Cellular nutrition — what it means in plain words

Strip away the advertising and you are left with ordinary formats: suspensions in sticks, powders, capsules, jelly. The name suggests the substances are meant “for cells”, but that cannot be checked against the documents — they say something else.

• It is not a medical term and not a food category in the EAEU technical regulations.
• Two different kinds of products are sold under this name: food supplements with a state registration certificate and functional food with a declaration of conformity.
• What is inside is defined by the ingredients, not the name: vitamins and minerals, plant extracts, protein, oils.
• If the pack says “cellular nutrition”, look at the ingredients and the document number — that is the only thing you can check.

The official wording depends on the product format, and it is much drier than the advertising.

These four steps work for any company’s products, not only Success Together.

• Find the document number on the pack or the website. For supplements it is a state registration certificate; for drinks, concentrates and jelly it is an EAEU declaration of conformity.
• Check the number in the unified EAEU register: the document must exist and be valid, and the product name must match.
• Read the ingredients: are the amounts of substances given, or only the total weight of a blend?
• Find the restrictions and contraindications. If there are none at all, that is a reason for caution, not an argument for the product.

All documents for Success Together products that we found, with numbers and validity periods, are collected on the Documents page.

Without the advertising wording, a fairly consistent picture remains: almost the whole range is built around two substances from Siberian larch.

• Dihydroquercetin is listed in the ingredients of 20 of the 21 catalogue products.
• Arabinogalactan is in 15 products.
• L-theanine appears in three: Success Day, Success Night and Success Matcha.
• The rest varies: vitamin and mineral blends, plant extracts, mushroom adaptogens, plant protein, oils.

The manufacturer publishes the ingredients in three blocks with the total weight of each, but without a breakdown by individual components. The blend of plant extracts and adaptogens is 381 mg, the energy and clarity blend 1166 mg and the active components blend 2420 mg. The last one includes dihydroquercetin, arabinogalactan, citric acid and magnesium citrate.

The manufacturer does not state a separate amount of dihydroquercetin, so the products cannot be compared by this substance. The only specific amount named in the ingredients is yohimbine hydrochloride — 5 mg.

Success Day contains caffeine and yohimbine. The manufacturer recommends taking it at least 6 hours before sleep.

“Cellular nutrition” is neither a medical term nor a food category in the technical regulations. The product documents contain no claims about treating or preventing diseases, and we do not make such claims.

A food supplement is not a medicine. Before use, read the manufacturer’s instructions and the restrictions it lists — for some products it is individual intolerance to the components, but the list may be incomplete.

Is cellular nutrition a food supplement?

It depends on the product. Success Together capsules are registered as food supplements with a state registration certificate, while the drinks, concentrates and jelly are classed as functional food with an EAEU declaration. Examples are in the table above.

Is cellular nutrition a treatment?

The product documents contain no claims about treating or preventing diseases, and we make no such claims. A food supplement is not a medicine: questions about treatment are for a doctor.

How is functional food different from a food supplement?

By how it is classified. Drinks, concentrates and jelly fall under the technical regulations for food, with a declaration of conformity. Capsule supplements are registered as food supplements with a state registration certificate. These are different documents and different procedures.

Why are the exact amounts not given in the ingredients?

The manufacturer publishes the weight of whole blends, not of individual components. That is its decision; we cannot change it, and we must not make up figures.

Can I take several products at once?

The manufacturer publishes no such information. The ingredients partly overlap, so it is better to ask a specialist than to decide on your own.

• Success Day ingredients on the manufacturer’s website (in Russian) ↗
• Product documents