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MCT Oil 100% Pure

Cognition · Oil · 63 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
MCT oil 14 g
Form
Oil
List price (catalog, USD)
$23.77
Price per serving
$0.38Daily use may exceed one serving. List price divided by servings per container. A per-day cost only if the label serving is once daily.

Reading notes

  • The catalog monthly estimate ($23.77) does not equal list price ÷ servings × 30 ($11.32), so the label's daily use likely differs from one serving.
Full label record: servings, testing, ingredients
Servings per container
63
Serving size (label)
14 g
Catalog monthly estimate
$23.77Daily use may exceed one serving
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
MCT oil14 g

What to check on the label

  • The standardisation line for botanicals (for example 'bacosides 45%' or a branded extract name).
  • For mushroom products, whether the label states fruiting body or mycelium and the extract ratio.
  • Multi-ingredient formulas list each amount below. A long list usually means smaller amounts of each.

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.

5.5/10
Overall score
#11 / 15 in Cognition

Top 14% value.

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Watch out
Tier 4
Ingredient RCT (different dose)
The ingredient was tested in an RCT but at a different dose, or only in animals.
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How we scored this product Show the full breakdown
Dose vs. studies (50%) Why 4.5 of 10. Primary ingredient is MCT oil (evidence grade C). It delivers 14000 mg, inside the studied range of 10000–30000 mg. Read the rule → 4.5
Transparency (20%) Why 6.5 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 → 6.5
Value (10%) Why 9.0 of 10. One day at the trial dose costs about $0.81. That is cheaper than average (95 of 313 by cost per effective day). Read the rule → 9.0
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 6.0 of 10. No external reviews found, so community sentiment defaults to neutral. Community never counts as clinical evidence. Read the rule → 6.0
Composite How this 5.5 is built. 0.50 × 4.5 + 0.20 × 6.5 + 0.10 × 9.0 + 0.10 × 5.0 + 0.05 × 5.0 + 0.05 × 6.0 = 5.5 out of 10. Safety caps applied after. 5.5
5.5 composite
Dose vs. studies50%4.5
Transparency20%6.5
Value10%9.0
Formulation10%5.0
Safety5%5.0
Community5%6.0

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

5.5 / 10
Best for
Full trial dose, Budget-friendly
Avoid if
No public lab certificate
Full-dose status
Meets trial dose
Price/month
$24
COA status
Not public
Biggest caveat
Dose-evidence score of 4.5 is below average for the site.
Nearest alternatives
  • No direct alternatives in database.
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Layer 2 · Context
In plain language

Why this scored this way

This NOW Foods MCT Oil 100% Pure scores 5.5, making it below the site average. It delivers 14000mg of MCT oil, inside the studied range of 10000–30000mg with grade C evidence (mostly preclinical, limited human data). The quality transparency (6.5) is limited by the lack of third-party testing.

What drives the score up

  • Overall score of 5.5 with no single dominant strength.

What drags it down

  • Dose-evidence score of 4.5 is below average for the site.
  • MCT oil (14000mg is 47% of the 30000mg trial dose) is significantly under-dosed.
  • No third-party testing, which caps the quality transparency.
  • Quality transparency of 6.5 is below the site average.
  • Limited consumer feedback (community score: 6.0).

Why you'd choose it

  • You want a reasonably priced cognition product.

Why you might skip it

  • You want third-party verified purity.
  • You want a product with a publicly available CoA.
  • You need a full trial dose of mct oil (this product under-doses it).
Question 1

Does the molecule work?

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

MCT oil

30 g/day ketogenic MCT drink improved memory tests in MCI over 6 months.

4 landmark RCTs · US: Dietary supplement / food · EU: Food supplement
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
$0.81/day at trial dose
What one effective daily dose actually costs
Transparency
6.5/10 · No public lab certificate
No third-party testing disclosed
Consumer signals
No consumer signals collected yet
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.

MCT oil14000 mgEvidence C

30 g/day ketogenic MCT drink improved memory tests in MCI over 6 months.

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Layer 3 · Evidence vault

Product data & verification

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

The numbers

Price
$24
per bottle · 63 servings
Dose vs. research
of trial dose 100%
of published effective dose
$ / day at studied dose
$0.81
what one effective daily dose costs
$ / g active
$0.03
per gram of active substance
Independently checked

Data verification

COA status
Not public
Evidence grade
C
Per-ingredient breakdown
CMCT oil

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
MCT oil
30 g/day ketogenic MCT drink improved memory tests in MCI over 6 months.
Fortier et al. 2021 (BENEFIC)Fortier et al. 2019 (BENEFIC imaging)Henderson et al. 2009 (AC-1202)
14000 mg 47% of trial dose
30000 mg

What others say (unverified)

No external reviews aggregated yet for this product.

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.

MCT oilFortier et al. 2021 (BENEFIC)
MCT oilFortier et al. 2019 (BENEFIC imaging)
MCT oilHenderson et al. 2009 (AC-1202)
MCT oilKrolak-Salmon et al. 2025 (systematic review)
Important to know
MCT oilDiarrhea, cramps, nausea and bloating are dose-limiting; titrate up slowly. About 250 kcal/day at trial dose. Caution in liver disease, diabetes on glucose-lowering medication, ketoacidosis risk.

Editorial notes

32 fl oz bottle, 63 servings of 1 tbsp (14 g). One bottle covers about 30 days at the BENEFIC trial dose of 30 g/day. C8/C10 from coconut. Titrate from 5 g/day with food to limit GI effects. Evidence applies to MCI, not healthy users.

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Where this sits

Actives inside
MCT oil
Category
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Brand
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