Advanced Antioxidants is the smallest bottle in the Blueprint system and the one readers keep asking about, because it holds the nutrients the other products leave out. Essential Capsules carries no vitamin K at all. This capsule is where all three forms of vitamin K live, alongside four carotenoid antioxidants. This article prints the whole label: every active with its dose, what the formula leaves out, the name change that confuses returning buyers, and what a published lab report measured in an actual batch.
This is a label breakdown, not a review. Everything below comes from Blueprint’s published Supplement Facts panel and product page, cross checked against an independent label listing and Blueprint’s own published batch lab report.
The short version: Advanced Antioxidants holds 7 fat soluble actives in one capsule a day. Three are forms of vitamin K: K1 at 1,500 mcg, K2 MK-4 at 5 mg, and K2 MK-7 at 600 mcg. The other four are carotenoids: lycopene 15 mg, astaxanthin 12 mg, lutein 10 mg, and zeaxanthin 2 mg. The actives are delivered in MCT oil in a delayed release vegan capsule. It costs $49 for 30 servings as of October 2026, and it is one of the three products that move the Easy Stack up to the Medium Stack.
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The Biggest Trap: Hunting for Vitamin K in the Multivitamin
Readers of the Essential Capsules label go looking for vitamin K in it, reasonably enough, since it presents itself as the daily multivitamin of the system. It is not there. Neither is it in Longevity Mix. Blueprint splits its fat soluble nutrients into this separate capsule for a practical reason: compounds like vitamin K and the carotenoids absorb with fat, so the formula delivers them in MCT oil, in a capsule designed to release after the stomach. A water based drink mix and a dry multivitamin capsule are the wrong vehicles, so the system gives them their own bottle.
That split has a consequence worth knowing before you buy anything. Taking Essential Capsules alone leaves the vitamin K column of your day empty by design. I covered what that bottle holds in Blueprint Essential Capsules Ingredients. This bottle is the other half of the fat soluble story.
The Full Ingredient List, With Doses
Amounts are per serving of one capsule, as printed on the current label.
| Ingredient | Amount per serving | Daily value |
|---|---|---|
| Vitamin K1 (as phytonadione) | 1,500 mcg | 1,250% |
| Lycopene | 15 mg | Not established |
| Astaxanthin (from Haematococcus pluvialis microalgae) | 12 mg | Not established |
| Lutein (from marigold flower extract) | 10 mg | Not established |
| Vitamin K2 MK-4 (as menaquinone-4) | 5 mg | Not established |
| Zeaxanthin (from marigold flower extract) | 2 mg | Not established |
| Vitamin K2 MK-7 (as menaquinone-7) | 600 mcg | Not established |
The rest of the capsule is the delivery system: MCT oil as the carrier, a vegan capsule made from tapioca starch, glycerin, sorbitol, and purified water, and candelilla wax. One label reading note: the doses online do not all agree. At least one supplement database lists the lutein at 15 mg. The label says 10 mg, and Blueprint’s published batch report agrees with the label, as the testing section below shows. When a database and a label disagree, the label and the lab report win.
Why Three Forms of Vitamin K?
Vitamin K is a family, not a single nutrient, and the forms behave differently. K1, listed here as phytonadione at 1,500 mcg, is the form in leafy greens and is tied most closely to normal blood clotting. MK-4 is the form human tissue makes and uses, dosed here at 5 mg. MK-7, at 600 mcg, is the long lasting form, staying in circulation far longer than the others, and it is the one most often tied to bone and artery health in the research conversation. Most vitamin K supplements pick one form. This label prints all three, at full doses rather than token ones, which is the entire argument for the product in a single column of the table.
The 1,250 percent daily value next to K1 startles people. Vitamin K has no established upper limit for healthy adults and the daily value is small at 120 mcg, so a 1,500 mcg dose prints as a large percentage. The standard caution runs the other way: vitamin K interacts with blood thinning medication such as warfarin, which is why anyone on an anticoagulant is told to keep vitamin K intake consistent and talk to their doctor before adding a supplement like this one.
The Carotenoid Half
Four of the seven actives are carotenoids, the pigment family that colors tomatoes, marigold flowers, and algae.
Lutein and zeaxanthin, at 10 mg and 2 mg, are the pair with the most specific job in the body: they are the two carotenoids that accumulate in the macula of the eye, where they filter blue light. Both come from marigold flower extract on this label. Lycopene, at 15 mg, is the red pigment of tomatoes and the carotenoid most studied for heart and prostate health. Astaxanthin, at 12 mg, comes from Haematococcus pluvialis microalgae and is the pigment that turns salmon and flamingos pink; it is usually sold as a standalone supplement at 4 to 12 mg, so the dose here sits at the top of the normal retail range rather than at the token end.
This Product Used to Be Called Essential Softgels
If you went looking for this formula before and cannot find it under the name you remember, you are not imagining things. The product launched as Essential Softgels. Blueprint renamed it Advanced Antioxidants, saying the original name described the capsule rather than the function, and at the same time changed the delivery from a softgel to a delayed release vegan capsule. The company states that the delivery is the only change. The formula, the seven actives, and the $49 price carried over, so older references to Essential Softgels describe this same product in its earlier shell.
Testing: What a Lab Found in an Actual Batch
Blueprint publishes batch lab reports for its products, and the published report for Advanced Antioxidants, report 25-329322 from June 2025, prints measured values next to the label claims for all seven actives. Every one measured above its claim: lycopene found 19.68 mg against 15 claimed, lutein 14.35 against 10, astaxanthin 12.59 against 12, vitamin K1 1.84 mg against 1.5, MK-4 5.65 mg against 5, MK-7 0.72 mg against 0.6, and zeaxanthin 3.37 mg against 2. Found amounts above claim are normal manufacturing practice, since the dose has to last to the expiry date. The same report shows the named pathogens absent, glyphosate and aflatoxins not detected, and heavy metals at trace levels. You can read the full report in Blueprint’s published COA for this product, and I explained how to read documents like it in Blueprint Third Party Testing.
What Is Not in Advanced Antioxidants
- No vitamin A, D, or E. Vitamins D and E live in Essential Capsules. Vitamin A is not supplemented anywhere in the core Blueprint system.
- No minerals and no B vitamins. Those columns belong to Essential Capsules and Longevity Mix.
- No second capsule. The serving is one capsule a day, against two for Essential Capsules.
- No fish oil or gelatin. The formula is vegan, and the capsule is plant based rather than a softgel.
The pattern matches the rest of the line: every product covers a slice, and the slices are designed to be read together. I mapped how the products combine in Blueprint Stacks Explained.
What It Costs and Where It Fits
Advanced Antioxidants costs $49 for 30 servings as of October 2026, the same price as Longevity Mix and Essential Capsules. Autoship takes 5% off, bringing it to $46.55. In the stack structure it is one of the three products added at the Medium tier, alongside Metabolic Protein and the extra virgin olive oil, and it is the only capsule among the three additions. Bryan Johnson’s own stated routine takes it in the morning with Longevity Mix and Essential Capsules, with food.
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What to Look For on Any Vitamin K or Carotenoid Label
- Every form of vitamin K named with its own dose. A label that says vitamin K blend and stops there is hiding the split that matters.
- The carotenoid doses in milligrams, not folded into a proprietary blend. Lutein and astaxanthin are expensive, and blends are where they get underdosed.
- A fat source in the formula or an instruction to take it with food. Fat soluble nutrients in a dry tablet with neither are working uphill.
- The source of each carotenoid. Marigold for lutein and zeaxanthin and algae for astaxanthin are the natural sources; the label names them when a product uses them.
- A published batch report behind the label, so claimed doses can be checked against measured ones.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much vitamin K is in Blueprint Advanced Antioxidants?
One capsule carries three forms: 1,500 mcg of vitamin K1 as phytonadione, 5 mg of vitamin K2 MK-4, and 600 mcg of vitamin K2 MK-7. Only K1 has an established daily value, and the dose prints at 1,250 percent of it.
Is Advanced Antioxidants the same as Essential Softgels?
Yes, it is the same formula under a new name. Blueprint renamed Essential Softgels to Advanced Antioxidants and changed the delivery from a softgel to a delayed release vegan capsule, stating that the delivery is the only change.
Why is vitamin K not in Essential Capsules?
Blueprint keeps its fat soluble nutrients in this separate oil based capsule instead. Essential Capsules carries the water soluble vitamins, the minerals, and the longevity extras, and its label lists no vitamin K in any form. The two capsules are designed as a pair.
How do you take Advanced Antioxidants?
One capsule daily with food, per the product page. One container holds 30 servings. The formula is vegan and gluten free, with the actives delivered in MCT oil.
Does Advanced Antioxidants contain vitamin D?
No. The label lists seven actives, and vitamin D is not among them. Vitamin D sits in Essential Capsules at 2,000 IU per serving. A reader taking only this capsule is getting no vitamin D from the Blueprint system.
The Bottom Line
Advanced Antioxidants is the fat soluble drawer of the Blueprint system: all three forms of vitamin K at full doses, four carotenoids with their sources named, an oil based delayed release capsule built for absorption, and a published batch report where every active measured above its claim. Read beside Essential Capsules it completes the vitamin picture that bottle deliberately leaves open. Read alone, it is a vitamin K and eye health formula, and should be judged as one.
Either way, the doses are printed, the batch numbers are public, and the decision is arithmetic again.
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