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How Do You Read The Femicore Supplement Facts Label?
The Femicore label prints a serving of one capsule, 30 servings per container, a 350 mg Herbal Blend, a 50 mg Probiotic Blend and no Daily Value for either. Cranberry at 30% proanthocyanidin is the only strength figure. No individual amount, colony count, allergen statement or duration limit is printed.
A supplement panel is a small box with a lot of rules behind it. Once you know a few of those rules, a label stops being a blur and becomes a short story. This one has an unusual shape, so it makes a good practice sheet.
Follow the lines in order. For each one, you will see what is printed, what it means and what it hides. At the end there is a five-minute method you can use on any other bottle.
- Serving size: 1 capsule. Servings per container: 30.
- Herbal Blend 350 mg and Probiotic Blend 50 mg, both proprietary.
- The Daily Value is not established for either blend.
- Three claim lines sit in a hexagon, each with a dagger that points to the FDA statement.
- The lot is FEM-26/FE-3921 and the certificate reference is FEM-3921-26-FE.
- The panel is the document that counts when marketing and label disagree.
What does the Femicore Supplement Facts panel say, line by line?
| Line | As printed | What it tells you |
|---|---|---|
| Serving size | 1 capsule | One capsule is the whole serving |
| Servings per container | 30 | Thirty days at the label serving |
| Herbal Blend | 350 mg, proprietary | A total for four botanicals, not a split |
| Mimosa pudica Seed Extract | No amount | First, so the largest by weight |
| Cranberry Extract | No amount; std. to 30% proanthocyanidin | The only strength figure on the panel |
| Bearberry (leaf) | No amount | Third of four by weight |
| Granular Berberine HCl Extract 8% | No amount | 8% of an amount not published |
| Probiotic Blend | 50 mg, proprietary | No colony count |
| Five Lactobacillus strains | No amounts | Crispatus LCr86 first, casei LC16 last |
| Daily Value | Not established | Normal for blends; not a warning |
The Other Ingredients line follows: gelatin (capsule), brown rice flour, magnesium stearate, olive oil and silicon dioxide.
What is a proprietary blend total?
A blend lets a company print one weight for a group of ingredients and keep the split private. The total is a ceiling. Nothing inside the 350 mg blend can weigh more than 350 mg, and in practice each name weighs less.
The rules require names to be listed in descending order by weight. So you know the order and nothing more. First place is compatible with a very large share of the blend and with a small one. Reading the order as a split is the most common mistake people make with blends.
How much of the capsule is named material?
Add the two totals: 350 mg and 50 mg make 400 mg. A capsule of this kind holds more than that, and the difference is the gelatin shell and the other ingredients. That is normal and not a criticism.
It also helps with a sense of scale. Berberine in metabolic trials is commonly given at 500 mg two or three times a day. Here the whole herbal blend is 350 mg, and berberine is only one of four names in it, at 8% strength. The numbers sit far apart, so no trial dose can be attached to this capsule.
Why does the unit matter for the probiotic blend?
Botanicals are dosed in milligrams. Live organisms are dosed in colony forming units, or CFU, because weight says nothing about how many cells are alive. A probiotic blend declared only in milligrams is missing its own unit of measurement.
This is the single most useful thing to notice on the Femicore panel. No CFU figure is printed for the blend or for any strain. So you can know that five strains are present and cannot know how many living cells you are swallowing.
What do the three claim lines on the bottle mean?
The hexagon prints three structure and function statements: Healthy Urinary System, Bladder Control Support and Microbiome Balance. Each carries a dagger that points to the FDA statement beside it.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. The product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. The word support does a lot of work in each line. It keeps the sentence on the allowed side of the line between a structure claim and a disease claim, and it also makes the claim hard to test.
The seller’s sales page adds three claims that are not on the bottle. This site quotes them only to decline them, and it recommends trusting the printed panel.
You can check every line on this page against the bottle. The checkout shows the current price and the 60-day guarantee.
See today’s price and guaranteeDisclosure: this website earns money on orders placed through its checkout. Femicore is a dietary supplement and is not FDA approved.
What does the caution block say?
- Adults only. The printed caution names children under 18.
- Pregnant or nursing mothers, and anyone with a known medical condition, should consult a physician before use.
- Do not exceed the recommended dose.
- Do not use if the safety seal is damaged or missing.
Two ingredients add cautions that the bottle does not spell out. Berberine inhibits CYP3A4 and P-glycoprotein and lowers blood glucose. Bearberry is a short-course herb and the label prints no duration limit.
What do the lot code and certificate reference tell you?
The lot is FEM-26/FE-3921 and is stamped on the base of the bottle beside the best-before date. The certificate of analysis reference is FEM-3921-26-FE. The retailer holds the reference and has not read the laboratory report, so it does not publish one.
A lot code lets the desk match a bottle to an order. It is not a potency test, a purity test or a colony count. The label also names the distributor: FemiCore, 285 Northeast Ave, Tallmadge, OH 44278, United States.
What is a five-minute method for reading any supplement label?
- Find the serving size first. Everything else is per serving.
- Add the declared weights, and compare them with the capsule size.
- Look for a strength figure, such as a percentage tied to the compound that research measures.
- Check that the unit fits the ingredient: milligrams for botanicals, CFU for live strains.
- Look for what is missing: allergens, duration limits and test reports.
- When marketing and label disagree, trust the label.
Where do these facts come from?
- Femicore label page on this site: the label photographed and transcribed.
- Femicore ingredients page on this site: all nine names and the dose gaps.
- Femicore batch page on this site: what the lot code proves.
- Qiu 2009, Phytother Res, berberine and CYP3A and P-gp: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19370549
Frequently asked questions
What is the serving size on the Femicore label?
One capsule. The container holds 30 servings, so a bottle is 30 days at the label serving.
What does proprietary blend mean on the Femicore label?
It means one total is printed for a group of ingredients. The Herbal Blend is 350 mg and the Probiotic Blend is 50 mg. The split inside each blend is not published.
Does the Femicore label show a colony count?
No. No CFU is printed for the probiotic blend or for any of the five strains.
Is there an allergen statement on the Femicore label?
No allergen statement is printed, so milk, soy and gluten status cannot be confirmed from the bottle alone.
Where is the lot number on the bottle?
It is stamped on the base of the bottle beside the best-before date. The lot is FEM-26/FE-3921.
What claims does the Femicore bottle print?
Three: Healthy Urinary System, Bladder Control Support and Microbiome Balance, each with a dagger pointing to the FDA statement.
Our view
Our view is that this label is easy to read and hard to act on. You can see exactly what is named and exactly what is withheld. The strength figure for cranberry is helpful, and the missing CFU count is the gap that matters most for a probiotic.
Use the five-minute method on any bottle you consider. If you are unsure about an ingredient, ask a pharmacist who can see your medicines. This page is not medical advice.
If the label reads the way you now expect, you can order with the guarantee in view. Check the price and terms first.
See today’s price and guaranteeDisclosure: this website earns money on orders placed through its checkout. Femicore is a dietary supplement and is not FDA approved.