Best Shilajit Supplement (2026): Ranked by Label Data and Testing Claims
The best shilajit for most people is Nootropics Depot PrimaVie: two 250 mg capsules of PrimaVie, a purified shilajit, give the 500 mg a day used in an exercise trial, $0.67 a day at the brand’s price. People take it for energy and testosterone; the research is small. The brand posts batch lab reports.
By Erin Rose Updated October 18, 2026 How we score
Brand prices, checked October 18, 2026.
Our pick for: Most people
Nootropics Depot PrimaVie
8.5/10 Our score
Tied for first of the 4 we score. No shilajit is on a testing list, so 8.5 is the highest any can score
- Amount
- 250 mg a capsulePrimaVie, a purified shilajit
- A day
- $0.67For 500 mg, at the brand’s price
- Bottle
- 90 capsules$29.99 at the brand, 45 days at 500 mg
- Testing list
- Not on a public listThe brand posts batch lab reports
- Form
- CapsuleNo resin to scoop
- Take
- 2 a day500 mg, the amount used in the trials
Why we pick it It ties two others on our score, and wins on three things. It is PrimaVie alone, the purified shilajit used in a published 8-week trial (Keller 2019), with no other herbs. It is the only capsule we found whose brand posts batch lab reports (10 lots when we checked); the one we read showed lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury under the brand’s own limits. And it costs the least per 500 mg of the capsules we score.
What you give up It is not on a public testing list, its reports name the lab only by a code, and they do not test thallium. 500 mg takes 2 capsules. See the other picks below.
Which shilajit is right for you?
Pick by form: capsule, resin or gummy. Whatever you buy, a known risk is toxic metals, so we favor brands that post lab reports for their batches.
Want 500 mg in one capsule?
Peak Performance uses the same PrimaVie, 500 mg in each capsule, so one capsule is the daily amount, for $0.73 a day at the brand’s price. The brand says it is third-party tested but does not post a report or name a lab.
Peak Performance PrimaVie
8.5/10 · $0.73 a day for 500 mg
Prefer the traditional resin?
Resin is shilajit as it comes from the rock, dissolved in water or tea. It tastes smoky and tar-like, which capsules avoid (ConsumerLab 2024). A jar of Pure Himalayan holds about 30 g, or about 150 servings of 200 mg scooped by eye, so the amount is never exact. That works out to about $0.67 for 500 mg at the brand’s price. The brand says its resin comes from Siberia’s Altai Mountains, and its lab report link did not open when we checked on October 18, 2026.
Pure Himalayan Shilajit Resin
7.0/10 · about $0.67 for 500 mg, dosed by eye
Want a gummy?
Two Toniiq gummies hold 300 mg of shilajit extract with under 1 g of sugar, and the brand posts batch reports from a named outside lab, with no metals found. They are not our pick because the extract is not the PrimaVie used in the trial, and they also hold ashwagandha and turmeric; check with your doctor if you take other medicines or are pregnant. They cost $1.22 a day for 500 mg of extract.
Toniiq Shilajit Gummies
8.5/10 · $1.22 a day for 500 mg of extract
Taking it for exercise? One trial found an effect only at 500 mg.
In an 8-week trial of 63 active men, 500 mg of PrimaVie a day helped the men who started strongest keep more strength after a tiring workout; 250 mg a day did no better than a placebo (Keller 2019). That is one small trial, not proof.
Shilajit we scored, ranked
We scored 4 shilajit products on dose, testing, cost, label and recalls. Here they are, our pick first, then by score, with why each one is or is not a pick. Costs are for 500 mg at each brand’s own price; the gummy’s is for 500 mg of a concentrated extract, so it is not a like-for-like amount. Products with the same score are listed by cost.
| Shilajit | Cost for 500 mg | Why it is or is not a pick |
|---|---|---|
| Nootropics Depot PrimaVie8.5/10 | $0.67 | Our pick: PrimaVie, batch reports posted |
| Peak Performance PrimaVie8.5/10 | $0.73 | PrimaVie in one capsule; no report |
| Toniiq Shilajit Gummies8.5/10 | $1.22 | Gummy with reports; added herbs |
| Pure Himalayan Shilajit Resin7.0/10 | $0.67 | Resin, dosed by eye; no report found |
What to check before you buy shilajit
- A lab report for your batch, with results for lead, arsenic, cadmium and mercury, not just the words “lab tested.” Match the lot number on your jar or bottle to the report; a report you cannot match to your batch proves little.
- Thallium on that report. A 2025 study found thallium, a toxic metal, in natural shilajit and in some supplements (Kamgar 2025). The reports we read do not test for it.
- The amount in milligrams per serving, and a purified named material such as PrimaVie.
- A fulvic acid amount only if it names its test method. When ConsumerLab tested 8 shilajit products, fulvic acid per serving ranged from 6.9 mg to 2,206 mg, and some would pass strict lead limits only at one serving a day (ConsumerLab 2024).
Here is how to read one. The Nootropics Depot report we read (lot PMVCS1080526A, August 2026) lists arsenic at 0.28 parts per million against the brand’s limit of 3.0, and lead at 0.02 against a limit of 1.5. Those limits are the brand’s own, not a public safety standard, and the report covers one lot.
Does shilajit work?
Shilajit is a tar-like resin that seeps from mountain rock. The research on it is small. In a 90-day trial in healthy men aged 45 to 55, 250 mg of purified shilajit twice a day raised testosterone more than a placebo (Pandit 2016). The 8-week exercise trial above found a benefit only at 500 mg a day (Keller 2019). Both are small and short, and there are no long-term safety or drug-interaction studies.
Skip shilajit if you have too much iron in your blood (hemochromatosis) or are pregnant or breastfeeding. It may lower blood sugar, so ask a doctor first if you take diabetes medicine or any regular medicine (ConsumerLab 2024). More in our shilajit guide.
Questions people ask
What is the best shilajit supplement?
Nootropics Depot PrimaVie, for most people. It is purified PrimaVie with no other herbs, the brand posts lab reports for its batches, and it is the cheapest PrimaVie capsule per 500 mg. Want one capsule a day instead of two? Peak Performance PrimaVie.
Is resin or capsule shilajit better?
Capsules, for most people. A capsule holds an exact amount; resin is scooped by eye. If you prefer resin, buy one whose brand posts a batch lab report with lead, arsenic and thallium results.
Are shilajit gummies worth it?
Only if you will not take a capsule. They cost more per 500 mg, and many mix in other herbs. If you buy them, pick one with a batch lab report, like Toniiq Shilajit Gummies.
How we score
Five marks: does a serving hold a studied dose; is the product on a public testing list (a brand’s own testing claim or report, with no listing, earns half the points); what 500 mg costs at the brand’s own price against the cheapest; does the label state its amounts; and the brand’s FDA recall record. Dose and testing are worth up to 3 points each, cost up to 2, label and recalls up to 1 each, for 10 in all. No shilajit is on a public testing list, so 8.5 is the top score. More on our method.
Sources
- Pandit S, et al. “Clinical evaluation of purified Shilajit on testosterone levels in healthy volunteers.” Andrologia. 2016. PubMed 26395129
- Keller JL, et al. “The effects of Shilajit supplementation on fatigue-induced decreases in muscular strength and serum hydroxyproline levels.” J Int Soc Sports Nutr. 2019. PubMed 30728074
- Kamgar E, et al. “Quantifying of thallium in Shilajit and its supplements to unveil the potential risk of consumption of this popular traditional medicine.” BMC Chem. 2025. PubMed 39827344
- ConsumerLab. “Shilajit Supplements Review” (8 products tested in 2024; public summary read October 18, 2026). consumerlab.com
- Testing lists read for every product: NSF/ANSI 173, NSF Certified for Sport, Informed Sport, Informed Choice, IFOS and USP Verified. Prices, labels and lab reports from each brand’s own store, read October 18, 2026.