberis aristata and Withania somnifera are named in full. Bitter melon and black pepper get common names, which are not specifications.
The one line with no concentration figure beside it, and the label does not say why.
Normal for the category, and still part of what an extract ratio means.
Only the berberine carries one.
The largest omission, and the one the word “proprietary” exists to permit.
A pattern comes out of that list: what this label prints it prints well, and what it leaves out it leaves out completely. Our reading is that the gaps are policy rather than sloppiness.
The base
What are the other ingredients in GlycoEden?
Below the blend, the panel prints an other-ingredients line: Purified Water, Vegetable Glycerin, Citric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate. Five items, and a short list is itself a piece of information.
What each one is doing
Purified water and vegetable glycerin are the base. Glycerin is what makes a liquid supplement viscous and faintly sweet-tasting without being sweetened, and it is why the bottle must be shaken: extracts suspended in it settle between doses. Citric acid is the acidity regulator, holding the pH somewhere the preservatives can work, and potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate are those preservatives.
What is not on the line
There is no sweetener of any kind: no sugar, no sucralose, no stevia. On a product sold under the word “Blood”, that is a choice worth crediting out loud, because the opposite would have been easy to make and awkward to defend. No flavouring and no colouring either. The whole panel, transcribed →
Questions
GlycoEden FAQ: ingredients questions
What is in the proprietary blend?
Four extracts, in the order the panel prints them: Berberine HCL (Berberis aristata) Extract 30:1 (root) 5%, Bitter Melon 10:1 Extract, Ashwagandha Extract 10:1 (Withania somnifera), and Black Pepper Extract. The blend total is 200 mg per serving.
How much of each ingredient is in it?
Not published. “Proprietary Blend” means the manufacturer declares one total instead of four amounts. US rules allow it, provided the ingredients are listed in descending order by weight - which tells you berberine is the largest share and black pepper the smallest, and nothing more.
What does 30:1 mean on the berberine line?
It is an extract ratio. A 30:1 extract means thirty parts of raw root were reduced to one part of extract. The “5%” that follows is a standardisation figure. Printing either is unusual on a label in this category, and printing both is rarer still.
Is 200 mg a lot?
It is a larger blend total than most droppers in this category print, and it is still one number split four ways - one of which, the black pepper extract, is an absorption aid rather than an active ingredient. Published ashwagandha work uses hundreds of milligrams of that single extract.
Why is black pepper in it?
Black pepper extract is standardised for piperine and is almost always included in supplements as an absorption aid rather than for its own effect. Nothing on this label claims anything for it. The flip side is worth knowing: something that helps one substance reach the blood can do the same for a medicine you already take.
References
Sources for this page
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. In the News: Berberine. www.nccih.nih.gov. Accessed September 22, 2026.
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. Ashwagandha. www.nccih.nih.gov. Accessed September 22, 2026.
- National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health. Diabetes and Dietary Supplements: What You Need To Know. www.nccih.nih.gov. Accessed September 22, 2026.
- NIH Office of Dietary Supplements. Botanical Dietary Supplements: Background Information. ods.od.nih.gov. Accessed September 22, 2026.
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Keep reading
The whole panel, transcribed
Every line on the back of the bottle, including the one set a row too high.
Read it →What the four are meant to do
A map of the formula, and why a map is not a claim.
Read it →What a 30:1 ratio means
Thirty parts in, one part out, and the three things it still cannot tell you.
Read it →See GlycoEden on the official order page
Liquid drops, 60 ml / 2 fl. oz., with a 200 mg blend of four named extracts and ratios printed for three of them. Prices and the money-back window are on the listing. Order desk +1 (302) 200-3480.
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