Horse Honey: Frequently Asked Questions

Horse Honey is a men's performance supplement in gelatin capsules, 60 to a bottle, distributed by Vitalifes. The panel gives a serving size of 2 capsules and 30 servings per container. The front of the bottle says supports performance, supports stamina and supports energy.

One thing: a Test Boost Proprietary Blend of 1,200 mg. Inside it, in printed order, are horny goat weed, tongkat ali, saw palmetto, nettle root, wild yam, sarsaparilla, orchic substance and boron amino acid chelate. No individual amount is published for any of them.

Because the label uses a proprietary blend, which federal rules permit. Under 21 CFR 101.36(c) a blend declares one total weight and lists its ingredients in descending order of predominance by weight. Individual amounts are not required, so you learn the order and never the doses.

About 150 mg each if it were split evenly, and nothing on the label says it is. Blends are almost never even. Horny goat weed is listed first so it weighs the most; boron is listed last so it weighs the least.

No. There is no honey on the Supplement Facts panel and none in the other-ingredients line. The name and the listing artwork are built around honey; the label is not.

The blend is called Test Boost, and one ingredient in it has a placebo-controlled trial behind it: tongkat ali at 200 mg a day of standardised extract, in men aged 50 to 70, over twelve weeks. The amount here is not published, and tongkat ali is second of eight in a 1,200 mg total.

No. A 1,200 mg Test Boost Proprietary Blend with this exact list of eight ingredients is sold under more than one brand name in this category. The panel is not unique to this product, and nothing on the bottle claims that it is.

Bovine testicle tissue. The reference monographs say there is no good scientific evidence to support its use, that it is not clear whether it provides testosterone, and that there is not enough reliable information to know what an appropriate dose would be.

No. Diosgenin from wild yam is used in laboratories as a raw material for making steroid hormones, which is a chemical process. Memorial Sloan Kettering states plainly that there is no evidence the human body can convert diosgenin into progesterone.

Saw palmetto is studied for prostate symptoms rather than for raising testosterone, and a 2023 review of 27 studies found little or no benefit for those symptoms when it is used alone. The label offers no explanation for including it.

Its active compound, icariin, has an absorption problem. A 2019 human trial gave 100 mg to 1,680 mg and found blood levels very low or undetectable, nearly all below 1 ng/mL. It is first in this blend, so it is the largest share of the 1,200 mg.

Not published. Boron amino acid chelate is last of the eight, so it is the smallest weight in the blend. For scale, typical total boron intake from food and supplements is 1.0 to 1.5 mg a day and the adult upper limit is 20 mg.

Two of its eight ingredients, saw palmetto and nettle root, are the most common prostate ingredients in the category, though the label makes no prostate claim. If you take anything for your prostate, mention this to whoever prescribes it.

The label reads: as a dietary supplement, take one (1) or two (2) capsules daily with an 8 oz. glass of water. The Supplement Facts panel treats 2 capsules as one serving.

The label allows either and does not say which. The arithmetic matters: at two capsules you get the full 1,200 mg blend and the bottle lasts thirty days. At one capsule you get 600 mg and it lasts sixty. Start at one, see how you tolerate it, and treat two as the ceiling.

The label names no time of day, only that it goes down with a large glass of water. Pick a time you will not forget and keep it. A fixed anchor beats a rule about the clock.

The label does not say. It specifies an 8 oz. glass of water and nothing about a meal. If capsules are uncomfortable on an empty stomach, food is the obvious first thing to try.

Take the next serving at the usual time. Do not double up. The caution panel says do not exceed the recommended dose, and nothing here needs a steady blood level hour to hour.

Reviewers who reported noticing anything named three to four weeks, which is the shortest window of any product we have written up. The tongkat ali trial ran twelve weeks and saw changes from week four. No published trial exists on this formula.

No. Nothing here is a course with an end date and nothing creates a dependency. Whether to continue is a question about cost and about whether anything has actually changed.

The label is specific: keep away from heat, light and humidity to preserve freshness, and store in a cool, dry place. Keep the safety seal intact until you start the bottle.

The side panel prints Expiry date: 07-2028. That is on the bottle itself, which is more than many labels in this category manage, and it is worth checking against the bottle you receive.

No published safety study exists on this formula, and because no individual amount is published we cannot compare any dose against a published limit. The bottle says pregnant or nursing mothers, under-18s and anyone with a known medical condition should consult a physician first.

None are printed on the label. Saw palmetto's reported adverse effects are mild and infrequent and may include digestive symptoms, dizziness and headache. Beyond that, an unquantified blend cannot be assessed for dose-dependent effects.

No. The caution panel says pregnant or nursing mothers should consult a physician before using this or any dietary supplement, and saw palmetto specifically may be unsafe during pregnancy or breastfeeding. The product is sold for men.

Show the panel to your pharmacist. Saw palmetto and nettle root are both used for prostate symptoms, so they belong in any conversation about prostate medication. MSKCC also lists possible additive effects between nettle and diuretics or blood pressure drugs.

No, on two counts. The capsule shell is gelatin, and the blend contains orchic substance, which is bovine testicle tissue.

Anyone pregnant or nursing, under 18, or with a known medical condition without speaking to a physician first, all per the bottle. Also vegetarians and vegans, and anyone who needs to know a dose before they swallow something.

No price was published to us. Pack prices are the ones printed on the marketplace listing at checkout, which is where you will see a figure for the first time.

One bottle, three bottles and six bottles. Each bottle holds 60 capsules. The seller's summary says six bottles was the pack most buyers chose.

Through this site, which is the U.S. stocking partner for Horse Honey. The order button hands you to the marketplace listing's checkout, where the price and the return window are shown.

Nothing in the material we were given mentions one. Read the checkout screen for any recurring language before you agree, which is good practice on any listing.

Not published to us. The checkout screen shows it. The product ships from the United States unless the listing says otherwise.

Yes. A tracking number arrives in the order email once the parcel moves, which is usually a separate email from the order confirmation.

The window printed on the marketplace listing. No separate seller money-back guarantee was published to us, so we do not print one.

Call the order desk on +1 (302) 200-3480 with your order ID before sending anything back. Returns go to 277 Park Avenue, Floor 38, New York, NY 10172, with your full name, the email you ordered with and the order ID in the parcel.

Three to five business days after they credit it, then five to ten days for the card to show it. Those are two separate clocks and the second one belongs to your bank.

The buyer. Use tracking; it is the only proof you have that the parcel arrived.

Do not take the capsules. The bottle says do not use if safety seal is damaged or missing. Photograph it and call +1 (302) 200-3480 with your order ID.

Thehorsehoney, the U.S. stocking partner for Horse Honey, at 1370 Avenue of the Americas, Floor 4, New York, NY 10019. We earn a commission on orders placed through this site.

The bottle reads: Distributed by : Vitalifes. No address, phone number or website for Vitalifes was published to us, and the manufacturer, as distinct from the distributor, was not named.

No, and no dietary supplement is. The FDA does not have the authority to approve dietary supplements before they are marketed. Where a product is described as made in an FDA-registered facility, that means the factory is on a list the FDA keeps.

Lot HOR-26/TH-2631, with certificate reference HOR-2631-26-TH. The bottle also prints an expiry date of 07-2028 on the side panel. A different lot on your bottle is normal.

Yes. Thehorsehoney is the U.S. stocking partner and earns a commission on orders placed through this site. That is exactly why the missing price, the unquantified blend and an editorial score of 2.4 out of 5 are all published here.

Because there is one number on the entire Supplement Facts panel, and because two of the eight ingredients have no supporting evidence at all. Those are facts about the label, not opinions about the brand, and hiding them would make everything else on this site worthless.

Three things. The ingredient selection is the real category selection rather than a costume. The format is genuinely easy. And the bottle prints an expiry date and a full caution panel, which more labels should.