Description

Karela Organic Planet Ayurveda® is a dietary supplement with a standardized extract of bitter melon fruit (Momordica charantia). In Ayurveda, Karela is known for its distinctly bitter taste and is traditionally associated with Kapha-Pitta balance, sweet-craving control, carbohydrate routine and a lighter body feeling.

Karela, or bitter melon, is not just an exotic vegetable. It is one of the best-known bitter-taste plants in Asian and Indian food traditions. This bitter taste is exactly why Karela is interesting for people who want a more disciplined approach to sweets, snacks, carbohydrate intake and meal rhythm.

In this product, Karela is not ordinary fruit powder, but a standardized extract of Momordica charantia fruit. One capsule contains 500 mg of bitter melon fruit extract, providing 25 mg of bitter principles. This is a convenient concentrated Karela form in capsules, without the need to use bitter melon juice, tea or food preparations.

The dosha formula for this product is: Vata = Pitta – Kapha –. This means that Karela is traditionally viewed in Ayurveda as a plant that reduces Pitta and Kapha, while being more neutral toward Vata. In practice, this fits well with the bitter, light and Kapha-reducing character of Karela.

Why choose Karela Organic?

• Karela, or bitter melon, in the form of a standardized extract.
• A well-known bitter-taste plant in Asian and Indian food traditions.
• Suitable for people who want to structure sweet-craving control and carbohydrate routine.
• Traditionally associated in Ayurveda with Kapha-Pitta balance.
• A bitter, light and cleansing plant in Ayurvedic understanding.
• Dosha formula: Vata = Pitta – Kapha –.
• 500 mg of standardized extract in one capsule.
• Provides 25 mg of bitter principles in one capsule.
• 60 capsules per package.
• Recommended dose: 1 capsule per day.
• Capsule shell: plant-based cellulose.
• Free from artificial colours, sweeteners, sugar, milk, lactose, soy, gluten, wheat, yeast, preservatives and gelatin.
• Manufactured in India, at the Planet Ayurveda® facility.

Karela in Ayurveda

In Ayurveda, bitter taste is considered especially important for Kapha and Pitta balance. It brings lightness, a drying quality and a taste opposite to the sweet, heavy and accumulating nature of Kapha.

Karela is a very characteristic plant in this sense: bitter, direct and easy to understand from the point of view of food discipline. For people whose diet contains a lot of sweet taste, flour-based foods, frequent snacks and heavier meals, bitter plants help bring back a missing taste balance into everyday nutrition.

Bitter taste and sweet-craving control

In modern diets, sweet taste is constantly available: sweets, bakery products, sweetened drinks, snacks, ready-made foods and carbohydrates between main meals. Against this background, bitter taste often almost disappears from the daily diet.

Karela Organic helps bring bitter taste back in a convenient concentrated form. This is not a “quick fix”, but part of broader food discipline: regular meals, fewer spontaneous sweets, more fibre, enough protein, bitter plants and regular movement.

Carbohydrate routine and meal structure

Karela fits best into a routine where a person consciously works with their food structure: how often they eat, how many carbohydrates they consume, how they build their meals and at what time sweet cravings most often appear.

In this sense, Karela Organic is a practical bitter-taste product for people who want to bring more order into meal rhythm and more balance into the daily diet. It combines especially well with herbal formulas that include bitter plants, fibre sources and products that support a more disciplined approach to meals.

Kapha and Pitta balance

In Ayurveda, Kapha is associated with heaviness, attraction to sweet taste, sluggishness, dampness and accumulation. The bitter and light character of Karela fits well into the logic of Kapha balance, especially when the daily diet contains a lot of sweet taste and heavier foods.

In relation to Pitta, Karela is traditionally viewed as a reducing plant, because bitter taste in Ayurveda is often connected with a cooling and balancing quality. At the same time, people with pronounced dryness, fragility or very sensitive digestion should use bitter plants moderately.

Bitter principles — the key standardization marker

Karela Organic Planet Ayurveda® provides 25 mg of bitter principles in one capsule. This is an important quality marker, because the product is not simply “bitter melon in a capsule”, but a standardized extract with a specific amount of bitter compounds.

Bitter principles are the main reason why Karela has such a specific taste and dietary logic. They distinguish Karela from many other herbal products and make its place clearer in the area of sweet-craving control, carbohydrate routine and Kapha balance.

Standardized extract, not ordinary powder

Karela Organic Planet Ayurveda® contains a standardized extract. One capsule contains 500 mg of Momordica charantia fruit extract, providing 25 mg of bitter principles.

This is important because a standardized extract provides clearer composition control than ordinary plant powder. In this product, Planet Ayurveda® uses an extract form so that each capsule contains a concentrated and consistent dose of the herbal component.

What is Karela Organic often combined with?

Karela Organic is often chosen together with other Planet Ayurveda® products when a broader approach is needed to sweet-craving control, carbohydrate routine, weight-control programme, Kapha-Pitta balance and a lighter body feeling.

• Gymnema Organic Planet Ayurveda® — standardized extract of Gymnema sylvestre leaves for weight-control programmes, appetite and calorie-intake balance, normal glucose levels and sweet-craving control.
• Garcinia Organic Planet Ayurveda® — Garcinia cambogia extract for appetite, hunger sensation, weight control and fat metabolism.
• Fenugreek Organic Planet Ayurveda® — standardized fenugreek seed extract for dietary support, metabolism and digestive rhythm.
• Triphala Planet Ayurveda® — a classical Ayurvedic fruit complex for digestive rhythm, lightness and daily balance.
• Curcumin Organic Planet Ayurveda® — a softer daily turmeric product for digestive comfort, liver and bile well-being, seasonal well-being and Pitta balance.
• Crab Curcumin 95% Planet Ayurveda® — a concentrated turmeric extract with 95% curcuminoids and black pepper extract for people looking for a stronger curcumin form and better bioavailability.

When using several products at the same time, follow the daily dose indicated on the label of each product. If you use medication for glucose regulation, weight-control medication or have carbohydrate metabolism, liver, kidney, heart, hormonal, digestive or other health concerns, consult a doctor or pharmacist before use.

Composition

1 capsule contains:

• Bitter melon (Momordica charantia) fruit standardized extract — 500 mg, providing 25 mg of bitter principles.
• Capsule shell: plant-based cellulose.

In one capsule: 500 mg of standardized fruit extract.

Bitter principles in one capsule: 25 mg.

Package: 60 capsules.

Capsule mass: 606.7 mg.

Net mass: 36.4 g.

Use

Recommended daily dose: 1 capsule per day.

Directions for use: 1 capsule per day, with water.

Karela Organic fits best into a structured nutrition routine: regular meals, fewer sweet snacks, a more conscious amount of carbohydrates, enough protein and fibre, regular movement and sufficient sleep.

Quality and origin

• Product: dietary supplement with bitter melon fruit extract.
• Form: capsules.
• Manufacturer: Planet Ayurveda®.
• Manufacturer’s address: #627 JLPL Industrial area, Sector-82, Mohali -140306, Punjab, India.
• Country of origin: India.
• Plant: Karela / bitter melon (Momordica charantia).
• Plant part: fruits.
• Form: standardized extract.
• Amount in one capsule: 500 mg.
• Bitter principles in one capsule: 25 mg.
• Package: 60 capsules.
• Capsule mass: 606.7 mg.
• Net mass: 36.4 g.
• Recommended dose: 1 capsule per day.
• Capsule shell: plant-based cellulose.
• Free from: artificial colours, sweeteners, sugar, milk, lactose, soy, gluten, wheat, yeast, preservatives and gelatin.

Registration in Latvia

The product is registered in the PVD food supplement register under No. 10973.

Organic / BIO certification

Organic / BIO certificate EcoCert No. #220161-Z-184635-2020

Planet Ayurveda® team note

Karela Organic is a Planet Ayurveda® product with standardized extract of Momordica charantia fruit. We recommend viewing it as a daily dietary supplement in the direction of bitter taste, sweet-craving control, carbohydrate routine and Kapha-Pitta balance. The product is not a medicine and does not replace advice from a doctor or pharmacist.

Storage

Store in a cool, dry and dark place. Protect from light. Keep out of reach of children.

Warnings

Do not exceed the recommended daily dose. Keep out of reach of children. If you are pregnant, breastfeeding or using medication, consult a doctor before use. Discontinue use and consult a doctor if adverse reactions occur. Do not use a dietary supplement as a substitute for a complete and balanced diet. If you use medication for glucose regulation or have carbohydrate metabolism, liver, kidney, heart, hormonal, digestive or other health concerns, consult a doctor or pharmacist before use.

Manufacturer and importer

Manufacturer: Planet Ayurveda®, #627 JLPL Industrial area, Sector-82, Mohali -140306, Punjab, India.

Importer and distributor in Latvia: SIA “ETOLARS”, Mellužu iela 17-1, Riga, LV-1067, Latvia. Tel. +371 27080606. www.planetayurveda.lv

Video

Video about Karela / bitter melon Planet Ayurveda®

Information sources

The information sources below are external materials about the plant, Ayurvedic context, standardized extracts and EU health-claims regulation. Registration links of related products are not included in this block.

• Planet Ayurveda® — Karela / Momordica charantia — Ayurvedic description of Karela, bitter taste and the plant’s place in the Ayurvedic herbal system.
• Planet Ayurveda® — standardized extracts — explanation of the importance of standardized plant extracts in the quality of Planet Ayurveda® products.
• Cochrane — Momordica charantia for type 2 diabetes mellitus — systematic review of clinical evidence on Momordica charantia. Used here as a cautious external reference explaining why the card does not use medical promises.
• PubMed — Bitter melon / Momordica charantia review — scientific review of bitter melon composition, traditional use and safety considerations.
• European Commission — EU Register of nutrition and health claims — the official EU source for checking authorised and non-authorised health claims under Regulation (EC) No. 1924/2006.