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Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) Powder

Mitochondrial · Powder (240-capsule variant also sold) · 166 servings

Label snapshot

What the label says

What the product contains and what one serving costs, according to our catalog. Label amounts are not personal dose recommendations.

Active per serving
Alpha-Lipoic Acid 600 mg
Form
Powder
List price (catalog, USD)
$21.97
Price per serving
$0.13List price divided by servings per container. A per-day cost only if the label serving is once daily.
Full label record: servings, testing, ingredients
Servings per container
166
Catalog monthly estimate
$3.97
Testing disclosure
No third-party testing listedStatus as recorded in the catalog from brand materials; not independently verified by NO1GEVITY.

Ingredients as listed

IngredientAmount per serving
Alpha-Lipoic Acid600 mg

What to check on the label

  • Which form of the compound the label names (for CoQ10: ubiquinol or ubiquinone) and whether the milligrams refer to that form.
  • Softgel oil carriers are listed under 'other ingredients'. They are not part of the active amount.
  • Branded ingredients (Mitopure, BioPQQ and similar) should be named on the label if the brand claims them.

Amounts are per label serving as recorded in the catalog and are not a recommendation. Testing status reflects what the brand lists. Nothing here is medical advice.

Editorial score and research-dose calculations

These calculations describe our scoring method. They are not a recommended dose or proof of benefit from this product.

7.8/10
Overall score
#8 / 30 in Mitochondrial

Full trial dose, top 2% value.

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Tier 3
Ingredient RCT (matching dose)
The ingredient was tested in an RCT at the same dose this product sells.
See the 3 supporting studies
How we scored this product Show the full breakdown
Dose vs. studies (50%) Why 9.0 of 10. Primary ingredient is Alpha-Lipoic Acid (evidence grade A). It delivers 600 mg, inside the studied range of 300–1200 mg. Read the rule → 9.0
Transparency (20%) Why 6.0 of 10. Earned points for all doses disclosed. Lost points for no public certificate of analysis and no independent third-party testing. Read the rule → 6.0
Value (10%) Why 9.9 of 10. One day at the trial dose costs about $0.13. That is one of the cheaper options in the catalog (18 of 313 by cost per effective day). Read the rule → 9.9
Formulation (10%) Why 5.0 of 10. No published absorption advantage or disadvantage on file. The default of 5 is not a criticism. Read the rule → 5.0 Default. No absorption data on file.
Safety (5%) Why 5.0 of 10. Baseline 5.0. Third-party testing adds 2.0. Public lab certificate adds 1.5. NSF, USP or Informed Choice certification adds 1.5. Active safety signal subtracts 3.0. Read the rule → 5.0
Community sentiment (5%) Why 6.6 of 10. Sentiment across 4 external review source(s) is mixed to positive. Community is a signal about daily use, not proof of effect. Read the rule → 6.6
Composite How this 7.8 is built. 0.50 × 9.0 + 0.20 × 6.0 + 0.10 × 9.9 + 0.10 × 5.0 + 0.05 × 5.0 + 0.05 × 6.6 = 7.8 out of 10. Safety caps applied after. 7.8
7.8 composite
Dose vs. studies50%9.0
Transparency20%6.0
Value10%9.9
Formulation10%5.0
Safety5%5.0
Community5%6.6

Evidence gates dose: the evidence grade sets the ceiling, and the dose decides how much of that ceiling the product reaches. Value = inverse of price-per-trial-dose-day. Community = mean sentiment of external reviews. Safety caps applied after weighting.

This score is our editorial judgment, not a scientific standard. We combine published evidence, dose, price, transparency, and consumer signals into one composite: this is our method, not a peer-reviewed clinical rating. A higher score means a product does better on the factors we weight, not that it is medically proven to work.

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Editorial verdict

Quick verdict

7.8 / 10
Best for
Full trial dose, Budget-friendly
Avoid if
No public lab certificate
Full-dose status
Meets trial dose
Price/month
$4
COA status
Not public
Biggest caveat
No third-party testing, which caps the quality transparency.
Nearest alternatives
Catalog snapshot. Check linked sources for current price, label and batch-specific testing.
Price verification
Current price: $21.97
Last price check: Sep 01, 2026
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Layer 2 · Context
In plain language

Why this scored this way

This BulkSupplements Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) Powder scores 7.8, making it a strong scorer. It delivers 600mg of Alpha-Lipoic Acid, inside the studied range of 300–1200mg with grade A evidence (strong human trial data). The quality transparency (6.0) is limited by the lack of third-party testing. At $0.13/day it's priced well for what you get.

What drives the score up

  • Dose-evidence score of 9.0 reflects good alignment with trial doses.
  • Value score of 9.9 at $0.13/day.
  • Alpha-Lipoic Acid is dosed at the full research level with grade A evidence (strong human trial data).

What drags it down

  • No third-party testing, which caps the quality transparency.
  • Quality transparency of 6.0 is below the site average.

Why you'd choose it

  • You want good value at $0.13/day.
  • You want Alpha-Lipoic Acid from a BulkSupplements product.
  • You want doses that align with published research.

Why you might skip it

  • You want third-party verified purity.
  • You want a product with a publicly available CoA.
  • You want stronger transparency (this scores 6.0).
Question 1

Does the molecule work?

The science behind each active ingredient, independent of which brand sells it.

Alpha-Lipoic Acid

Mitochondrial cofactor with genuine efficacy in diabetic neuropathy.

4 landmark RCTs · US: Dietary supplement · EU: Restricted in Italy/EU (safety review); food supplement elsewhere
Question 2

Is this bottle good?

The specific product: dose, price, transparency, and what buyers report.

Dose vs research
100% of trial dose
Meets or exceeds the published effective dose
Cost at trial dose
$0.13/day at trial dose
What one effective daily dose actually costs
Transparency
6.0/10 · No public lab certificate
No third-party testing disclosed
Consumer signals
716 reviews across platforms · 3.3/5 · high confidence
Operational signal only, never used as clinical evidence
Question 3

What's the catch?

Safety flags, transparency gaps, dosing concerns, and recurring buyer complaints.

No public lab certificate
Certificate of Analysis not published
Without a public lab certificate, batch purity and potency cannot be independently verified.
No third-party testing
Independent lab verification not disclosed
The brand does not publish evidence of independent batch testing.
Plain English

What’s inside

The main ingredients of this product, in plain language.

Alpha-Lipoic Acid600 mgEvidence A

Mitochondrial cofactor with genuine efficacy in diabetic neuropathy.

Read about Alpha-Lipoic Acid →
Layer 3 · Evidence vault

Product data & verification

Hard numbers and independently checked status. Expand each block for its source.

The numbers

Price
$22
per bottle · 166 servings
Dose vs. research
of trial dose 100%
of published effective dose
$ / day at studied dose
$0.13
what one effective daily dose costs
$ / g active
$0.22
per gram of active substance
Independently checked

Data verification

COA status
Not public
Evidence grade
A
Per-ingredient breakdown
AAlpha-Lipoic Acid

All product data is checked against original sources. Prices, doses, and testing status are updated when product pages change. Evidence grades are reviewed when new human RCTs are published. Read how we verify.

What's inside

Ingredient
Dose in this product
Trial dose
Evidence
600 mg 100% of trial dose
600 mg
3.3 /5
Medium confidence
715 reviews across 2 platforms (2 sources)
Source diversity: 46%
Examine.comTrustpilot
PraiseExamine's alpha-lipoic acid page centres the evidence on antioxidant activity an
Last checked: 2026-08-20

Consumer signals

3.3 out of 5 across 716 verified reviews on 2 platforms.

High confidence

Consumer sentiment compiled from 3 public sources (Examine.com, Third-party review aggregator, Trustpilot).

Trustpilot

715 reviews · 3.3/5 · mixed sentiment

Themes

BulkSupplements.com sits at 3.3/5 on the UK Trustpilot page from 715 reviews. Reviewers praise pricing and product purity but flag incons...

Compiled from a Trustpilot BulkSupplements listing located during manual research; not independently re-verified against the live page at build time.

Examine.com

positive sentiment

Praise

Examine's alpha-lipoic acid page centres the evidence on antioxidant activity and nerve health support in diabetic neuropathy, and calls ...

Compiled from an Examine.com listing located during manual research; not independently re-verified against the live page at build time.

These are consumer sentiment signals. They do not measure whether the product actually works. See our evidence section for that.

What others say (unverified)

We aggregated external reviews. We didn't check their methodology. None of them are paid placements from us, but we can't guarantee the sources themselves received no product.

Trustpilot BulkSupplements · 3.3
mixed

BulkSupplements.com sits at 3.3/5 on the UK Trustpilot page from 715 reviews. Reviewers praise pricing and product purity but flag inconsistent product texture and occasional lost shipments.

Read source → Unverified · we received no payment for this listing
Third-party review aggregator · 7.75
mixed

A review analysis site covering BulkSupplements' Alpha Lipoic Acid Powder scored the product 7.75 out of 10 based on 18 reviews, with about 67 percent positive sentiment and 33 percent negative.

Read source → Unverified · we received no payment for this listing
Examine.com
positive

Examine's alpha-lipoic acid page centres the evidence on antioxidant activity and nerve health support in diabetic neuropathy, and calls the compound generally safe and well tolerated.

Read source → Unverified · we received no payment for this listing
Layer 3 · Evidence vault

Evidence, claims & regulation

Published evidence, claim checks, regulatory status and what could not be verified.

Evidence

Research behind this product

The studies that established the trial dose and evidence grade for each active ingredient in this product. Click through to read the original paper.

Alpha-Lipoic AcidALADIN Study (Ziegler 1995)
Alpha-Lipoic AcidALA glycemic meta-analysis 2021 (28 RCTs)
Alpha-Lipoic AcidALA inflammatory meta-analysis 2019 (41 studies)
Alpha-Lipoic AcidALA + T2D RCT 2022 (16 RCTs)

What we could not verify

We list this openly. If a claim isn't backed by a source we can trace, we'd rather flag it than repeat it.

  • Trustpilot aggregator
    3.3/5715 reviews

    This is a brand-level customer-service profile for bulk-supplements; it does not isolate Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) Powder.

    verified 2026-08-07Open source →
  • Reddit r/Supplements community forum
    mixed sentiment

    Community discussion exists, with reported benefits for neuropathy and energy alongside concerns about the powder’s strong taste and occasional reflux or heartburn. No single Reddit thread is treated as a representative product review.

    no direct URLchecked 2026-08-07
  • BulkSupplements on-site reviews own platform
    4.8/585 reviews

    BulkSupplements displays first-party product reviews on its public page.

    verified 2026-08-07Open source →
  • Amazon customers aggregator

    An Amazon listing for this exact product was located. The product URL is not retained because marketplace listings can change.

    no direct URLchecked 2026-08-07
Important to know
Alpha-Lipoic AcidCheap 'ALA' products sell the racemic form (50% inactive). Look for 'R-ALA' or 'R-alpha-lipoic acid'. Take on empty stomach.

Editorial notes

A cheap, high-dose (600mg) racemic ALA powder; fine for general antioxidant/mitochondrial support use but not differentiated with the more bioactive R-ALA isomer some premium brands emphasize.

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Where this sits

Actives inside
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