Short answer: a disclosed ingredient list lets you see exactly what's in a formula by name — genuine progress over a vague "proprietary blend," but named ingredients without milligram amounts still leave real gaps.
Why proprietary blends are a red flag
A "proprietary blend" hides both the individual ingredients and their amounts behind a single combined weight, making it impossible to know what you're actually taking or in what proportion.
What full disclosure genuinely gets you
- Confirmation of which specific compounds are included
- The ability to research each named ingredient independently
- A basis for checking medication interactions ingredient by ingredient
💡 The honest standard: named ingredients are a real step up from a blend — but disclosure of names alone, without milligram doses, still leaves the single most important variable — total active dose — unverifiable.
What to check beyond just the ingredient names
Ask whether specific milligram amounts are printed for each active. If they're not, you're trusting the formulation as a whole rather than being able to verify it against published research doses.
See MemoHoney's six named actives
L-arginine, arginine AKG, two forms of citrulline, niacin, beta-alanine.
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