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Healthy Care Bitter Melon provides concentrated bitter melon (Momordica charantia) fruit extract in convenient capsule format. Each capsule delivers 500mg of extract equivalent to 20g of fresh bitter melon fruit. Traditionally used in herbal medicine practices, bitter melon contains beneficial plant compounds including charantin and polypeptide-P.

Product Strengths

500mg concentrated bitter melon extract per capsule
Equivalent to 20g of fresh bitter melon fruit
Contains naturally occurring charantin and polypeptide-P compounds
100 capsules per bottle
Free from wheat, added sugar, yeast, and preservatives
No artificial flavours or sweeteners
Convenient daily supplementation format
TGA listed - AUST L 278799

Ingredients

Momordica charantia (Bitter Melon) Dry Fruit Extract 500mg equivalent to fresh bitter melon fruit 20g per capsule.

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Suggested Use

Adults: Take 1 to 2 capsules daily with a meal, or as directed by your healthcare professional.

TGA Listing

AUST L 278799. This product is listed with the Australian Therapeutic Goods Administration.

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Store below 30°C in a cool, dry place away from heat and direct sunlight. Do not use if cap seal is broken.

Always read the label and follow the directions for use. Vitamin and mineral supplements should not replace a balanced diet. If symptoms persist, consult your healthcare professional.

Ingredients

Each capsule contains:
Momordica charantia (Bitter melon) dry fruit extract 500mg equiv. to fresh fruit 20g

Suggested dose

Adults: Take 1 to 2 capsules with a meal, or as directed by your healthcare professional.

Disclaimer: Always read the label and follow the directions for use.

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If symptoms persist consult your healthcare professional. Do not use if cap seal is broken. Consult your doctor before use if you are on diabetic medication. Contains gluten and sulfites

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Bitter Melon

What is bitter melon?

Bitter melon is a famously bitter fruit and a traditional ingredient in South and Southeast Asian cooking and home remedies. Enjoy it fresh or cooked, or choose a dried powder, juice or capsule if you'd rather skip the taste.

Christina Hanley, BHSc (Nutritional Medicine), Digital Experience & Content Manager, Mr Vitamins

Christina HanleyBHSc (Nutritional Medicine), Digital Experience & Content Manager
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Is Bitter Melon right for you?

Common questions

Is bitter melon a medicine or a food in Australia?

Mostly a food. Momordica charantia is a permitted ingredient for listed medicines (item 3392 on Australia's permitted ingredients list, Schedule 1), but that only applies to a product making a health claim. There's no permitted health claim for it, and most bitter melon on the shelf, whether fresh, dried, powdered or juiced, is sold and regulated as a food.

Are karela and bitter gourd the same thing as bitter melon?

Yes. Karela is the Hindi name, and bitter gourd and balsam pear are two more common names, all for the same fruit, Momordica charantia. Whatever name is on the pack or in the recipe, and whether it's fresh, dried, powdered or juiced, it's the same plant. Different regions and cuisines just call it different things.

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The Australian rules

Momordica charantia, bitter melon's botanical name, is on Australia's permitted ingredients list (Schedule 1, Determination No. 2 of 2026) as item 3392, allowed in listed medicines under purpose codes A and H, with no special conditions, dose cap or warning statement. That's permission to include it in a listed medicine, not an approved health claim, and we found no approved claim specific to bitter melon in the TGA's published list. Most bitter melon sold in Australia (fresh, dried, or as a juice or powder) comes under food standards law rather than medicines law. Being allowed isn't the government endorsing any product or claim.

Read the instrument: Schedule 1, item 3392.

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Product Strengths

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Suggested Use

TGA Listing

Storage

Ingredients

Suggested dose

What is bitter melon?

Is Bitter Melon right for you?

Is bitter melon a medicine or a food in Australia?

Are karela and bitter gourd the same thing as bitter melon?

The evidence, and its limits

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