What it is
Youtheory Ashwagandha is a single-herb dietary supplement sold in a bottle of 150 vegetarian capsules. The Supplement Facts panel sets the serving size at two capsules, and each serving supplies a 1,000 mg Full Spectrum Ashwagandha Blend plus 20 mg of ginger root extract. The bottle holds 75 of those servings. The brand is Youtheory, and the back panel names Nutrawise of Irvine, California as the company that manufactures it.
The packaging is a short, square, dark amber bottle with a black screw cap and a wraparound label that uses all four faces. The front is white, carrying the Youtheory wordmark, the product name in lower case and a cluster-of-circles graphic in teal and navy. One side panel is green and holds the brand's own product copy; the back panel is white and holds the usage warnings, the Non-GMO Project Verified seal, the manufacturer details and the barcode. The Supplement Facts panel occupies the remaining face.
What's inside
The panel declares two dietary ingredients and nothing else: ashwagandha root and ginger root. There is no vitamin, no mineral and no amino acid on it. Both halves of the ashwagandha portion are declared with their own milligram figures rather than rolled into a single undisclosed total.
Ashwagandha is a small shrub whose root has a long history of use in Ayurvedic preparations in India, where it is dried and milled rather than used fresh. The green side panel of this bottle also prints the common name "Indian Ginseng" — a name the plant has carried for a long time, though botanically it is unrelated to the true ginsengs. The NCCIH fact sheet on ashwagandha gives general background on the plant and on the current state of the research.
What makes this particular panel worth reading closely is how the 1,000 mg is built. It is not one ingredient but the same root in two forms: 600 mg of organic ashwagandha root extract, under the branded name KSM-66, and 400 mg of organic ashwagandha root powder. The extract is a concentrated preparation; the powder is the milled root itself, unconcentrated. The panel names the pair together as the Full Spectrum Ashwagandha Blend and prints each amount separately inside it. KSM-66 Ashwagandha is credited on the panel as a registered trademark of Ixoreal Biomed, Inc.
The second plant is ginger, at 20 mg of ginger root extract per serving, listed under the trademark Gingever, which the panel attributes to OmniActive Health Technologies Ltd. Ginger is the rhizome of Zingiber officinale, the same knobbly kitchen ingredient sold fresh in produce aisles and dried as a baking spice. At 20 mg of a concentrated extract it is a small fraction of the serving by weight next to the 1,000 mg of ashwagandha.
The rest of the contents are the capsule and the excipients that let a powder be filled into one. The Other Ingredients line reads: vegetarian capsule (hypromellose), microcrystalline cellulose, vegetable magnesium stearate, silicon dioxide. Hypromellose is a plant-derived cellulose used for capsule shells in place of gelatin; the front of the bottle describes the capsules as vegetarian. The other three are standard filling and flow agents. For general context on how botanical supplements are formulated and labeled, the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements overview of botanical dietary supplements is a useful starting point, and the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database lets you compare printed panels across brands.
Supplement Facts
Supplement Facts — Youtheory Ashwagandha 1,000 mg, 150 Vegetarian Capsules
| Ingredient | Amount Per Serving | % Daily Value |
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| Full Spectrum Ashwagandha Blend | 1,000 mg | ** |
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| Organic Ashwagandha (root) extract (KSM-66) | (600 mg) | — |
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| Organic Ashwagandha (root) powder | (400 mg) | — |
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| Ginger (root) extract (Gingever) | 20 mg | ** |
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Serving Size: 2 capsules · Servings per bottle: 75
The two rows shown in parentheses are the components of the Full Spectrum Ashwagandha Blend, printed that way on the panel.
** Daily Value not established.
Other Ingredients: vegetarian capsule (hypromellose), microcrystalline cellulose, vegetable magnesium stearate, silicon dioxide.
How to use it
The Suggested Use printed on the panel is: (Adults) Take two (2) capsules daily with water. The warnings panel on the back of the bottle repeats that the recommended dosage is two capsules per day, notes that some people prefer to start with one capsule per day and increase gradually, and states plainly: do not exceed the recommended daily intake.
Storage is covered on the same panel — store in a cool and dry place after opening. The bottle is opaque and dark with a screw cap, so it reseals between uses.
Who it's for
This is a product for adults, and the label is explicit that it is not intended for persons under 18. Youtheory does not present it as a men's or a women's formula — the back panel carries the brand's own line, "made for all of you" — and it is listed here at Gear Isle under both Supplements for Men and Supplements for Women.
The format is the thing to weigh. At two capsules a day, 150 capsules works out to a 75-day supply, so this bottle suits someone who has already settled ashwagandha into a daily routine and wants to restock rather than sample. It is a large count to open at once, and the warnings panel asks that it be stored closed, cool and dry once it is.
Good to know
The Supplement Facts panel carries an allergen-related disclosure worth reading before you buy: "This product is manufactured in a facility that processes fish extracts." That is a statement about the facility rather than the formula — the declared ingredients are two botanicals and four excipients, none of them fish-derived — but if you avoid fish, it is the line that matters.
The full Usage Warnings block on the back panel reads: check with your doctor before using this product if you are taking medication or have any medical conditions; do not use if you are pregnant or nursing; do not exceed the recommended daily intake; not intended for persons under 18; keep out of reach of children; store in a cool and dry place after opening.
The back panel also carries the Non-GMO Project Verified seal. If you are weighing up whether a botanical supplement fits alongside something else you already take, the NCCIH page on dietary and herbal supplement safety covers the general questions worth putting to a clinician.
Shipping and packaging
Orders ship in plain outer packaging. It will not show the Gear Isle name. Product photographs are illustrative. Packaging, lot codes and printed dates vary between shipments.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many capsules are in the bottle, and how many servings is that?
The bottle holds 150 vegetarian capsules, which the panel declares as 75 servings. The serving size is two capsules, so at one serving a day the bottle is a 75-day supply.
What is KSM-66, and how much of it is in a serving?
KSM-66 is the branded organic ashwagandha root extract used in this formula, and a two-capsule serving contains 600 mg of it. The panel lists it as a component of the 1,000 mg Full Spectrum Ashwagandha Blend, alongside 400 mg of organic ashwagandha root powder. KSM-66 Ashwagandha is credited on the panel as a registered trademark of Ixoreal Biomed, Inc.
Are the capsules vegetarian?
Yes — the front of the bottle reads "150 vegetarian capsules," and the Other Ingredients line gives the shell as a vegetarian capsule made from hypromellose. Hypromellose is a cellulose derived from plants and is the usual substitute for gelatin in capsule shells. The remainder of the Other Ingredients line is microcrystalline cellulose, vegetable magnesium stearate and silicon dioxide.
Does the label carry an allergen statement?
Yes. The Supplement Facts panel prints the line "This product is manufactured in a facility that processes fish extracts." It describes the manufacturing facility, not the ingredient list, but anyone avoiding fish should factor that disclosure in. For wider background on reading supplement labels, the FDA's consumer page on dietary supplements explains what manufacturers must and must not state.
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.
