Guide
How to Read a Supplement Label: The Jellyblue Panel
Quick answer
A Supplement Facts panel answers four questions: how much is one serving, how many servings are in the bottle, how much of each ingredient a serving holds, and what builds the product itself. Jellyblue's panel is a useful teacher because it prints an amount for all seven actives, which is the exception in this category rather than the rule.
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What does serving size tell you on a supplement label?
It sets the scale for everything else. Every amount printed below the serving size is the amount in one serving, not the amount in one piece and not the amount in the bottle.
Gummies catch people here. Plenty set a serving at two or three pieces, so a generous-looking panel is describing a handful.
Jellyblue keeps it simple. Serving size is 1 gummy, so every figure on the panel is what one gummy holds. There is no two-gummy option printed anywhere.
What does servings per container tell you?
How long the bottle lasts, once you know the routine. It is the line that turns a price into a cost per day.
Jellyblue holds 30 gummies and the label suggests one a day, so a bottle is 30 days. A product with 60 gummies at two a day holds exactly the same number of days.
- Count the pieces, then divide by the serving size
- Compare bottles on days of supply, never on piece count
- Check the suggested use before you compare anything
The suggested use printed here is 1 gummy a day, taken with water. The how to use page covers the routine in full.
What is % Daily Value, and what does 'Daily Value not established' mean?
Percent Daily Value compares an amount against a reference intake built on a 2,000 calorie diet. It exists for vitamins, minerals and macronutrients, which are the nutrients that have one.
Botanicals do not. Nobody has set a daily requirement for tongkat ali, so the panel prints a double asterisk and the footnote says the Daily Value is not established.
| Panel line | What it tells you | What it does not tell you |
|---|---|---|
| Serving size | The amount every number below refers to | How much you should take |
| Servings per container | How many servings the bottle holds | How many days it lasts, unless you know the routine |
| % Daily Value | A share of a reference intake for a 2,000 calorie diet | Anything at all about a botanical |
| The double asterisk | That no Daily Value has been set for that line | That the amount is small, large or unusual |
| Distributed by | Who puts the product on the market | Who manufactured it, or where |
On the Jellyblue panel, only total fat, saturated fat and total carbohydrate carry a percentage. All seven actives carry the asterisk instead.
What is the difference between a named amount and a proprietary blend?
A named amount tells you the weight of one ingredient. A proprietary blend tells you the weight of several ingredients added together, and leaves the split to your imagination.
Blend ingredients are listed heaviest first, but no proportions are printed. A 650 mg blend could be 600 mg of the cheapest herb and a sprinkle of the rest.
| What the panel shows | What you learn | What stays hidden | Where you see it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seven lines, one amount each | Every individual amount, and the total | Extract ratio and standardization | Jellyblue |
| One blend name and one total | The combined weight only | Every individual amount inside it | Most gummies in this aisle |
| A list with no numbers at all | Which plants are present | How much of anything | Front panels and adverts |
Why this decides everything else
Without individual amounts you cannot line a product up against research or against a rival. The tongkat ali guide shows what comparison looks like when the numbers are there.
What does the Jellyblue panel look like, worked through?
Here is the panel itself, transcribed from the wrap. Read it top to bottom with the rules above in hand.
Six nutrition rows come first, then seven actives, each with its own milligram figure and its own asterisk.
Supplement Facts
Serving size: 1 gummy · Servings per container: 30
| Amount per serving | Amount | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|
| Total Calories | 6 | ** |
| Total Fat | 0 g | 0% |
| Saturated Fat | 0 g | 0% |
| Trans Fat | 0 g | ** |
| Total Carbohydrate | 2 g | <1% |
| Total Sugars | 1.5 g | ** |
| L-Arginine HCl (amino acid) | 50 mg | ** |
| Tongkat Ali extract (Eurycoma longifolia) | 200 mg | ** |
| Maca root extract (Lepidium meyenii) | 100 mg | ** |
| Ashwagandha extract (Withania somnifera) | 100 mg | ** |
| Horny goat weed extract (Epimedium sagittatum) | 100 mg | ** |
| Beet root extract (Beta vulgaris) | 50 mg | ** |
| Grape seed extract (Vitis vinifera) | 50 mg | ** |
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. ** Daily Value not established. The seven actives add up to 650 mg per gummy. Other ingredients, as printed: cane sugar, glucose syrup, water, pectin, citric acid, sodium citrate, natural flavor, natural coloring, starch. Allergen statement: not published.
- Serving size 1 gummy, 30 servings, so one bottle is 30 days
- Seven actives, each with a printed amount, adding to 650 mg
- No blend name, no pooled total and nothing left to guess at
Printing all seven is the best thing about this label. It also lets anyone see that most amounts sit under researched ones, which a blend would have hidden.
What does the other-ingredients line tell you?
What the product is built from, in order of weight. It sits under the Facts box because it is not part of the box.
For a gummy it matters more than usual, because something has to hold the herbs together.
Jellyblue reads: cane sugar, glucose syrup, water, pectin, citric acid, sodium citrate, natural flavor, natural coloring, starch. Cane sugar comes first, so it weighs more than anything after it, and starch comes last.
Added sugar means sugar put in during manufacturing rather than sugar that arrived inside a fruit (FDA, 2024). One gummy a day is a small amount, and it still counts if you are tracking.
How do you read allergen statements and free-from seals?
An allergen statement is the 'contains' line under the ingredients, where a major allergen has to be declared when one is present.
No such line appears on the Jellyblue wrap. That is not a clean bill of health, and it is not proof of an allergen either.
- No 'contains' line is printed on this label
- No 'may contain' or shared-equipment note is printed either
- The gluten-free and dairy-free seals therefore stand without a statement behind them
- Seals are seller claims, not third-party test results
Non-GMO
Naturally gluten-free
Dairy-free
Vegetarian
If you react to foods, call the order desk before buying. The testing and quality page covers what each seal means.
What does the distributor block tell you?
Who put the product on the market, and where to write. It is often mistaken for the factory address.
This label prints Gex Corporation LLP, PO Box 12730, Ogden, UT 84404, with its own phone line and email (as printed on the label; both are listed in the site footer). The plant itself is not named.
Two numbers, two jobs
The number on the label belongs to that distributor. Tracking, changes and refunds run through the order desk instead.
What a panel still cannot tell you
- The extract ratio, or whether an extract is standardized to anything
- Whether this batch was tested by an independent laboratory
- Where each herb was grown or how it was processed
- Whether the finished formula has ever been studied
What does a five-minute label check look like?
Do this with the bottle in your hand, before the first serving.
Find the panel
Turn to the Supplement Facts box. Read the serving size first and hold it in mind.
Count the servings
Thirty on this bottle. Divide the piece count by the serving size on any other.
Read the actives
Seven lines, each with milligrams, ending at 650 mg. Six lines means a different formula.
Scan the other ingredients
Nine items here, cane sugar first. An allergen statement would appear right after them.
Check the base of the bottle
Lot and best-before are printed on the base of the bottle when the bottle shows them. Lot JEL-26/JE-2675 and CoA JEL-2675-26-JE are reference codes, not lab proof.
Label reading questions, answered on a real panel
What is the most important line on a supplement label?
Serving size. Every amount below it is measured against that serving, so a panel built on two gummies is not comparable with one built on a single gummy.
What does 'Daily Value not established' mean?
That no reference intake has been set for that ingredient. All seven Jellyblue actives carry it, and so do trans fat and total sugars. It is not a comment on quality.
Is a proprietary blend a bad sign?
It is a missing sign. You get one total and no individual amounts, so you cannot compare the product with research or with a rival. Jellyblue does not use one.
Where do I find the sugar in a gummy?
Two places: the total sugars row in the panel, and the other-ingredients line underneath. Jellyblue lists 1.5 g of sugars a gummy, with cane sugar and glucose syrup leading the ingredients.
Does 'Distributed by' mean the company made it?
No. It names who puts the product on the market. Gex Corporation LLP, Ogden, UT appears on this label, and the factory itself is not named anywhere.
Why does Jellyblue have no allergen statement?
None is printed on the wrap. With no 'contains' line, the gluten-free and dairy-free seals are claims standing on their own, which is worth knowing if you react to foods.
How do I check the label on the bottle I received?
Read the panel against the transcription here. Seven actives, 650 mg, 30 servings. Anything different means a changed formula, and the bottle wins.
Where are the lot number and the best-before date?
Printed on the base of the bottle when the bottle shows them. The batch verify page explains what those codes settle and what they do not.
References
- U.S. Food and Drug Administration (2024). Added Sugars on the Nutrition Facts Label.
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