What Is in Metaglucent? The Ingredients List and the 528 mg Blend
Seventeen dietary ingredients, four printed amounts and one big number. Here is the panel, line by line, in plain words.
Written by Themetaglucent Editorial Desk
Medically reviewed by Dr. Gerti Tashko, MD · reviewed
Published · Last updated · About 7 minutes to read
Metaglucent holds 17 dietary ingredients per capsule. Four have printed amounts: vitamin C 90 mg, vitamin D 25 mcg, magnesium 20 mg and chromium 100 mcg. The other thirteen share one 528 mg Proprietary Blend, listed heaviest to lightest, with no individual amounts. It is a vegetable capsule, not a gummy or a drop.
- What is in Metaglucent, exactly?
- Which thirteen ingredients are in the 528 mg blend?
- How much of each ingredient could there be?
- What are the other ingredients, and is it vegetarian?
- Is Metaglucent a capsule, a pill, a gummy or a drop?
- What stands out in the nutrient part of the panel?
- Frequently asked questions
- Our view
Key facts
- One capsule is a serving, and each container holds 30.
- Vitamin C 90 mg (100% DV), vitamin D 25 mcg (125% DV), magnesium 20 mg (5% DV), chromium 100 mcg (286% DV).
- Proprietary Blend: 528 mg, Daily Value not established, thirteen ingredients.
- Non-active extras: hypromellose (the vegetable capsule shell), microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate, stearic acid and silicon dioxide.
- Dietary ingredients total about 638 mg per capsule, so the blend is 528 of those 638 mg.
- No standardisation percentage is printed for any extract.
- Form: capsule. We found no gummy or drop version in our source material.
What is in Metaglucent, exactly?
Here is the panel as printed. A serving is one capsule, and a bottle gives you 30 of them. We checked the numbers against the FDA Daily Values, and all four percentages are right.
| Ingredient | Amount | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|
| Vitamin C (as ascorbic acid) | 90 mg | 100% |
| Vitamin D (as cholecalciferol) | 25 mcg | 125% |
| Magnesium (as magnesium oxide) | 20 mg | 5% |
| Chromium (as chromium picolinate) | 100 mcg | 286% |
| Proprietary Blend | 528 mg | Daily Value not established |
The first four lines are clear. The fifth line is where the panel stops giving numbers, and where most questions begin.
Which thirteen ingredients are in the 528 mg blend?
They are listed in the order the rules require, from the heaviest to the lightest. The first one weighs the most, and the last one weighs the least.
- Turmeric (Curcuma longa) rhizome
- Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) bean extract
- Berberine HCL
- Gymnema (Gymnema sylvestre) leaf
- Cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia) bark
- Olive (Olea europaea L.) leaf extract
- Eleuthero (Eleutherococcus senticosus) root extract
- Juniper (Juniperus communis) berry
- Pine (Pinus pinaster) bark extract
- Bitter melon (Momordica charantia) fruit extract
- Banaba (Lagerstremia speciosa) leaf extract
- Butcher's broom (Ruscus aculeatus) root extract
- Guggul (Commiphora mukul) resin extract
The label does credit one thing here: it names a plant part and a Latin name for every botanical. That is more care than many blends show.
How much of each ingredient could there be?
The label does not say, but the order sets a limit. An ingredient in position n cannot weigh more than the blend total divided by n. That gives a ceiling for each one.
| Position and ingredient | Highest possible weight | Note |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Turmeric | 528 mg | Could be most of the blend |
| 2. Cocoa bean extract | 264 mg | Ceiling only |
| 3. Berberine HCL | 176 mg | Ceiling only |
| 4. Gymnema leaf | 132 mg | Ceiling only |
| 5. Cinnamon bark | 106 mg | Ceiling only |
| 11. Banaba leaf extract | 48 mg | Ceiling only |
| 13. Guggul resin extract | 41 mg | Smallest of the thirteen |
These are not amounts. Every ceiling is consistent with a mere trace. The point of the table is to show how little the order tells you, not to suggest that a certain dose is inside.
What are the other ingredients, and is it vegetarian?
The other-ingredients line reads hypromellose (vegetable capsule), microcrystalline cellulose, magnesium stearate, stearic acid and silicon dioxide. Hypromellose is a plant-based shell. Microcrystalline cellulose is a filler. The stearate and stearic acid help powder run through machines, and silicon dioxide keeps it flowing.
Nothing on that line is animal-derived, so the vegetarian badge is the one badge the printed panel supports. The magnesium stearate is an excipient and is not part of the 20 mg of magnesium in the table above. They are different materials with different jobs.
Gluten-free and dairy-free badges also appear on the listing. Nothing on the other-ingredients line is a wheat or dairy material, which makes them plausible. But no test report or certifying body was published, so we treat them as unverified. If you have celiac disease or a dairy allergy, ask the distributor on the label phone number before you buy.
Is Metaglucent a capsule, a pill, a gummy or a drop?
It is a capsule. The label says vegetable capsule, one capsule daily, 30 to a bottle. People also search for pills, gummies and drops. Pill is a loose word that fits a capsule in everyday speech. We found no gummy or drop version in our source material, so we do not describe one.
If you see a listing elsewhere that sells a different form under a similar name, treat it as a different product until the seller shows you a label. The order desk can only help with orders placed through this site.
What stands out in the nutrient part of the panel?
Chromium stands out. At 100 mcg, it is 286% of a 35 mcg Daily Value, and it is the nutrient the NIH Office of Dietary Supplements mentions in connection with diabetes medicines. The capsule's vitamin D of 25 mcg equals 1,000 IU and sits below the adult upper intake level of 100 mcg, or 4,000 IU. Add it to any vitamin D you already take.
Magnesium is small. At 20 mg it is 5% of a 420 mg Daily Value, and it comes as magnesium oxide, a form the NIH lists as less well absorbed than several others. Vitamin C matches its Daily Value exactly.
A large percentage is arithmetic, not an achievement. Chromium's 286% comes from a very small reference number. What matters more is what the ingredient may do next to your other medicines.
Frequently asked questions
What is in Metaglucent?
Seventeen dietary ingredients. Vitamin C 90 mg, vitamin D 25 mcg, magnesium 20 mg and chromium 100 mcg have printed amounts. Thirteen botanicals share a 528 mg Proprietary Blend with no individual amounts.
Are the printed percentages correct?
Yes. Vitamin C 100%, vitamin D 125%, magnesium 5% and chromium 286% all match the FDA Daily Values when recalculated.
Why are thirteen ingredients inside one number?
The label uses a proprietary blend. The rules require a total weight and a heaviest-to-lightest order, but not individual amounts.
Is the capsule vegetarian?
Yes. The shell is hypromellose, a plant-based material, and nothing on the other-ingredients line is animal-derived.
Are any of the extracts standardised?
No standardisation percentage is printed for any extract, so even a published weight could not be matched to a study.
Does Metaglucent come as a gummy or drops?
We found only the vegetable capsule, 30 to a bottle. We do not describe other forms.
Our view
The ingredients tell two stories at once. The back of the bottle is careful: four amounts, four correct percentages, plant parts and Latin names. The blend line is not. It carries one number for thirteen ingredients.
That contrast matters to a buyer. You can check four ingredients and you cannot check thirteen. In weight, the thirteen are most of the capsule.
If an ingredient list is how you judge supplements, take the photo of the panel to your doctor or pharmacist first. They can tell you what is worth worrying about for your own medicines.
Metaglucent is a dietary supplement. It is not FDA approved, and no dietary supplement is. This page is general information, not medical advice. It does not diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Talk to your doctor or pharmacist about any medical question, and before you add a supplement if you take medicine.
Last updated . Medically reviewed by Dr. Gerti Tashko, MD.