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Retride contains three BHB salts, magnesium, calcium and sodium beta-hydroxybutyrate, in one 60 mg proprietary blend per 2 capsules. No single amounts are printed, and the 60 mg includes the minerals. Human BHB-salt studies used about 5 to 30 g a day, roughly 80 to 500 times more. Other ingredients: cellulose, gelatin and magnesium stearate.
Retride has three active ingredients: magnesium BHB, calcium BHB and sodium BHB. All three share one 60 mg proprietary blend per serving of 2 capsules.
The label names each salt but gives no single amounts. Flip a card to see what human studies used and what they found.
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Magnesium beta-hydroxybutyrate, inside the 60 mg blend
What studies used
About 12-24 g of BHB per drink in salt studies
Salt drinks raised blood ketones far less than ketone esters. The label does not say how much magnesium BHB is in Retride. (Stubbs et al., 2017)
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Calcium beta-hydroxybutyrate, inside the 60 mg blend
What studies used
About 24 g a day of BHB salts for 6 weeks
On a low-calorie keto diet, BHB salts did not add weight or fat loss over placebo. (Buga et al., 2021)
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Sodium beta-hydroxybutyrate, inside the 60 mg blend
What studies used
About 10 g a day of BHB salts for 8 weeks
With diet and walking, BHB salts did not give a significant extra drop in weight. (Roeth et al., 2025)
The full panel is on the Retride supplement facts page.
BHB stands for beta-hydroxybutyrate. It is one of the ketones your liver makes when carbs are scarce and the body burns fat for fuel instead of sugar, a state called ketosis.
That natural state is not the same as diabetic ketoacidosis, which is a medical emergency (Cleveland Clinic, 2022). Ketones also rise on a very low-carb keto diet, usually to safe levels (MedlinePlus, 2025).
BHB on its own is an acid, so makers bind it to a mineral. The result is a dry salt powder that fits in a capsule.
Supplement BHB is called an exogenous ketone, meaning it comes from outside the body. The trade-off of the salt form is that each capsule carries minerals as well as BHB.
The ketone itself. It is the same molecule in all three salts.
Magnesium, calcium or sodium. It adds weight to the 60 mg blend.
Two gelatin capsules hold the full blend for one day.
Magnesium BHB is listed first in the Retride blend. It pairs BHB with magnesium, a mineral the body uses every day.
Adults should keep magnesium from supplements under 350 mg a day, since high doses often cause diarrhea (NIH ODS, 2026). The whole Retride blend is 60 mg, so it cannot come close to that limit.
Calcium BHB is the second salt on the Retride panel. It joins BHB to calcium, the mineral known for bones and teeth.
The adult upper limit for calcium is 2,000 to 2,500 mg a day, depending on age (NIH ODS, n.d.). A 60 mg blend adds only a sliver.
Sodium BHB is the third salt in the Retride blend. It ties BHB to sodium, the mineral in table salt.
The Daily Value is less than 2,300 mg, and the average American eats about 3,400 mg (FDA, 2024).
Retride holds 60 mg of blend per day, and human BHB-salt studies used about 5 to 30 g. That makes the Retride amount roughly 80 to 500 times smaller, and the 60 mg even includes the minerals.
A whole bottle holds about 1,800 mg of blend. That is still less than half of a single 5 g study dose.
Retride's whole 60 mg blend, minerals included, is roughly 1/80 to 1/500 of the amounts used in human studies. Sources: (Roeth et al., 2025) (GSSI, 2022) (Buga et al., 2021)
Even 12-24 g of BHB from salts raised blood ketones to only about 1 mM, less than ketone esters. Sources: (Stubbs et al., 2017)
The magnesium share of the blend is not printed; the whole blend is 60 mg, so it cannot reach this limit. Sources: (NIH ODS, 2026)
Retride amount dose range used in human studies (log scale)
| What | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Retride, one day | 60 mg blend, minerals included | The label serving |
| Retride, a full bottle | 1,800 mg (30 servings × 60 mg) | Worked out from the label |
| Lowest common study amount | 5,000 mg of BHB | One dose in (Roeth et al., 2025) |
| Salt drink that raised ketones | 12,000-24,000 mg of BHB | Per drink (Stubbs et al., 2017) |
| Six-week diet study | About 24,000 mg a day | Daily intake (Buga et al., 2021) |
Larger doses still did not deliver weight results. At 10 g a day (Roeth et al., 2025) and 24 g a day (Buga et al., 2021), BHB salts added no significant weight or fat loss over placebo. Our article on how much BHB studies use covers each trial.
No. Even if the whole 60 mg blend were one mineral, it would stay far below each safety mark.
Large BHB-salt doses are another story. One study serving held 1,874 mg of sodium, 570 mg of calcium and 57 mg of magnesium (Buga et al., 2021).
| Mineral | Safety mark for adults | Worst case if all 60 mg were this mineral | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnesium | 350 mg a day from supplements (upper limit) | Under 17% | (NIH ODS, 2026) |
| Calcium | 2,000-2,500 mg a day (upper limit) | Under 3% | (NIH ODS, n.d.) |
| Sodium | Less than 2,300 mg a day (Daily Value) | Under 3% | (FDA, 2024) |
If you follow a low-sodium diet or take heart, kidney or blood-pressure medicine, ask your doctor before using any ketone product. The full list of cautions is on the Retride side effects page.
Beyond the blend, Retride lists three other ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose, gelatin and magnesium stearate. They help form and fill the capsule and are not actives.
The gelatin shell comes from animal collagen, so the capsules are not vegetarian or vegan (Vegetarian Resource Group, n.d.). No caffeine or other stimulant appears on the label.
How the formula is meant to fit a keto routine is on how Retride works.
Questions people type into Google and Bing, answered from the label and the sources on this page.
BHB is one of the ketones your liver makes when carbs run low and the body turns to fat for fuel. Supplements sell it bound to a mineral.
A BHB salt is BHB joined to a mineral such as magnesium, calcium or sodium. Retride uses all three, inside one 60 mg blend.
The BHB part is the same in each. Only the mineral attached to it changes, and the label does not say how much of each one is in the blend.
Exogenous means taken in from outside. BHB salt drinks in studies were about half L-BHB, a form the body makes little of, and they raised the main D-BHB form far less than ketone esters (Stubbs et al., 2017).
No. A Cleveland Clinic dietitian says keto supplements do not put you in ketosis by themselves and do not replace a keto diet (Cleveland Clinic, 2023).
The whole blend is 60 mg per 2-capsule serving, and that weight includes the minerals. How much of it is pure BHB is not published.
Studies of BHB salts at gram doses mostly reported mild stomach and gut upset, more often at high doses (Mohib et al., 2025). Retride has no safety study of its own.
Salts bind BHB to minerals, while esters bind it to an alcohol-type molecule. At the same dose, esters raised blood ketones much higher than salts (Stubbs et al., 2017).
At research doses, yes: one study serving carried 1,874 mg of sodium (Buga et al., 2021). Retride’s entire blend weighs 60 mg, so its sodium is a small fraction of that.
