Havasu Saw Palmetto Prostate Supplement Hair Loss DHT Blocker 100 caps

What this is

Havasu Nutrition Saw Palmetto Extra Strength is a single-botanical dietary supplement: 100 capsules in one black bottle, each capsule supplying 500 mg of a saw palmetto berry blend. The Supplement Facts panel lists one capsule as a serving and 100 servings in the bottle, so at the labeled serving the bottle works out to a 100-day supply. It sits in our Supplements for Men range and is sold for adults 18 and over.

There is no multi-herb stack here and no vitamin or mineral premix. One plant, in two forms, is the whole formula.

What is in the capsule

Saw palmetto is Serenoa repens, a low, wide-spreading fan palm native to the southeastern United States. It grows in dense colonies across the sandy scrub and pine flatwoods of Florida and neighboring states, rarely lifting its crown far off the ground, and it produces clusters of dark olive-sized fruit that ripen from late summer into autumn. Those berries were a food plant long before they were a supplement ingredient, and the supply that reaches the supplement trade today is still largely gathered from wild stands rather than grown as a planted crop. The NCCIH page on saw palmetto gives general background on the botanical; it is a public reference about the plant and not an assessment of this or any product.

The panel calls the 500 mg a Saw Palmetto Blend, and the two lines underneath explain why it is a blend rather than a single entry. The first is saw palmetto berries (powder) — the dried fruit, milled whole. The second is saw palmetto berries (extract), 45% fatty acids — the same fruit put through an extraction that pulls out its oily fraction and leaves most of the fiber and sugars behind.

That "45% fatty acids" figure is the most informative thing printed on the panel, and it is worth understanding rather than skipping. Saw palmetto is unusual among botanical ingredients in that the part manufacturers concentrate is a lipid: the berry's oil is characteristically rich in free fatty acids such as lauric and oleic acid, of the same broad family found in coconut and olive oil. Because that oily fraction is what extraction targets, saw palmetto extracts are conventionally standardized by the percentage of fatty acids they contain, and 45% is a figure stated on a good many labels. It describes how the raw material was processed, not how much of anything you are taking. Pairing the milled whole berry with the concentrated extract is a common formulating choice: the powder carries the fruit as it comes, the extract carries the concentrated oily fraction, and the label reports the two together as one 500 mg blend without breaking out their individual weights.

The panel marks the blend with a double asterisk and states that a Daily Value has not been established, which is standard for a botanical with no set reference intake.

Two other ingredients are listed, both structural rather than active. The capsule shell is gelatin (bovine) — beef-derived, not plant-derived, which matters if you avoid animal products or beef specifically. The other is vegetable magnesium stearate, a routine flow agent that keeps powder moving evenly through an encapsulating machine so each capsule fills to the same weight.

Supplement Facts

Transcribed from the Supplement Facts panel on the bottle. The panel gives one combined weight for the blend and does not assign separate amounts to the powder and the extract, so none are shown here.

How to take it

The label's Suggested Use reads: take one capsule daily, preferably with a meal, or as directed by your healthcare provider. That is one capsule per day, not one per meal, and the bottle sets out no loading period and no cycling schedule.

Follow the storage and handling instructions printed on the bottle, and keep the cap closed between doses.

Who it is for

This is for adults 18 and over who already know they want saw palmetto and want it on its own, at 500 mg a capsule, rather than folded into a multi-ingredient blend. The 100-count size suits someone taking it steadily rather than sampling it: at one capsule a day, a single bottle covers a little over three months before it needs reordering.

It is not suitable if you are vegetarian or vegan, or if you avoid beef-derived ingredients, because the capsule shell is bovine gelatin. Anyone who is pregnant, nursing, under 18, taking prescription medication or managing an ongoing medical condition should speak to a licensed healthcare professional before starting it. You can browse the rest of the range in Supplements for Men.

Good to know

This is a dietary supplement, not a medicine, and it is not a substitute for medical advice or for anything a clinician has prescribed. If you have a health concern, take it to a doctor rather than to a supplement shelf.

Keep the bottle out of reach of children. If you take prescription medication, check with a pharmacist or physician before adding any botanical supplement, since herbal ingredients can interact with drugs. General consumer guidance on choosing and using supplements is available from the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements and NCCIH on dietary and herbal supplements; neither refers to this product. If you want to compare label panels across brands, the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database holds scanned panels from thousands of products.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many capsules come in the bottle?

One hundred capsules. The Supplement Facts panel lists a serving of one capsule and 100 servings, so a single bottle covers 100 days at the labeled serving.

Is this supplement suitable for vegetarians or vegans?

No. The capsule shell is gelatin (bovine), which is beef-derived, so the product is not vegetarian or vegan and is not suitable for anyone avoiding beef-derived ingredients. The only other non-botanical ingredient is vegetable magnesium stearate.

What does "45% fatty acids" mean on the label?

It is the standardization specification for the extract portion of the blend, meaning that extract is 45% fatty acids by weight. Saw palmetto extracts are concentrated for their oily fraction rather than for a single marker compound, so the fatty-acid percentage is the number labels use to describe how the raw berry was processed.

Does this bottle contain anything besides saw palmetto?

No other botanical, vitamin or mineral is in it. The Supplement Facts panel lists one entry — a 500 mg saw palmetto berry blend of whole-berry powder and 45% fatty-acid extract — plus a bovine gelatin capsule shell and vegetable magnesium stearate.

How will this arrive in the mail?

Your order ships in plain, unmarked outer packaging with nothing about the contents on the outside. It will not show the Gear Isle name.

Product information compiled and reviewed by the Gear Isle product team. We transcribe supplement facts directly from manufacturer packaging. Found an error? Tell us.

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Dietary supplement for adults 18 and over. Consult a licensed healthcare professional before use, especially if you have a medical condition, heart concerns, or take prescription medication (including nitrates). Keep out of reach of children.