A stated serving size sounds like meaningful disclosure. Sometimes it is — but it's easy to misread, and worth understanding before you buy any men's supplement.
Total Serving vs. Individual Amounts
An 870mg serving tells you the combined weight of everything in the capsule — not how much of any single ingredient you're getting. If a label lists three botanicals under one total figure without individual breakdowns, you know the sum but not the split.
Named Ingredients vs. Proprietary Blends
The bigger question is whether ingredients are named at all. A label listing Tongkat Ali, Tribulus Terrestris and Saw Palmetto by name — even without individual doses — still lets you research each botanical independently. A fully hidden "proprietary blend" doesn't even give you that.
Matching Doses To Published Research
Where you can, compare a label's total serving to the doses used in actual trials. Tongkat Ali studies, for example, commonly use 200-400mg of a standardized extract alone — worth keeping in mind when a formula's total serving is split across multiple botanicals.
What Manufacturing Claims Actually Mean
"FDA-approved" is a red flag phrase for a supplement — the FDA doesn't approve supplements, only registers and inspects facilities. "GMP-certified" and "made in the USA" are more meaningful, verifiable claims about manufacturing process rather than effectiveness.