How CCV-3 Delivers More Flavanols Than the Research Amount

One scoop of CCV-3® lists 1,200 mg of cocoa flavanols — more than double the 500 mg daily amount used in the COSMOS trial — printed on the label right beside 600 mg of (-)-epicatechin, per single serving.

What the research amount actually was

When people ask about "the research amount," they almost always mean COSMOS — the trial that followed 21,442 older adults and gave participants 500 mg of cocoa flavanols a day, which happened to include roughly 80 mg of (-)-epicatechin. That 500 mg figure is the reference point, and it is worth naming precisely because it gets blurred so often. HarmonyMD did not run that trial and does not sell that formula; our job was simply to build a label whose flavanol figure sits comfortably above the researched reference so a single daily serving clears it without stacking scoops or capsules.

What one scoop puts on the label

A level scoop of CCV-3 declares 1,200 mg cocoa flavanols and, separately, 600 mg (-)-epicatechin. Those are two distinct measurements, not one number counted twice: flavanols are the broad family, epicatechin is a single standardized member of it. Around that sit five real ingredients, zero added sugar, and about 27 calories, all built on natural cacao that is never alkalized. It arrives as a drink mix you stir into milk or water rather than a pill you swallow, which is a large part of why the numbers can run this high per serving.

Why a bigger number isn't a bigger promise

Clearing the researched amount is a fact about the label, not a guarantee about you — individual results vary, and outcomes depend on far more than a single figure. Two things do make the flavanol count meaningful, though. First, natural non-Dutched cacao holds onto its flavanols, whereas alkalizing ("Dutching") strips out somewhere in the range of 60 to 90 percent. Second, for regulatory context only, the EU has authorized 200 mg of cocoa flavanols daily for the specific wording "cocoa flavanols help maintain the elasticity of blood vessels, which contributes to normal blood flow" — a separate benchmark from the 500 mg COSMOS amount, and EU authorization is not the same as FDA or FTC compliance.

Does CCV-3 use the same dose as COSMOS?

No. COSMOS used 500 mg of cocoa flavanols daily; CCV-3 lists 1,200 mg per scoop. We reference the trial as a landmark, but HarmonyMD is a different, independent product.

Are the flavanol and epicatechin numbers the same thing?

No. The 1,200 mg is total cocoa flavanols; the 600 mg is (-)-epicatechin specifically, a single compound within that total. We print them as separate lines so the label is honest about both.