Konjac Glucomannan
soluble fibre from Amorphophallus konjac root
The best-evidenced ingredient in the formula, and the one where the missing amount matters most. Glucomannan is exceptionally viscous: it absorbs water and slows gastric emptying, which is a real satiety mechanism. The European Food Safety Authority accepted a weight-loss claim for it — but tied that claim to 3 g a day, taken as three 1 g doses with water before meals, alongside a calorie-restricted diet. Three grams is a large amount of powder; it is not something a single small capsule shared with three other ingredients can plausibly contain.
The other half of the picture, which sales pages leave out: when the randomised trials are pooled, the benefit largely disappears. A meta-analysis of eight trials found no statistically significant weight difference between glucomannan and placebo (mean difference −0.22 kg), and an eight-week randomised trial found no advantage over placebo either. The satiety mechanism is real and well described; a guaranteed weight result is not what the evidence shows.
