Yes, it’s vegan, and the part most people miss is that the phosphatidylserine is sunflower-derived rather than soy. If you avoid soy, that one line on the label is the whole reason this formula works for you and most don’t.
Allergen questions get vague answers on supplement sites. Usually because the answer is inconvenient. So here’s the label read properly, ingredient by ingredient. Including the 2 things I can’t verify for you.
Here’s what I’ll cover:
- Why the capsule itself is vegan, which is not a given
- The soy point, which is the useful one
- Gluten, dairy and caffeine
- The 2 things you should check yourself
The capsule is the bit people forget
Most capsules are gelatin. Gelatin comes from animal collagen. So a “vegan formula” in a gelatin capsule isn’t vegan at all, and plenty of brands stay quiet about that.
These use NutriCaps, a pullulan capsule made by fermenting tapioca. No animal input. It’s a better capsule for this formula too (pullulan lets in less oxygen, and several of these ingredients oxidise).
The other listed ingredient is Nu-FLOW rice concentrate, a rice-based flow agent. It replaces magnesium stearate, which is what most manufacturers use. Also plant-based.
So the whole delivery system is vegan, not just the actives. That’s worth more than it sounds.
- NutriCaps capsulePullulanFermented tapioca. Not gelatin, so no animal collagen
- Nu-FLOWRice concentrateReplaces magnesium stearate. Plant-based
- Phosphatidylserine100 mgSUNFLOWER, not soy — the line that matters most
- Lion's mane500 mgA mushroom. Vegan, but not for you if you react to fungi
- B6, B9, B12NutriGenesisCultured rather than synthesised. No animal source
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The soy point
Here’s the one I’d actually act on.
Phosphatidylserine is normally made from soy lecithin. So if you avoid soy, that rules out a big chunk of the nootropic market straight away. PS is in most of the good formulas.
The label here says sunflower. So the 100 mg of PS comes from sunflower lecithin, not soy. That makes it one of the few complete formulas a soy-avoider can take without picking an ingredient out.
I’d still call 100 mg the low end of reasonable. A lot of that research used 300 mg a day. But honestly, underdosed and available beats properly dosed and off-limits.
Gluten, dairy, caffeine
No gluten-containing ingredient on the label. No dairy. No caffeine at all, which is the whole design of the product and the reason it pairs with coffee rather than replacing it.
The lion’s mane at 500 mg is a mushroom. Fine for vegans, obviously not if you react to fungi. Worth flagging, because people forget there’s a mushroom on the label of a brain supplement.
The 3 B vitamins are NutriGenesis, which means they’re cultured rather than synthesised. That’s a manufacturing difference rather than an allergen one, but it does mean they’re not derived from animal sources.
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Two things I can’t verify for you
I’d rather say this than pretend the label answers everything.
First, shared facility statements. A product can contain no allergen and still be made on a line that handles them. Got a genuine allergy rather than a preference? Then ask the manufacturer. The answer isn’t on the bottle.
Second, certification. “Vegan” describing the ingredients isn’t the same as a certification mark from a vegan society. And I haven’t verified which, if any, this carries. So if that matters to you, check before you buy.
That’s the honest boundary of what a label tells you.
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Conclusion
Vegan actives, vegan pullulan capsule, vegan rice flow agent. No gluten, no dairy, no caffeine. And the phosphatidylserine is sunflower rather than soy. That’s the line that matters most, and the one nobody mentions.
If you have a real allergy, ask the manufacturer about shared facilities. If you need a certification mark, check for one. The label answers the ingredient question and not those two.
That would be it folks. Questions in the comments.
