$8.39 $0.08 per serving
Product analysis
Taurine 500 mg offers a focused, reasonably priced option for people interested in its possible endurance and blood-pressure roles. The amount provides only partial support for those uses, so benefits may be limited.
AI assessment of the formula, label and price. How scoring works
Nutrient Quality20
The taurine form is not specified. Its relative preparation quality therefore remains uncertain.
Ingredient Transparency63
The taurine amount is stated, allowing quantity comparisons. Its preparation is not further specified, which limits a fuller comparison.
Value For Money80
The cost compares favorably for a comparable taurine amount. That supports its appeal as a focused purchase.
Customer Satisfaction91
Customer ratings indicate very high satisfaction. A large review pool gives that feedback more breadth.
Product Focus67
The single active has several possible uses, with limited support in selected endurance and blood-pressure settings. Those findings do not give the same expectation across its broader aging and liver-related uses.
- Format
Capsule - Container
- 100 Capsule(s)
- Per serving
- $0.08
- Customer rating
- 4.9 · 3,172 ratings
Goals
Impact
High effect
Taurine · 500 mg
Impact
Moderate effect
Taurine · 500 mg
Impact
High effect
Taurine · 500 mg
Impact
High effect
Taurine · 500 mg
Ingredients
| Ingredient | Amount per serving | Score |
|---|---|---|
Taurine | 500 mg |
Taurine · 500 mg OverallScore67
A serving provides 500 mg of taurine, with a competitive product cost relative to that amount. The source and manufacturing origin are unspecified. No third-party certification or testing is indicated in the available information.
How this ingredient is rated
Active Ingredient Quality & Bioavailability57
The label names taurine without specifying free-form L-taurine or a purity grade. The taurine source and manufacturing origin are not specified. The available other-ingredients information does not flag the specified artificial additives or flow agents.
Chemical Form and Purity
The label names taurine without specifying free-form L-taurine or a purity grade.
Sourcing and Branded Ingredients
The taurine source and manufacturing origin are not specified.
Formulation Cleanliness
The available other-ingredients information does not flag the specified artificial additives or flow agents.
Dose, Safety & Label Transparency71
The serving provides 500 mg of taurine. No third-party certification or testing is indicated in the available information.
Taurine Dosage Potency
The serving provides 500 mg of taurine.
Dose Disclosure
The taurine amount per serving is stated as 500 mg.
Quality Assurance and Testing
No third-party certification or testing is indicated in the available information.
Value80
The product cost is competitive relative to the taurine amount.
Price per Gram of Taurine
The product cost is competitive relative to the taurine amount.
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- Taurine Supplementation Lowers Blood Pressure and Improves Vascular Function in Prehypertension: Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study.
- Taurine ameliorates blood pressure and vascular function in patients with type 2 diabetes: Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
- Taurine reduces the risk for metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
- Effects of Oral Taurine Supplementation on Cardiometabolic Risk Factors: A Meta-analysis and Systematic Review of Randomized Clinical Trials.
- The effects of taurine supplementation on glycemic control and serum lipid profile in patients with type 2 diabetes: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.
- Taurine supplementation enhances anaerobic power in elite speed skaters: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover study.
- The effect of acute taurine ingestion on 3-km running performance in trained middle-distance runners.
- Effects of different doses of taurine supplementation on repeated-sprint performance after exhaustive exercise in a high temperature and humidity environment.
- Oral taurine improves critical power and severe-intensity exercise tolerance.
- Acute taurine supplementation enhances thermoregulation and endurance cycling performance in the heat.
- Oxidative stress and inflammation in obesity after taurine supplementation: a double-blind, placebo-controlled study.
- Effect of taurine supplementation on preventing ventilator-associated pneumonia in pediatrics under mechanical ventilation, a randomized controlled double-blind clinical trial.
- Effect of taurine in muscle damage markers and inflammatory cytokines in running exercise.
- Exercise and taurine in inflammation, cognition, and peripheral markers of blood-brain barrier integrity in older women.
- Taurine supplementation has anti-atherogenic and anti-inflammatory effects before and after incremental exercise in heart failure.
- Dietary amino acid taurine ameliorates liver injury in chronic hepatitis patients.
- Taurine status and response to intravenous taurine supplementation in adults with short-bowel syndrome undergoing long-term parenteral nutrition: a pilot study.
- Taurine supplementation reduces myeloperoxidase and matrix-metalloproteinase-9 levels and improves the effects of exercise in cognition and physical fitness in older women.
- Taurine as a possible antiaging therapy: A controlled clinical trial on taurine antioxidant activity in women ages 55 to 70.
- Association of taurine intake with changes in physical fitness among community-dwelling middle-aged and older Japanese adults: an 8-year longitudinal study.