Tart-C is an organic tart cherry extract standardized to 25% polyphenols, delivering 50 mg per capsule. Polyphenols are the compounds the research actually measures, and most tart cherry supplements land around 1 to 3%. We print the number on the Supplement Facts panel because it's the one that matters. The cherries are USDA Organic, grown in European orchards, certified by Oregon Tilth, and the polyphenols are extracted with water, never ethanol, hexane or acetone. One capsule daily with food, sixty in the bottle.

If you already drink tart cherry juice, you have the right instinct. One Tart-C capsule delivers 50 mg of polyphenols from 200 mg of organic tart cherry extract, with no sugar, no calories, no measuring cup and no refrigeration. An 8 oz glass of tart cherry juice carries about 30 g of sugar and about 140 calories, and it has to stay cold. The capsule travels, doesn't spoil, and takes two seconds, which matters more than it sounds, because the week away is usually what breaks the habit. Same daily tart cherry. None of the sugar. One capsule daily with food.

On tart cherry, yes. On us specifically, we'll be straight: no study has tested Tart-C itself. In reviews pooling 14 and 19 human studies, tart cherry sped strength recovery after hard exercise.* Research in older adults has shown tart cherry juice supporting the body's antioxidant defenses against oxidative stress.* 

Placebo-controlled research has also linked tart cherry concentrate to increased sleep duration.* Those studies tested tart cherry as juice, concentrate, powder or extract, not this bottle. What we can stand behind is the polyphenol number we print and the fact that it's tested every batch. Studied on tart cherry. Printed on our label. Give it a few weeks.*

One capsule daily with food. Two daily for joint comfort.* Don't take more than two. That's sixty days at one a day or thirty at two. There's no loading dose and no taking more on a bad week. Any time of day works, and the same time each day works best, because consistency is what the research protocols had in common. Give it a few weeks. That's how it was studied, not overnight and not in a single dose.*

Small. The fill is 200 mg, which sits in a compact shell. That matters because the most common complaint about tart cherry supplements is that the capsules are too big, and the second most common is an upset stomach. A 200 mg fill in a small capsule, taken with food, is the simplest answer to both. The shell is organic pullulan, and the only other ingredients are organic tapioca flour and organic rice hulls, there to help the capsule hold its shape and nothing more. Take with food. It's the single easiest thing you can do for tolerability.*

Give it a few weeks. The human research on tart cherry ran on consistent daily use, and the protocols with the clearest results had consistency in common rather than one large serving. This is a daily habit, not an as-needed supplement. Take it at the same time each day and give it a few weeks before you judge it.* We'd rather set that expectation now than have you buy it hoping for a result by Friday.*

Three other ingredients, all organic: organic tapioca flour, an organic pullulan capsule, and organic rice hulls. That's the whole panel. No proprietary blend, no added melatonin, no added sugar, no artificial colors or flavors, and no second active hiding behind a blend name. Soy free, gluten free, GMO free. The panel is short enough to read in about ten seconds, which is the point.