1 Product identity

Ingredient risk

Contains restricted ingredients

Appetrex Control

Name: Appetrex Control
Brand: GNC Total Lean

BrandGNC Total Lean→Other Combinations Other (e.g. tea bag) 22 ingredients 1 banned 2 caution DSLD #36330

Net contents: 30 Pack(s)

Target: Adults and Children 4 years and above

DSLD entry: 2014-08-26

2 Ingredients (22)

IngredientGroupSafety

ThiamineThiaminUse with Caution

RiboflavinRiboflavinGenerally Safe

NiacinNiacinConditionally Safe

Vitamin B6Vitamin B6Use with Caution

ChromiumChromiumConditionally Safe

Proprietary Herbal BlendProprietary Blend (Herb/Botanical)—

Black Tea leaves extractBlack Tea—

Green Tea leaves extractGreen Tea—

Coffee bean extractCoffee—

Yerba Mate extractMate—

Grape skin extractGrape —

ChrysinChrysin—

Ginger root extractGinger —

Grape seed extractGrape —

Dill Weed extractDill—

Dicalcium PhosphateCalciumConditionally Safe

CelluloseCellulose—

Polyethylene GlycolPolyethylene glycol—

Vegetable AcetoglyceridesGlycerides—

Titanium DioxideTitanium DioxideBanned in ≥1 country

Caramel colorColor—

Ethyl VanillinEthylvanillin—

Ingredient amounts require the full DSLD label. View full label at NIH DSLD →

⛔ Contains an ingredient banned in ≥1 country

Titanium Dioxide 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 — France banned TiO₂ in food from January 2020, first EU country.

⚠️ Use with caution — restricted in some markets

Thiamin — Wernicke encephalopathy: classic triad (confusion, ophthalmoplegia, ataxia) is present in only 16% of cases — any ONE element in an at-risk patie…

Vitamin B6 — Sensory neuropathy from chronic high-dose B6 (>200 mg/day) — presents as numbness, ataxia. Can be irreversible. Often self-prescribed by patients…

3 Safety cross-reference

Thiamin — Use with Caution

⚠ Very low toxicity

Riboflavin — Generally Safe

⚠ Harmless yellow urine

Niacin — Conditionally Safe

⚠ Flushing at >50 mg

⚠ Hepatotoxicity at high doses

Vitamin B6 — Use with Caution

Chromium — Conditionally Safe

⚠ Hypoglycemia with diabetes meds

⚠ Rare renal/hepatic toxicity

Ginger Root — Limited Evidence

⚠ GI: heartburn at high doses

⚠ Antiplatelet effect

Grape Seed Extract — Limited Evidence

⚠ Antiplatelet effect

⚠ May interact with anticoagulants

Calcium — Conditionally Safe

⚠ Cardiovascular risk debated >1,000 mg/day

⚠ Kidney stones

Titanium Dioxide — Banned in ≥1 country

⚠ EFSA: can no longer be considered safe as food additive (2021)

⚠ Genotoxicity concern (nanoparticles)

4 Label claims

• All Other

• Structure/Function

5 Data source

DSLD ID36330

Full labelView at NIH DSLD →

SourceOffice of Dietary Supplements, NIH

Market statusOn market

Entry date2014-08-26

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7 Cite this page

Vancouver

Pkhakadze G. Appetrex Control — product analysis [Internet]. Tbilisi: Public Health Institute of Georgia; 2026 [cited 2026 Oct 17]. Available from: https://supplement.ge/products/dsld-36330/

CC BY 4.0. Product data from NIH DSLD; safety analysis by SupplementIndex.

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PHIG · Editor-in-Chief: Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, MPH, PhD

Product data sourced from the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD). Safety cross-referencing by SupplementIndex. This analysis is for informational purposes only. For corrections: info@accreditation.ge.
Publisher: PHIG