Balance of Nature sells three products: a Fruits capsule, a Veggies capsule, and a Fiber & Spice powder. The standard daily dose is 3 Fruits capsules and 3 Veggies capsules, plus 2 scoops of Fiber & Spice if you use the full system. Here’s how to take each one and what to know before you start.
Fruits and Veggies Capsules
Each bottle contains 90 capsules and lasts 30 days at the recommended pace of 3 capsules per day. You take 3 Fruits capsules and 3 Veggies capsules daily, for a total of 6 capsules. The company doesn’t specify whether to take them with food or on an empty stomach, and there’s no required time of day. Most people simply pick a consistent time, like breakfast or lunch, and take all six at once or split them into two rounds.
The Fruits blend contains 16 freeze-dried whole fruits: apple, banana, wild blueberry, sweet cherry, cranberry, grape, grapefruit, lemon, mango, orange, papaya, pineapple, raspberry, strawberry, tomato, and aloe vera leaf. The Veggies blend includes 15 vegetables: broccoli, red cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, cayenne pepper, celery, garlic, kale, red onion, shiitake mushroom, soybean, spinach, sweet potato, wheatgrass, and zucchini. These are proprietary blends, meaning the label doesn’t disclose how much of each ingredient is in a capsule.
How to Prepare Fiber & Spice
Fiber & Spice is a loose powder, not a capsule, so it requires a bit more effort. Mix 2 scoops (13 grams) into at least 16 ounces of liquid and stir frequently as you drink it. Water works fine, but a popular option among users is apple juice, which turns it into something resembling a spiced cider.
You can take both scoops at once or split them into two servings throughout the day. Morning is the most common choice because it gives the fiber time to move through your system before bed, but taking it at night is also fine. It can be taken with or without food. Some people prefer drinking it about 20 minutes before a meal, while others take it afterward.
What Each Option Costs
Balance of Nature sells products individually or as a bundle called the Whole Health System, which includes both the Fruits & Veggies capsules and the Fiber & Spice powder. Pricing depends on whether you sign up as a “Preferred Customer” (a monthly subscription) or make a one-time purchase.
- Fruits & Veggies only: $69.95/month as a subscriber, $89.95 as a one-time purchase.
- Fiber & Spice only: $49.95/month as a subscriber, $69.95 one-time.
- Whole Health System (all three): $109.95/month as a subscriber, $159.95 one-time.
The subscription also requires a one-time membership fee of $24.95. So your true first-month cost for the full system on subscription is about $135.
Safety and Regulatory Issues
Balance of Nature products are classified as dietary supplements, which means the FDA does not evaluate them for effectiveness before they go on sale. But the company’s regulatory history goes beyond that standard disclaimer.
A federal judge in Utah entered consent decrees against Balance of Nature’s distributor (Evig LLC) and its manufacturer (Premium Production LLC) after the FDA found serious violations. The company’s labeling made claims that its products could diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent diseases including cancer, heart disease, diabetes, asthma, and COVID-19, which rendered them unapproved new drugs under federal law. On top of that, both the distributor and manufacturer were found to have violated current good manufacturing practice requirements. The manufacturer failed to establish basic specifications for ingredient identity, purity, strength, and composition.
Under the consent decrees, both companies were prohibited from distributing or manufacturing products until they hired compliance experts, submitted documentation to the FDA, and received approval to resume operations. The company has since resumed sales.
Interactions Worth Knowing About
Because the capsules contain concentrated whole-food ingredients like garlic, grapefruit, and kale, they can interact with certain medications. Garlic and grapefruit are both well-documented disruptors of drug metabolism. Garlic may increase bleeding risk for people on blood thinners, and grapefruit can alter how your body processes a wide range of prescription drugs, from cholesterol medications to some heart and blood pressure drugs.
Kale, spinach, and broccoli are high in vitamin K, which directly counteracts the blood thinner warfarin. If you take warfarin and suddenly add a daily dose of concentrated greens, it could make your medication less effective. Cayenne pepper may also affect blood clotting. If you take any prescription medication, especially blood thinners, blood pressure drugs, or heart medications, check with your pharmacist before starting these supplements. Pharmacists can flag specific interactions quickly and for free.
What You’re Actually Getting
The core promise of Balance of Nature is that 6 small capsules per day can fill gaps left by a diet low in fruits and vegetables. The ingredients themselves, freeze-dried fruits and vegetables, are real foods. But because the blends are proprietary, there’s no way to know how much broccoli or blueberry you’re actually consuming per capsule. A single capsule weighing under a gram is a tiny fraction of a full serving of any vegetable.
Whole fruits and vegetables provide fiber, water content, and volume that capsules simply can’t replicate. The Fiber & Spice supplement adds some fiber back in, but at 13 grams per day it covers roughly half of the 25 to 30 grams most adults need daily. These products may offer some micronutrients and plant compounds, but they aren’t equivalent to eating actual produce, and the company’s past marketing claims suggesting otherwise are exactly what drew FDA enforcement action.