Hydroxycut Original 60 Capsules (US Version)

What you actually get

• 200 mg of caffeine in every 2-capsule serving — 100 mg per capsule. At the four capsules the directions allow in 24 hours, that is 400 mg in a day.
• A 604 mg complex — robusta coffee extract 200 mg, coffee extract 204 mg and apple cider vinegar 100 mg print their own amounts inside it.
• Six added vitamins, every amount printed — vitamin B12 6 mcg, vitamin D 10 mcg, niacin 4 mg, vitamin B6 0.4 mg, thiamin 0.3 mg and riboflavin 0.3 mg.
• Three rows carry no individual amount — plum, baobab extract and cardamom share the 100 mg the printed rows leave unaccounted for, in a split the panel does not state.
• A rapid-release capsule — the shell is bovine gelatin, so this is not suitable for vegetarians or vegans.
• The full panel published as text — in the Supplement Facts tab on this page, row for row, including the label’s own % Daily Value column and footnote.

What you are actually buying

A caffeine capsule with a short botanical complex and six vitamins. One serving is two capsules with a glass of water, and the label allows two servings a day after the first three days. Every figure quoted on this page can be checked against the panel in the Supplement Facts tab.

The front of this pack is written for the United States. New Zealand rules for dietary supplements are far stricter than the United States rules this box was printed under, and the front-of-pack wording is not repeated on this page. It is not part of what we are telling you about the product.

Where the artwork and the panel differ, the panel wins. The Supplement Facts tab holds real text rather than a picture of a label, so it can be searched, copied and read without pinching to zoom. It is the operative statement of what is in the capsule.

The panel, plainly

Coffee extract (Coffea robusta, bean), 204 mg. The single most important row on this label, because the panel qualifies it as supplying 200 mg of caffeine. Across a two-capsule serving that is 100 mg of caffeine in each capsule. Add it to any coffee, tea, cola or pre-workout in your day before you decide whether this fits.

Robusta coffee extract (C. canephora robusta, bean), 200 mg. A separate row from the one above, standardised for 45% chlorogenic acids, which the panel prints as a qualifier line. On that figure, 200 mg of extract supplies 90 mg of chlorogenic acids per serving.

Apple cider vinegar (Malus pumila, fruit), 100 mg. A dried fruit-vinegar ingredient at 100 mg per serving. The panel prints no standardisation percentage and no acetic acid figure beside it.

Plum (Prunus domestica, fruit), baobab extract (Adansonia digitata, fruit) and cardamom (Amomum cardamomum, seed). Three named botanicals printed with no individual amount — the panel shows only the dagger. The three rows that do print an amount account for 504 mg of the 604 mg complex, so these three share the remaining 100 mg.

Vitamin B12 (as cyanocobalamin), 6 mcg. Printed at 250% of the United States Daily Value, the highest percentage on the panel by a wide margin.

Vitamin D (as cholecalciferol), 10 mcg. Printed at 50% of the United States Daily Value. Ten micrograms is the equivalent of 400 IU on labels that use the older unit.

Niacin (as niacinamide) 4 mg, vitamin B6 (as pyridoxine hydrochloride) 0.4 mg, thiamin (as thiamin hydrochloride) 0.3 mg and riboflavin 0.3 mg. The four remaining vitamins, printed between 23% and 25% of their United States Daily Values. Each names its own chemical form on the panel.

What’s inside, per serving

Every row below is taken from the Supplement Facts panel for a 2-capsule serving. The full panel, including the label’s own % Daily Value column and footnote, is in the Supplement Facts tab.

How to use it

1. Start at one capsule, twice a day — for the first 3 days, to assess your own tolerance, with a glass of water each time.
2. Take it 30 to 60 minutes before your two main meals — that is the timing printed in the manufacturer’s directions.
3. From day 4, two capsules twice a day — two capsules is one full serving, so a full label day is two servings.
4. Never more than 2 capsules in a 4-hour period — and never more than 4 capsules in 24 hours. Both limits are printed in the directions.
5. Count your caffeine first — 200 mg is already in one serving and 400 mg in a full label day, so add up your coffee, tea and any pre-workout before you start, and take it early if caffeine affects your sleep.
6. Keep your fluids up — the directions ask for 8 glasses of water daily for general good health.
7. Read the whole label — and store the bottle cool, dry and out of reach of children.

Is it for you?

What we don’t claim

Stack with

Check the caffeine before you add anything. One serving already carries 200 mg and a full label day carries 400 mg, so a pre-workout, a cola or a strong coffee on the same day stacks on top of that rather than beside it. Most people running a stimulant capsule keep their pre-workout for training days only, or drop it entirely.

Nothing here replaces training, food or daily protein. This is a capsule panel — not a protein source, not a creatine product and not a meal. Most people running it keep the rest of their routine exactly as it was.

Where these numbers come from

1. Supplement Facts panel, Hydroxycut Original, serving size 2 capsules — Iovate Health Sciences, hydroxycut.com/products/hydroxycut-original. Reproduced row for row in the Supplement Facts tab on this page, with one printed heading name replaced and footnoted for New Zealand advertising rules.
2. Other Ingredients and the capsule composition — the same panel.
3. Directions, the 30-to-60-minutes-before-meals timing, the 2-capsules-in-4-hours and 4-capsules-in-24-hours limits and the 8-glasses-of-water instruction — the manufacturer’s published directions for this product.
4. Caffeine per capsule — arithmetic on the panel: 200 mg divided by the 2 capsules in a serving equals 100 mg.
5. Caffeine per full label day — arithmetic on the directions: 4 capsules is 2 servings, which is 400 mg.
6. Chlorogenic acids per serving — arithmetic on the panel’s own qualifier: 45% of the 200 mg robusta coffee extract row equals 90 mg.
7. The 100 mg shared between plum, baobab extract and cardamom — arithmetic on the panel: 604 mg total less the 200 mg, 204 mg and 100 mg rows that print an amount.
8. Pack size — the 60-capsule count is the pack this listing sells; the panel published by the manufacturer is printed for the 72-capsule bottle, and no servings-per-container figure is carried across from it.
9. Trademarks — Hydroxycut® is a registered trademark of Iovate Health Sciences International Inc.