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Sugar Defender's 200 mg Proprietary Blend: What It Does and Doesn't Tell You
The Sugar Defender proprietary blend is a 200 mg total in each mL, shared by 22 plant extracts, compounds and amino acids with no single amounts. US rules allow that if the lines run from most to least by weight (21 CFR 101.36 (eCFR)). The order sets a ceiling per line, such as 25 mg for gymnema.
Written by the Sugar Defender label deskUpdated · 4 min read

The rule01
What does the Sugar Defender proprietary blend tell you?
It tells you three things: the blend weighs 200 mg per mL, it has 22 lines, and they run from most to least by weight.
FDA's labeling rule lets a blend show its total and list members in descending order (21 CFR 101.36 (eCFR)). That is legal, and opaque.
Only chromium, at 0.7 mcg, gets its own amount.
Ceilings below are arithmetic from the label, not lab results.
The math02
How can you estimate the 200 mg blend amounts?
Divide 200 mg by an ingredient's place in the list. The result is the most it can weigh, because every earlier line weighs at least as much.
An even split gives about 9 mg per line. Place k can hold at most 200 divided by k.
| Ingredient | Place | At most | Studied |
|---|---|---|---|
| African mango | 4th | 50 mg | 150 mg twice a day (NIH ODS, Dietary Supplements for Weight Loss) |
| Gymnema | 8th | 25 mg | 200-400 mg extract (Drugs.com, Gymnema monograph) |
Real figures can be lower, and the maker has not published them.
The 22 lines03
Which ingredients share the blend?
Twelve plant extracts, two other compounds and eight amino acids, led by maca root.
- 1Chromium (as Chromium Picolinate)0.7 mcg per mL · 2% DV
- 2Maca (Lepidium meyenii) Root ExtractBlend place 1 · at most 200 mg per mL
- 3Grape (Vitis vinifera) Seed ExtractBlend place 2 · at most 100 mg per mL
- 4Guarana (Paullinia cupana) Seed ExtractBlend place 3 · at most 67 mg per mL
- 5African Mango (Irvingia gabonensis) Fruit ExtractBlend place 4 · at most 50 mg per mL
- 6Eleutherococcus Senticosus Root ExtractBlend place 5 · at most 40 mg per mL
- 7Astragalus Membranaceus Root ExtractBlend place 6 · at most 33 mg per mL
- 8Green Tea (Camellia sinensis) Leaf ExtractBlend place 7 · at most 29 mg per mL
- 9Gymnema Sylvestre Leaf ExtractBlend place 8 · at most 25 mg per mL
- 10Coleus Forskohlii Root ExtractBlend place 9 · at most 22 mg per mL
- 11Capsicum Annuum Fruit ExtractBlend place 10 · at most 20 mg per mL
- 12Grapefruit (Citrus paradisi) Seed ExtractBlend place 11 · at most 18 mg per mL
- 13Panax Ginseng Root ExtractBlend place 12 · at most 17 mg per mL
- 14Raspberry KetonesBlend place 13 · at most 15 mg per mL
- 15L-GlutamineBlend place 14 · at most 14 mg per mL
- 16L-TyrosineBlend place 15 · at most 13 mg per mL
- 17L-Arginine BaseBlend place 16 · at most 12 mg per mL
- 18Beta-AlanineBlend place 17 · at most 12 mg per mL
- 19Monoammonium GlycyrrhizinateBlend place 18 · at most 11 mg per mL
- 20GABA (Gamma aminobutyric acid)Blend place 19 · at most 11 mg per mL
- 21L-Ornithine HCl (printed 'L-Omithine')Blend place 20 · at most 10 mg per mL
- 22L-TryptophanBlend place 21 · at most 10 mg per mL
- 23L-Carnitine BaseBlend place 22 · at most 9 mg per mL
From the Supplement Facts panel on the label. Places 1-22 make up the blend, listed from most to least by weight (21 CFR 101.36 (eCFR)). Other ingredients (deionized water, organic citrus extract, natural flavors, stevia, xylitol) are not counted.

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Does a hidden blend make Sugar Defender unsafe?
Not by itself, but it makes the drops harder to judge.
Guarana and green tea add caffeine, though no amount is printed (MSKCC, Guarana). Licorice and African mango doses that could matter with medicine are unknown too (MSKCC, Irvingia gabonensis (African mango)) (NCCIH, Licorice Root). Ask your doctor first and keep taking prescribed medicine. The supplement facts page types out every line.
If you try it05
What does Sugar Defender cost?
Official orders carry a 60-day money-back guarantee.



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Sugar Defender questions people ask
Why do brands hide ingredient amounts in a blend?
The label rule permits it (21 CFR 101.36 (eCFR)). The cost to you is that you cannot compare a dose with the studies.
Is the largest ingredient in the blend the strongest?
No. First place means heaviest, not most effective.
Can I ask the maker for the blend amounts?
You can ask the order desk. We have seen no published amounts, so treat any figure as unconfirmed.
Who wrote this07
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