Nutricost Energy Complex

Name: Nutricost Energy Complex
Brand: Nutricost
Price: 21.97 USD

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Value 40% weight

not enough dataomitted — reweighted across the remaining components

Formula 35% weight

not enough dataomitted — reweighted across the remaining components

Consensus 25% weight 9.26/10

Consensus source: 4.6/5 across 54 buyer reviews on the brand's storefront · source ↗ (opens in a new tab) · captured 2026-10-27. A brand collects and displays the reviews on its own site; see how we rate.

Value and Formula were omitted — not enough data. Remaining components reweighted.

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Composite score not enough data

Composite score · 25% of category weighting covered

Nutrition

5 g per serving · 60 servings per container
Nutrition (per serving)	Amount
Protein	not enough data
Calories	10
Total Carbs	2 g
Sugar	not enough data
Sugar Alcohols	not enough data
Fat	not enough data
Fiber	1 g
Sodium	not enough data

Dose audit

Disclosed dose against reference dose · 3 ingredients audited
Ingredient	Disclosed dose	Reference dose	Status	Source
Taurine	1,000 mg	1,000 mg trial dose	MET	Balshaw et al., Amino Acids 2013;44:555-561 (PMID 22855206) — a single 1,000 mg dose in trained male middle-distance runners, randomised double-blind crossover; one of three healthy-adult trials at 1 g in the Waldron et al. Sports Med 2018 meta-analysis (doses 1-6 g)
L-Theanine	100 mg	100 mg trial dose	MET	Owen et al., Nutr Neurosci 2008;11:193-198 (PMID 18681988) — 100 mg L-theanine together with 50 mg caffeine, against 50 mg caffeine alone and placebo, in 27 healthy volunteers
Caffeine	100 mg	200 mg position-stand range	UNDER	Guest et al., ISSN Position Stand 2021, J Int Soc Sports Nutr 2021;18:1 (PMID 33388079) — 3-6 mg/kg; the threshold is derived from the low end, 3 mg/kg, for a 67 kg adult: 3 x 67 = 201 mg, rounded to 200 mg

Recognised by the dose reference but not scored: Niacinamide (the published dose comes from studies in people with a diagnosed condition, so it is not a threshold for anyone else); Huperzine A (the published dose comes from studies in people with a diagnosed condition, so it is not a threshold for anyone else).

Dose integrity is not part of the energy drink score; this audit is shown for reference.

Coverage: 5 of 8 dosed actives on this label matched the dose reference (blend headers, sub-totals, footnote rows and weighed excipients are not counted).

Full label as transcribed

18 ingredient rows, in the order the label prints them
Ingredient, as recorded	Per serving
Niacin (as Niacinamide)	16 mg
Vitamin B6 (as Pyridoxine HCl)	16 mg
Vitamin B12 (as Methylcobalamin)	0.024 mg
Taurine	1,000 mg
L-Theanine	100 mg
Natural Caffeine (Camellia sinensis)(leaf)	100 mg
CDP Choline	50 mg
Huperzine A	0.1 mg
Soluble tapioca flour powder	no amount
tartaric acid	no amount
natural and artificial flavors	no amount
malic acid	no amount
sucralose	no amount
calcium silicate	no amount
silica	no amount
grape (fruit) powder (for color)	no amount
dextrin	no amount
dicalcium phosphate	no amount

Two independent readers transcribed this label and agreed on every amount shown (verified 2026-10-24). Panel source ↗ (opens in a new tab)

“No amount” means the record carries no figure for that row: the label prints none (an ingredient-list entry or a blend member), prints it in another form such as a percentage, or only one reading recorded one.