• Coffee Fruit Extract – 100mg:

Coffee fruit extract can provide some good benefits, but won’t be an ingredient that knocks your socks off. It is known to be a powerful antioxidant and increases BDNF (brain-derived neurotrophic factor) by 143% — which plays a major role in creating new pathways for your brain and improving mental clarity.

Coffee fruit extract can be beneficial to fighting inflammation and easing anxiety, as well.

• Organic Mediterranean Berrie Fruit and Vegetable Blend – 2500mg:

I’m not too fond of this ingredient, which is essentially a mixture of different fruit powders. Not necessarily a bad ingredient for you, but not too sure what benefits this has in a nootropic supplement.

The nutrition label states that the blend is 2,500mg — that’s a large portion of the product. This is concerning when you figure that a majority of what you’re paying for is this ingredient. It might be more enjoyable to just eat fruit and vegetables.

• Active B Energy Complex:

The B Vitamin group is essential for many roles of your body and is found in most nootropics, but is another ingredient that doesn’t hold a lot of value by itself. These vitamins help your body’s metabolism, cellular signaling, creation of neurotransmitters, cell growth, neurological function, and red blood cell development.

The average consumer will get the needed levels of B Vitamins through their everyday diet routine, but getting more than you need isn’t a bad thing. Pregnant women, the elderly, and vegans/vegetarians could benefit from a larger intake of B Vitamins.

• Grape Seed Extract – 100mg:

Another ingredient that I wouldn’t necessarily list as bad or great, but somewhere in the middle. Like Turmeric, there are definitely some proven benefits of grape seed extract (GSE), but I’m not sure if it’s an ingredient that should excite a lot of people.

GSE is known to improve blood flow, reduce oxidative damage, support your brain through aging, and enhance memory. GSE does contain high levels of proanthocyanidins, a powerful antioxidant.

• Turmeric – 150mg:

Turmeric isn’t necessarily a bad ingredient, but it’s definitely tough to justify it as a major nootropic ingredient with value to the consumer. It does have a lot of curcumin in it, which is known as an antioxidant that helps protect cells from damage.

There are studies that suggest cognitive value with turmeric, including a study that showed a 28% increase in memory compared to those that took a placebo. These studies are still new and faint, but it does show promise.

If you’re a lover of Indian food and consume it on a regular basis, this ingredient won’t hold as much value to you. Turmeric is a common ingredient in Indian food that gives it the golden color.

• Ashwagandha – 250mg:

This will be the other important ingredient in this nootropic. Ashwagandha is an ancient medicinal herb that plays a major role in relieving stress, but also packs on a wide variety of other benefits.

Ashwagandha is also proven to help increase energy levels, concentration, reduce blood sugar levels, decrease cortisol levels (stress), manage anxiety and depression, as well as improve your memory and brain function.

• Cognizin (Citicoline) – 250mg:

Citicoline is going to be one of the two most important ingredients in this product. It is a chemical found in the brain that is naturally made by the body.

When citicoline levels in the brain decrease, it limits a brain cell’s ability to produce acetyl-choline. This can lead to the brain cells breaking down cell membranes to produce acetyl-choline. This is very important for memory and cognitive speed.