Blueprint Essential Capsules is the multivitamin half of Bryan Johnson’s morning protocol, and it is the product readers of the Longevity Mix label keep getting sent to. The drink carries no vitamin panel; this bottle is where the vitamins live. This article prints the whole label: every vitamin, mineral, and extra, with the dose of each, plus what the formula leaves out and the independent lab test that checked the numbers.
This is a label breakdown, not a review. Everything below comes from Blueprint’s published Supplement Facts panel and product page, cross checked against two independent label listings and a published independent lab report.
The short version: Essential Capsules holds 23 actives by Blueprint’s count in two capsules a day. Alongside the vitamins and minerals sit 300 mg of nicotinamide riboside, 100 mg each of fisetin and luteolin, 50 mg of ubiquinol CoQ10, 10 mg of spermidine, a probiotic strain, and 1 mg of lithium orotate. It costs $49 for 30 servings as of October 2026, and Blueprint pairs it with Longevity Mix as the Easy Stack.
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The Biggest Trap: Reading It as a Normal Multivitamin
It is not one, in either direction. A normal multivitamin does not carry an NAD precursor, a senolytic compound, and a probiotic in the same capsule. This one does. That is the interesting half of the label.
The other half cuts the opposite way. A normal multivitamin tries to complete your micronutrients on its own. This one does not try. Calcium sits at 4 percent of daily value. There is no magnesium on the panel at all, and no vitamin C, because both live in Longevity Mix instead. There is no vitamin A and no vitamin K either; the K vitamins sit in a separate product, Advanced Antioxidants. Essential Capsules is designed as one half of a pair, and its label only makes sense read that way. I covered the other half in Blueprint Longevity Mix Ingredients.
The Full Ingredient List, With Doses
Amounts are per serving of two capsules, as printed on the current label.
Vitamins
| Ingredient | Amount per serving | Daily value |
|---|---|---|
| Vitamin D (as cholecalciferol) | 50 mcg (2,000 IU) | 250% |
| Vitamin E | 67 mg | 447% |
| Vitamin B1 (thiamin) | 1.1 mg | 92% |
| Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) | 1.4 mg | 108% |
| Niacin (as niacinamide) | 15 mg | 94% |
| Vitamin B6 | 1.4 mg | 82% |
| Folate (as calcium L-5-methyltetrahydrofolate) | 200 mcg DFE | 50% |
| Vitamin B12 (as methylcobalamin) | 125 mcg | 5,208% |
| Biotin | 50 mcg | 167% |
| Pantothenic acid | 6 mg | 120% |
Minerals
| Ingredient | Amount per serving | Daily value |
|---|---|---|
| Calcium (from dicalcium phosphate) | 50 mg | 4% |
| Iodine (as potassium iodide) | 200 mcg | 133% |
| Zinc (as bisglycinate) | 15 mg | 136% |
| Selenium (as L-selenomethionine) | 28 mcg | 51% |
| Manganese (as citrate) | 1 mg | 43% |
The longevity extras (no daily value established)
| Ingredient | Amount per serving |
|---|---|
| Nicotinamide riboside (as chloride) | 300 mg |
| Broccoli seed extract (glucoraphanin 20 mg) | 200 mg |
| Fisetin | 100 mg |
| Luteolin | 100 mg |
| Ubiquinol (reduced CoQ10) | 50 mg |
| Lactobacillus acidophilus | 4 billion CFU |
| Spermidine (as trihydrochloride) | 10 mg |
| Boron (as glycinate) | 3 mg |
| Lithium (as orotate) | 1 mg |
Two label reading notes. First, the forms are the active ones throughout: methylcobalamin rather than cyanocobalamin for B12, methylfolate rather than folic acid, and ubiquinol rather than ubiquinone for CoQ10. Second, the percentages run hot and cold on purpose. B12 prints at over 5,000 percent of daily value, which is standard practice for a vitamin the body absorbs poorly, while folate and selenium sit near half of daily value. The panel is dosed to Blueprint’s targets, not to the daily value column.
The Ingredient People Come Looking For: NR
The single most searched line on this label is the 300 mg of nicotinamide riboside, or NR. It is an NAD precursor, and it explains a puzzle from the Longevity Mix label: the drink contains no NMN and no NR at all, which reads like an odd omission for a longevity product until you find the NR sitting here instead.
It also explains why older Bryan Johnson supplement lists confuse people. Ingredients like NR, fisetin, and spermidine used to appear as separate products in his protocol. They now live inside this one formula. If a list you are reading shows them as standalone purchases, the list predates the current capsules.
A Probiotic in a Multivitamin
The 4 billion CFU of Lactobacillus acidophilus is easy to skim past. Multivitamins do not usually carry live bacteria. In Blueprint’s own structure, this strain is the probiotic step of its gut line: the prebiotics come from its food products, the probiotic strain sits here, and the postbiotic product, Essential Microbiome, is sold separately. The capsules cover the middle step only, which is worth knowing if gut coverage is the reason you are shopping.
What Is Not in Essential Capsules
- No magnesium and no vitamin C. Both are in Longevity Mix instead, at 150 mg and 250 mg per scoop.
- No meaningful calcium. The panel lists 50 mg, 4 percent of daily value. The calcium in this routine comes mostly from the drink, which lists 400 mg.
- No vitamin A and no vitamin K. Vitamin K1 and both K2 forms are in Advanced Antioxidants, the capsule added at the Medium Stack tier.
- No omega 3. The standalone Omega 3 product is separate, and no stack bundles it.
The pattern is the same one the whole Blueprint line follows: each product covers a slice, and the slices are sold as a system. I mapped how the slices combine in Blueprint Stacks Explained.
Testing: An Independent Lab Checked This Label
Blueprint publishes its own batch Certificates of Analysis for every product, Essential Capsules included. This label also has something rarer: a published test by Labdoor, an independent lab testing company, on a lot expiring in January 2028 and tested in early 2026.
The report marks the product as passed for both accuracy and purity. Nearly every active the lab measured came back at or above the label amount: NR measured 322.5 mg against 300 mg claimed, spermidine 10.2 mg against 10 mg, ubiquinol 54.4 mg against 50 mg, and the probiotic count measured above its claim as well. Found amounts running above the printed dose are normal manufacturing practice, since a dose has to survive to the expiration date. One line, the glucoraphanin inside the broccoli seed extract, measured a touch under its 20 mg claim at 19.2 mg. That level of detail is exactly what a published report is for: you can see the near miss as clearly as the passes.
What It Costs and How It Pairs
Essential Capsules costs $49 for 30 servings as of October 2026, the same price as Longevity Mix. Blueprint’s own recommendation on both product pages is to take them together, and the pair is sold as the Easy Stack at $98. Autoship takes 5% off.
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What to Look For on Any Multivitamin Label
- Printed doses for the extras. A multivitamin that adds fashionable compounds inside a blend, with no amounts, is asking you to trust it. This label prints every one.
- The percentages in both directions. Very high percentages on some vitamins and very low ones on some minerals tell you what the formula is actually trying to do.
- The forms of the nutrients. Methylfolate and methylcobalamin are the active B forms; ubiquinol is the active CoQ10 form. The label names them when a product uses them.
- What the label leaves to a companion product. Gaps are fine when they are visible and priced honestly. They are a problem when the marketing implies completeness the panel does not have.
- Independent verification. A brand publishing its own test results is good. An outside lab publishing claimed versus found amounts is better, and much rarer.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Blueprint Essential Capsules contain NR?
Yes. The label lists 300 mg of nicotinamide riboside per two capsule serving. It is the formula’s NAD precursor, and it is the reason Longevity Mix can omit NR entirely: Blueprint puts it in the capsules instead.
Is Essential Capsules a multivitamin?
It is built on one, with a full B complex, vitamins D and E, and five minerals. But nine of its actives are longevity compounds a normal multivitamin does not carry, and it leaves magnesium, vitamin C, vitamin A, and vitamin K to other Blueprint products. Blueprint itself calls it a daily longevity multivitamin.
Why does Essential Capsules contain lithium?
The label lists 1 mg of lithium as lithium orotate, a microdose amount. Blueprint ties it to brain health support in its stack descriptions. It is one of several compounds in the formula that come from Johnson’s protocol rather than from standard multivitamin design.
Does Essential Capsules contain probiotics?
Yes, one strain: Lactobacillus acidophilus at 4 billion CFU per serving. Blueprint’s dedicated gut product, Essential Microbiome, is a separate postbiotic formula and is not included in the capsules or in any of the three main stacks.
How do you take Essential Capsules?
Two capsules in the morning with food, per the product page. One container holds 30 servings. The formula is vegan and gluten free, with no artificial ingredients.
The Bottom Line
Essential Capsules is a multivitamin that wandered into longevity territory and stayed there. The vitamin and mineral base is real but deliberately incomplete, and the back half of the label, NR, spermidine, fisetin, CoQ10, a probiotic, and a lithium microdose, is the actual product. Read it as half of the Easy Stack and it makes complete sense. Read it as a standalone multivitamin and the gaps will surprise you.
Either way, the doses are printed, an independent lab has checked them, and the decision is arithmetic again.
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