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Exact product checked · GTIN 00850487002789CocoaVia · checked Jul 22, 2026 · on sale since Sep 9, 2021🇺🇸 USPTO wordmark owner · Mars, Incorporated · Delaware, USA
Quick read · CocoaVia

Cocoavia 500mg Cocoa Flavanols Capsules

Checked against public sources between July 22 and September 1, 2026 · LookCloser does not sell or recommend supplements.

60capsules · 30 servings

Does the marketing hold up?

Listing brand: CocoaVia · package: MARS. Ownership and outside records for the listing brand may not describe the branding printed on the package. Confirm the package identity before treating them as the same brand.

Is the dose real?Panel read — dose not verified2 ingredients listed; no advertised amount we could confirm against them
What a serving costs$1.63per serving, at the checked price
Is it tested?ConsumerLab seal printed on the labelwe read it off the package photo
Who’s behind it?🇺🇸Mars, Incorporatedcorporation · Delaware, USA
Is it the real thing?Barcode matches outside records
Trouble on record?Recall check not run yeta gap in our records, not a finding about the product

“Couldn’t verify” means we looked and found no public proof — not a mark against the product. Most supplement claims cannot be independently verified by anyone, so grey is the normal state of this industry.

1△ support not foundno contradictions · no recalls
The label itself

What the Supplement Facts panel says

Serving size 2 vegetarian capsules · 30 servings per container

Cocoapro™ cocoa extract (bean)1130 mg
Cocoa Flavanols500 mg

Printed on the package: CLINICALLY PROVEN Ingredient · ConsumerLab.com · NSF · VEGAN.ORG · NON GMO Project VERIFIED · NON · GMO · CGMP

We read 2 lines from the package photograph. It is our transcript of the label, not the manufacturer’s panel, and it may be incomplete.

Marketing claims, checked

The checks, one by one

1 promise needs a closer look.

Claimed without support found1

“PROVEN RESULTS, BACKED BY SCIENCE – Supported by 30+ years of research, 30+ clinical studies, and 150+ published scientific”

We found no named, citable study of this product or formula. The claim may rest on ingredient research rather than a trial of this product.

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Quick read · 3 useful findings

What is worth knowing.

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Needs explanationWho is behind it?

Listing brand: CocoaVia · package: MARS

Ownership and outside records for the listing brand may not describe the branding printed on the package. Confirm the package identity before treating them as the same brand.

Evidence and sources

The exact product listing names “CocoaVia,” while the saved package/panel image reads “MARS.” This can reflect a product line, catalog error, changed listing, or different packaging; it does not prove substitution. …

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CheckedIs the label honest?

Every ingredient shows its amount · 2 ingredients listed.

Every ingredient shows its real amount — nothing is hidden in a proprietary blend.

Evidence and sources

The panel gives a per-ingredient amount rather than hiding quantities inside a proprietary blend, so each one can be compared to published research.

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CheckedWho is behind it?

The barcode identity checks out · 850487002789.

The barcode matches, so we are checking the right product rather than a look-alike.

Evidence and sources

The brand's store lists this exact barcode as “500mg Cocoa Flavanols Capsules” (variant: 1 month supply) — identity confirmed across retailer listings.

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What remains open 1
  • We have not found a public label filing for this exact product.

These are evidence gaps, not strikes against the product.

Who owns the brand wordmark?
🇺🇸
Mars, IncorporatedCorporation · exact supplement-class mark for COCOAVIA
Registration8303733
Registered2026-06-16
AssignmentsNo transfers recorded

Filed address
6885 Elm Street, McLean, Virginia 22101, UNITED STATES

USPTO identifies the public owner or applicant behind this brand wordmark. This does not by itself identify the product manufacturer or prove where the product was made. Open USPTO source ↗

Where it sells

Price check for this exact product

Brand website

Exact UPC/GTIN match
$48.99

4.5/5 · 468 ratings

$1.63 per labeled serving

matching UPC/GTIN · checked Jul 22, 2026

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Amazon

Exact UPC/GTIN match
$48.99

4.5/5 · 869 ratings

$1.63 per labeled serving

matching UPC/GTIN · checked Aug 29, 2026

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iHerb

Not confirmed
No exact listing saved

We only show a price when the seller publishes the same barcode as the bottle. We haven’t found that match here.

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Target

Not confirmed
No exact listing saved

We only show a price when the seller publishes the same barcode as the bottle. We haven’t found that match here.

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Walmart

Not confirmed
No exact listing saved

We only show a price when the seller publishes the same barcode as the bottle. We haven’t found that match here.

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Same UPC/GTIN observed across 2 sellers at the same price at check time.

The observed listing and exact brand page repeat 500 mg. That confirms cross-page consistency of the published claim, not the product contents.

Reference prices only · no affiliate links · every compared seller must publish the matching UPC/GTIN.

Review pages

Does the brand page tell the same story?

Brand page 4.50/5 · retailer 4.5/5 broadly aligned

The exact brand page is the same by 0.00 points. The brand page publishes 468; the retailer surface shows 869. Different systems can collect different review pools, so this is a signal to inspect, not proof that reviews were manipulated.

The brand page did not expose a complete star-by-star breakdown in the captured structured data, so LookCloser cannot test whether lower-star reviews were omitted. Source: exact barcode-bound brand product page · retailer surface · counts do not prove authenticity.

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Record built September 03, 2026. Sources: source listing observed at check time · USPTO Trademark Search · Keepa exact-listing history · NIH / published research · certification and regulator records where available. LookCloser publishes evidence and gaps; it does not advise for or against any supplement. Evidence-based corrections welcome.