Ceylon Cinnamon 10,000mg | Glucose Metabolism Support

A 10:1 extract is concentrated. Ten grams of raw cinnamon bark are processed down into one gram of finished extract, so the 1,000mg in your daily serving started as 10,000mg of Ceylon bark — roughly four teaspoons of ground spice.

It's worth knowing what that ratio does and doesn't tell you. It measures how much raw material went in, not how much stronger the result is in your body. We print it on the Supplement Facts panel so the number is traceable. Most cinnamon labels show a large milligram figure with no ratio behind it at all, which leaves you no way to tell what you're actually getting.

No — and any label claiming that is worth a second look. Two capsules physically cannot hold ten grams of anything. A standard capsule holds roughly 500–800mg of botanical powder.

Each serving is two capsules containing 1,000mg of 10:1 extract between them, equivalent to 10,000mg of raw bark. That's why our panel reads "1,000 mg — 10:1 water extract" rather than just a big number on its own.

They're two different trees sold under one name.

True Ceylon is Cinnamomum verum, grown mainly in the wet southwestern districts of Sri Lanka. Cassia is a group of cheaper species — C. cassia, burmannii, loureiroi — grown in China, Indonesia and Vietnam. Cassia is what's in most cinnamon on Western shelves, including most of what's sold as a supplement.

The practical difference is coumarin. Austrian food safety monitoring found cassia at 1,880–3,260 mg/kg and Ceylon at a maximum of 185 mg/kg. Germany's BfR and EFSA set a tolerable daily intake for coumarin of 0.1mg per kg of bodyweight — about 7mg for a 70kg adult. At a full daily cinnamon dose, Ceylon sits comfortably inside that figure. Cassia does not.

That distinction matters a great deal more for something you take every morning than for something you sprinkle on a bun twice a year.

Because we test for it rather than assert it.

Once bark is ground into powder, nobody can identify the species by sight, smell or taste — which is exactly why mislabelling is so common in this category. Every lot of our extract is PCR-tested to confirm Cinnamomum verum and rule out cassia before it's released for encapsulation.

We also test coumarin separately as an independent cross-check. A cassia-contaminated lot would show elevated coumarin even if a species result were somehow missed, so the two tests catch each other.

Cinnamon polyphenols interact with the enzymes that break starch down into glucose in the small intestine, so carbohydrate is absorbed more gradually rather than arriving all at once.

In practice, that helps the body maintain glucose levels already within a normal range, particularly after meals.

These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.

Most cinnamon products ask you to take their word for three things. We test all three and publish the results.

Species. DNA-verified Cinnamomum verum on every lot — not just the word "Ceylon" printed on a label by someone who never checked.

Traceability. The extract ratio is on the panel, so the milligram figure traces back to a real, stated quantity of bark.

Contaminants. Coumarin and heavy metals reported as individual results — lead by ICP-MS, not a single lumped "total heavy metals" number that can hide a problem.

The current Certificate of Analysis is published on this page. You can read the actual numbers rather than taking ours.

Ceylon Cinnamon Bark Extract, 1,000mg per serving — Cinnamomum verum, bark, 10:1 water extract — in a hypromellose vegetable capsule.

The extraction uses water only, with no organic solvents, which we verify by GC headspace testing on every lot.

No. It's a hypromellose (HPMC) vegetable capsule — plant-based, no gelatin, suitable for vegetarians and vegans.

Two capsules a day, taken apart: one about 30 minutes before breakfast, and one before your evening meal.

The timing is the part people get wrong. Cinnamon polyphenols act on carbohydrate as it's being digested, so they need to be in place before the food arrives. Taking both capsules at once, or taking them after eating, gives you less of what you paid for.

Daily use is precisely why we use Ceylon rather than cassia. Cassia's coumarin load is what makes long-term daily consumption a genuine question — European regulators capped coumarin in seasonal baked goods at 50 mg/kg for that reason. True Ceylon carries a small fraction of it, and we verify the level on every lot.

As with any supplement: if you're pregnant, nursing, under 18, taking prescription medication, or managing a health condition, speak with your doctor before starting.

Generally yes. There's nothing in this formula that conflicts with a typical vitamin or mineral routine.

One note if you also take AzureVitamins Ceylon Cinnamon 10,000mg: Cinnamon goes immediately before a meal. Don't apply one product's timing to the other.

Each bottle contains 60 capsules, which equals a 30-day supply when taking the recommended serving size of 2 capsules daily.

Yes. Quality and purity are at the heart of what we do. Our products are made to strict quality standards and independently third-party tested for heavy metals, microbial contamination, and product safety. Test reports are available upon request.