06/08/2025
"Aside from the fact that anyone and their mother can start their own supplement brand, few people even know if the products they take are effectively dosed.
How do we know this is true? The existence of proprietary blends confirms it.
Proprietary Blend — Also called a “blend,” “matrix,” “complex,” or “formulation,” a proprietary blend is when a company doesn’t disclose the dosage of each ingredient.
Instead, they only need to show the total blend weight and list its ingredients in order from most to least.
But nearly all useful supplement ingredients have established recommended dosages.
So why wouldn’t the company want to tell you how much you’d be getting?
Because they’re not giving you enough.
What’s so proprietary about the amounts of each ingredient anyway? That’s about as big a secret as the recipe for the Krabby Patty.
Companies do this because it allows them to put in much less of the expensive ingredients. In fact, the entire blend could be 98% of one ingredient, and .05% of the 40 ingredients that come after it."
- Excerpt from our article, "The Ultimate Guide to Making Your Own Supplements"
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