Favourite Olive Leaf Products

"Which olive leaf products are the best?". This is the most-frequently asked question in a market where olive leaf products abound!

Here are some that I would pick based on the information on this site. e.g. Organic leaves, accurate labelling, ethical manufacturing processes etc.
There is a write-up below on what I would use them for. You are on the Canadian page. For other countries return Here

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Brand: Olivus (Limited International delivery.)
Products:
1. Organic olive leaf tea - leaves from own certified organic orchards.
2. Organic tincture (ethanolic) and Elixir (non-alcoholic)
3. Organic olive leaf powder - uses same leaves as above
4. Organic olive leaf capsules - uses same leaves as above
5. Combination capsules - organic leaves + concentrated non-organic extract
6. Olive leaf soap - uses same leaves as above
Organic olive leaf products are always good to go for.

These are suitable if you're starting off with olive leaf, for long term and preventative use and the combination capsules are strong enough to get good results in acute disease conditions with sufficient dosage.
Combination capsules contain approx. 65-70mg oleuropein.
No fillers or excipients are used in the capsules.
Suitable for vegetarians/vegans.

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Brand: Barlean Olive Leaf Complex
Products:
1. Glycerine tincture
An excellent olive leaf product from an excellent company, suitable for prevention, long term use or infections.
Contains no alcohol and is standardised to contain 66mg oleuropein per 15ml dose.
Ingredients are fresh pressed olive leaves, glycerine, water, no flavour or natural flavour option.
This company goes the extra mile in customer care and processing, leaves picked at sunrise and immediately pressed. Suitable for vegetarians/vegans.

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Brand: Gaia
Products:
1. Liquid Phyto-Capsules - organic, vegan, alcohol free. 747mg dry herb equivalent per capsule
2. Ethanolic tincture - organic, 1:3 potency, vegan
These organic olive leaf products are suitable for prevention, health maintenance and chronic (long-term) infections.

Using organic herbs, this company goes the extra mile to deliver good quality products.
The Oleuropein content in the vegecaps is not standardised or specified as the company focuses on concentrating the whole herb, hence the dry herb equivalent is given (1494mg per 2 capsules = daily serving).

I would recommend them to people needing a top quality product for prevention, health maintenance or chronic illness but they may not have the same firepower to demolish an acute infection as a capsule or tincture with a high standardised Oleuropein content.
Suitable for vegetarians/vegans.
The tincture is of good quality and moderate strength (1:3 advertised) relying on the synergy of constituents to do the job.
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Brand: Life-Flo Olive Leaf Plus in vegetarian capsules
Products:
1. Combination capsules - concentrated olive leaf extract + olive leaf powder.
  Yields min.90mg Oleuropein per capsule from 410mg of concentrated extract and 245mg olive leaf powder to help balance constituents.
This concentrated product is suitable for prevention, short term use and acute infections.
Capsules contain at least 90mg oleuropein each.
Excipients maltodextrin, cellulose and silica.

Maltodextrin may contain free MSG which is why I have recommended short term use, as MSG is a neurotoxin.
Suitable for vegetarians/vegans.

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Brand: Natures Answer OleoPein Olive Leaf AF
Products:
1. Alcohol-free Olive Leaf fluid extract 1:1
2. Vegetarian capsules, 400mg extract supplying 30mg Oleuropein per capsule + 20mg olive leaf powder.
Liquid extract

This product is suitable for short or long term use, chronic or acute conditions and is suitable for children or others not wishing to consume alcohol.
A dose of 42 drops (1,5ml) is produced from 1500mg of dry olive leaf and is guaranteed to contain at least 15mg of oleuropein.
The liquid also contains vegetable glycerine, purified water and acacia.
The manufacturer claims that the constituents are balanced in the same proportions as found in the leaf.
The extract is produced using ethanol, water and natural extractants. The alcohol and extractants are then removed using a proprietary process and replaced with glycerine.
Suitable for vegetarians/vegans.
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Capsules

This product is suitable for short or long term use, chronic or acute conditions. It is a moderate strength product which could be given to older children as well as adults.
Fillers/excipients: Rice flour, vegetable cellulose, calcium silicate(anticaking agent).
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Brand: Herb Pharm
Products:
1. Organic Ethanolic tincture 1:5 strength.
A good, wholly organic product suitable for short term prevention, acute (short-term) or chronic (long-term) use. Although containing alcohol, it can be dispensed in very small quantities which is useful for children for short term use.

Manufactured using mature leaves which are certified organically grown, hand-harvested in the winter months, shade-dried, and thoroughly extracted using organic grain alcohol.

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Brand:Natural Factors Olive Leaf Extract
Products:
1. Capsules - 500mg, standardised 20% oleuropein (75mg per capsule), gelatin capsule, fillers/flowing agents rice powder & magnesium stearate.
A good strength standardised olive leaf extract containing no raw olive leaf powdered herb.
Mainly suitable for short term prevention or acute (short-term) infections.
Too strong for children under 12 yrs.
Non-vegetarian capsule.
Contains filler/flow agents rice flour and magnesium stearate.

It should probably be taken with meals for those with a sensitive stomach and may be short of other active constituents of olive leaf for conditions requiring them as there is no raw herb present.

For long-term use or chronic conditions I would personally go for more balanced olive leaf products but for opportunistic infections this one could be a cost-effective solution.
While there is a lot of disagreement over this, magnesium stearate may reduce absorption by coating the olive leaf extract powder.
This would be more relevant in individuals with impaired digestion.

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Brand: Solgar Olive Leaf Extract Vegetable capsules
Products:
1. Combination capsules - dry olive leaves + concentrated olive leaf extract.
  Yields 13,5mg Oleuropein per capsule from 225mg of concentrated extract and 225mg dry olive leaf powder.
This product is suitable for prevention, short term use and acute infections in larger doses. It is a balanced product relying on the synergy of the constituents rather than a hefty dose of Oleuropein alone.
Other constituents; Vegetable cellulose, vegetable magnesium stearate, silica, natural beta-carotene and L-ascorbic acid.

Quantities of beta carotene and ascorbic acid re not given, but ascorbic acid works well with olive leaf.
The product label notes not for persons under 18 years of age. Suitable for vegetarians/vegans.

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And a Product for Pets
Brand: Vetri-Science Olivet
Products:
1. Vegetarian Capsules - 250mg of extract only, containing 15% Oleuropein standardised yielding 37.5mg oleuropein per capsule.
  Fillers & inactive ingredients: Rice flour, vegetable cellulose, vegetarian leucine.
A fairly strong basic olive leaf extract product for pets, for short term prevention, acute (short-term) or chronic (long-term) infections and use.

This product contains no olive leaf powder, only a concentrated extract which may be harsh on a pet's stomach unless taken with food.

Essentially, this is the same as a product for human consumption and one could use a suitable-strength human product for your pet provided it is not mixed with other herbs.

The dosage bands given on the container are very broad and in my opinion, for cats and smaller dogs, a smaller dose than is found in one capsule would be appropriate.
If in doubt, scale down a human dose to the weight of your pet. This would equate to half a capsule for a 14 lb animal acute illness daily dose, and 1/4 capsule for up to a 6lb animal.
If it is well tolerated and the results are inadequate after a few days you could increase to the recommended dosage over a period of about a week.

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Notes, Terms and Disclaimer:

This list is dynamic, and will change as products enter/leave the market or are discovered in different regions.
If a product/supplier is not added, or is removed from the list, it may be for any number of reasons. It does not follow that the product or company is unsuitable.
Products are listed in good faith with no guarantees. I do not try them but base my listing on the advertised information and a subjective evaluation of the manufacturer's integrity, quality control and product.
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