Brain and Focus Supplements

Thirty-six products sit here and they come from three different places: mushrooms, herbs, and plain nutrients. Knowing which is which saves you a lot of reading.

Key ingredients we stock: brain supplements and nootropics

Lion's Mane

Hericium erinaceus, here as capsules, granulate and gummies carrying 400 mg of mushroom extract each. The most-bought single ingredient on the page.

Ashwagandha

Withania somnifera, as a standardised root extract capsule and a 50 g bag of shredded root, and inside the Clarity and Focus spray.

Panax ginseng and guayusa

Ginseng as a 25 g powder and inside Natural Focus. Guayusa (Ilex guayusa) is an Amazonian holly leaf, naturally caffeinated, sister to yerba mate but less bitter, sold as 50 g of leaf.

Ginkgo, rhodiola and the mushrooms

Ginkgo biloba leaf extract, a rhodiola and ginseng complex standardised on rosavins and salidroside, plus cordyceps at 30% polysaccharides, agaricus blazei and a seven-mushroom mix.

Vitamin B12 and amino acids

B12 at 1,000 mcg, a full B complex, omega 3, L-tyrosine and acetyl-L-carnitine at 1,000 mg a capsule. The finished formulas are Brain-E, Natural Focus, Clear Focus, MoodMaster and Cibdol's Remember More.

What we are allowed to say, and what we are not

This is the honest part. For most of the plants here, including ginkgo, ginseng, bacopa and lion's mane, no cognitive claim is authorised in the EU, so we will not make one. What is authorised is nutrient wording: zinc, iron and iodine each contribute to normal cognitive function, which is why Remember More is built around all three, and DHA contributes to the maintenance of normal brain function at 250 mg a day, which is the omega 3 side of the shelf. Anything beyond that is tradition and personal experience, not a claim.

Picking by what you are doing

Focus for a work block or an exam

Brain-E is the sharp end: choline, white willow bark and caffeine, one or two capsules about 45 minutes ahead. Natural Focus is gentler, built on Panax ginseng, guarana and bacopa with vitamin B6.

Focus without the jitters

Clear Focus Caffeine Free exists for exactly this, and the Clarity and Focus oral spray pairs lion's mane with L-theanine and ashwagandha.

The slow lane

Lion's mane, cordyceps and the seven-mushroom mix are daily-habit products rather than same-afternoon ones. Nobody should expect anything from a single capsule.

Capsule, powder, spray or gummy

Format decides whether a pot gets finished. Capsules and gummies travel; the 25 g ginseng and 50 g guayusa are loose material you brew or stir; the Clarity and Focus spray goes under the tongue with nothing to swallow. Matcha and sage powders sit in the same loose-material camp and are as much food as supplement.

The caffeine question

Two products here contain caffeine and one is explicitly without it. That is the single most useful thing to check before you buy, because a caffeine stack taken at four in the afternoon will cost you the evening. Guayusa leaf sits in the middle: it is a caffeinated Amazonian leaf, sister to yerba mate but less bitter.

If you are starting from scratch, pick one product and give it a month. Stacking four at once tells you nothing about any of them.