What A Proprietary Blend Actually Hides
HoneyHarmony discloses Chromium Picolinate's amount (7mcg) directly, but its other five ingredients share one combined proprietary blend of roughly 15.47mg.
Understanding what this labeling practice does and does not tell you helps you weigh the formula more fairly as a buyer.
What a proprietary blend is
A proprietary blend lists a combined weight for a group of ingredients without breaking out how much of each individual ingredient is included. It is a standard, legal labeling practice across the supplement industry, not unique to HoneyHarmony.
Why brands use them
Companies commonly cite protecting their specific formula ratio from competitors as the reason for combining ingredients this way. Whatever the motivation, the practical effect for a buyer is the same: you cannot see whether one ingredient makes up almost all of the blend while another is present in a negligible trace amount.
What it does not tell you
You cannot confirm whether Gymnema, African Mango, Green Tea or Maca and Panax Ginseng are each present in an amount comparable to what published research on that ingredient used. A combined 15.47mg split five ways unevenly could mean one ingredient is well-dosed and four are nearly token amounts, or something closer to an even split — the label alone cannot settle this.
Why Chromium is different here
HoneyHarmony does disclose Chromium Picolinate's amount separately, at 7 micrograms (20% daily value). This is worth crediting as a small transparency plus, even though it still leaves five-sixths of the formula unquantified.
Applying this to HoneyHarmony
See the full ingredient breakdown for what is and isn't disclosed, or our complete review for how this weighs against the formula's ingredients overall.
