The label
The Horse Fuel Supplement Facts panel
This page transcribes the Horse Fuel Supplement Facts panel exactly as it appears on the bottle, checks every number on it against the FDA’s published Daily Value table, and prints what did not survive the check.
The panel prints Serving Size: 1, Servings Per Container: 30, and seven itemised actives: vitamin D3 84 mcg (420%), sodium 10 mg (<7%), boron 7 mg (*), and four botanical 10:1 extracts at 100 mcg each. There is no Other Ingredients list anywhere on it.
The panel, as printed
Transcribed from the bottle photograph. Spelling, capitalisation, symbols and percentages are reproduced as printed, including the ones that are wrong.
| As printed on the bottle | Amount per serving | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|
| Serving Size | 1 | |
| Servings Per Container | 30 | |
| Calories | 20 | |
| Total Carbohydrate | 4 g | 1%** |
| Total Sugars | 3 g | |
| Includes Added Sugars | 0 | |
| Vitamin D3 (As Cholecaliferol) | 84 mcg | 420% |
| Sodium (Sodium Citrate) | 10 mg | <7% |
| Boron (Boron Glycinate) | 7 mg | * |
| Fenugreek Seed Extract 10:1 (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) | 100 mcg | |
| Maca Root Extract 10:1 (Lepidium meyenii Walp.) | 100 mcg | |
| Tribulus Terrestris Extract 10:1 (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.) | 100 mcg | |
| Horny Goat Weed Extract 10:1 (Epimedium Brevicomum Maxim) (Leaf) | 100 mcg | |
Footnote, as printed: + Daily Value not established. ** Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie per day diet
Two small things before the findings. The table marks boron’s Daily Value column with * while the footnote beneath it explains +; the two symbols do not match. And the word printed after Vitamin D3 is Cholecaliferol, which is a misspelling of cholecalciferol. Neither changes what is in the gummy. Both tell you something about how carefully this artwork was proofed, which is the context for the six larger findings that follow.
The directions, in full
Suggested use: “As a dietary supplement, take 1 gummy daily, or as directed by your healthcare provider.”
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.”
Plus the three boxed lines: KEEP OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN. DO NOT USE IF SAFETY SEAL IS DAMAGED OR MISSING. STORE IN A COOL, DRY PLACE.
The eight findings
Each one is checkable from the photograph above and a published reference. None of them requires you to trust this desk.
The four botanicals add up to four tenths of one milligram
Fenugreek, maca, tribulus and horny goat weed are each listed at 100 mcg. One hundred micrograms is one ten-thousandth of a gram. All four together come to 0.4 mg — less than the weight of a grain of table salt. Each is a 10:1 extract, which means 100 mcg of it was drawn from about 1 mg of the raw plant. The clinical literature on these four works in hundreds of milligrams and in grams. This is the single most important fact on the label and it is the reason this site exists.
The tribulus row carries fenugreek’s Latin name
The panel prints Tribulus Terrestris Extract 10:1 (Trigonella foenum-graecum L.). Trigonella foenum-graecum is fenugreek — it is the binomial printed two rows above, on the fenugreek line. The botanical name for tribulus is Tribulus terrestris. Either the Latin name was copied down from the wrong row, or the row is not tribulus. We cannot tell you which from a photograph, and the manufacturer has not said.
The sodium percentage is out by roughly sixteen times
The panel prints Sodium 10 mg — <7%. The FDA Daily Value for sodium is 2,300 mg. Ten milligrams of 2,300 is 0.4%. “Less than 7%” is true in the way that “less than a million” is true, and it is not how a percent Daily Value is printed.
One gummy is 84% of the adult upper limit for vitamin D
Vitamin D3 is listed at 84 mcg, 420% of the Daily Value. That arithmetic is correct — the DV is 20 mcg. What the bottle does not say is that 84 mcg is 5.6 times the RDA of 15 mcg and 84% of the Tolerable Upper Intake Level of 100 mcg a day that the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements sets for adults — from this one gummy, before anything else you take. The word on the label is also misspelled: cholecalciferol, not “Cholecaliferol”.
Three grams of sugar, none of it added
The panel prints Total Sugars 3 g and Includes Added Sugars 0. Added sugars are sugars put into a food during processing; naturally occurring sugars are the ones already in a fruit, a vegetable or milk. This is a manufactured gummy. Where three grams of non-added sugar came from is not explained anywhere on the label.
There is no Other Ingredients list at all
A gummy needs a gelling agent, a sweetener, an acid, a colour and usually a coating. The label photographs supplied to this desk show no Other Ingredients line anywhere. The marketing artwork pictures cane sugar, an apple and a bowl of syrup; the label names none of them. If you have an allergy, a dietary restriction or a reason to avoid gelatin, there is nothing on this bottle for you to read.
The tribulus row does not say which part of the plant
The FDA’s own labeling guide states that you “must include the part of the plant from which a dietary ingredient is derived in the ‘Supplement Facts’ panel”. Fenugreek says seed, maca says root, horny goat weed says leaf. Tribulus says nothing. Tribulus fruit and tribulus aerial parts are not the same material, and the difference matters to anyone comparing this with a study.
The front of the bottle makes no claim in words — only in pictures
There is no sentence on the front label. There is a gold horse, a male symbol, and three icons: a lightning bolt, a flame and a heartbeat. The written claims — energy, stamina, vitality — appear only on the marketing panels. A claim made in a pictogram is read the same way by a buyer and is harder to hold anyone to.
The arithmetic, shown
Three sums. All three can be done on a phone and none of them needs a source beyond the FDA’s own Daily Value table and the NIH fact sheets.
| What the panel prints | The reference | The arithmetic | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vitamin D3 84 mcg — 420% | Daily Value 20 mcg | 84 ÷ 20 = 4.2 | Correct. But 84 mcg is also 84% of the 100 mcg adult upper limit, which the label does not mention |
| Sodium 10 mg — <7% | Daily Value 2,300 mg | 10 ÷ 2,300 = 0.43% | Wrong by about sixteen times. It should read 0.4% |
| Total Carbohydrate 4 g — 1% | Daily Value 275 g | 4 ÷ 275 = 1.45% | Roughly right, rounded down |
| Boron 7 mg — * | No Daily Value exists | — | Correct to mark it *. Context: median dietary intake is about 1 mg a day and the upper limit is 20 mg |
| Four botanicals, 100 mcg each | — | 4 × 0.1 mg = 0.4 mg | The whole botanical content is 0.4 mg |
| 10:1 extract at 100 mcg | — | 100 mcg × 10 = 1 mg | About 1 mg of raw plant per botanical |
| Total Sugars 3 g, Added Sugars 0 | — | — | Unexplained. A manufactured gummy's sugar is normally added sugar |
The sodium error is the one worth dwelling on, not because ten milligrams of sodium matters to anybody but because of what it implies. A percent Daily Value is a mechanical division. Getting it wrong by sixteen times on a line nobody would ever check is the kind of thing that happens when a panel is assembled from a template rather than calculated.
What is not on this label
This is the list that would normally be a paragraph of reassurance. It is a list of absences instead, because that is what we were given.
- An Other Ingredients list. The label photographs show none, so the gelling agent, sweetener, colour and coating are all unnamed.
- Allergen information. With no other-ingredients list there is nothing to read.
- Whether the gummy base is gelatin or pectin, which decides whether it is suitable for vegetarians.
- The part of the tribulus plant used. Fenugreek says seed, maca says root, horny goat weed says leaf; tribulus says nothing.
- Standardisation for any of the four botanicals. “10:1” is a concentration ratio, not a marker content.
- An explanation of why the tribulus row carries fenugreek’s Latin name.
- A best-before date. None is legible on the images supplied.
- The length of the return window. The pack says only “as printed on the marketplace listing”.
- Pack prices. The seller pack routes pricing to the listing checkout.
- A Certificate of Analysis document. We have the reference HOR-8312-26-TH but not the file.
- The name of any testing laboratory.
- Any customer rating that could be verified. None is published on this site.
The one that matters most
There is no Other Ingredients list on this label. Every gummy has a base — gelatin or pectin — plus a sweetener, an acid, a colour and usually a coating. None of it is named. That means there is no allergen statement, no way to tell whether the product is suitable for vegetarians, and no way to check it against a restriction. If any of that applies to you, call +1 (302) 200-3480 and ask before you buy.
Draft references. The seller pack gives lot HOR-26/TH-8312 and certificate reference HOR-8312-26-TH, and marks both as draft references rather than laboratory proof. No certificate of analysis document was supplied and no testing laboratory is named. The batch page explains what that does and does not let you check.
What a Supplement Facts panel is required to carry
Worth a short detour, because knowing what a panel must contain makes the gaps on this one visible in a way that reading it straight does not.
- A serving size and a servings-per-container count. Present here: one gummy, thirty servings.
- Every dietary ingredient, with its amount per serving. Present here, and fully itemised, which is the best thing about this label.
- A percent Daily Value where one exists, and an asterisk footnoted “Daily Value not established” where one does not. Present here, although the sodium figure is miscalculated and the footnote symbol does not match the table's.
- The part of the plant for a botanical. The FDA's labeling guide states you “must include the part of the plant from which a dietary ingredient is derived”. Present for fenugreek, maca and horny goat weed. Absent for tribulus.
- Ingredients that are not dietary ingredients, which is where a gummy's base, sweetener, colour and coating would be declared. Absent entirely on this label.
Three of those five are done properly and two are not, which is roughly the shape of this whole product. It is more transparent than most and it has specific, checkable gaps.
Why we transcribe errors instead of correcting them
There is a temptation, writing a page like this, to quietly tidy up. Print Tribulus terrestris because that is obviously what was meant. Spell cholecalciferol correctly. Round the sodium percentage to something sensible. It would read better.
We do not, for three reasons.
You cannot check a tidied transcription
The point of this page is that you can hold it against your own bottle and find every line. A corrected transcription would not match, and you would have no way of knowing which of us was wrong.
The errors are information
A panel with four separate mistakes on it tells you something about the care taken over the artwork, and by extension about how much weight the rest of it will bear. Correcting them silently destroys that information.
It is not our label to fix
We are a stocking partner. Printing a corrected version of somebody else's regulatory document, and presenting it as theirs, would be a stranger thing to do than printing theirs.
So the transcription above is faithful, including “Cholecaliferol”, including the plus sign in the footnote against the asterisk in the table, and including the Latin name on the tribulus row. Every one of them is then explained rather than left to puzzle you.
You have read the panel
Thirty gummies, one a day, every active itemised — and the four botanicals the product is sold for come to 0.4 mg between them. The live price and the return terms are both shown on the seller’s checkout screen.
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