Skald Oxydynamic Fat Scorcher is a weight loss supplement manufactured by a company called Beldt. The company claims that their product can improve energy and cause fat loss.
But does Skald contain research-backed ingredients for weight loss? Does it contain any questionable additives? How do real users rate and describe its effects? And are the brand's health claims legit?
In this article we'll answer all of these questions and more, as we analyze the ingredients in Skald to give our take on whether or not the supplement is likely to be effective, and whether or not it's healthy.
We'll also feature real user reviews, and highlight some of the questionable health claims on the brand's website.
Key takeaways:
- We can't find any active ingredients we consider effectively dosed
- Brand improved formulation and removed an unhealthy additive
- We do not currently recommend Skald
Ingredient Analysis
The ingredients in Skald are shown below:
We urge consumers to be wary of proprietary blends unless they've bene proven effective in clinical trials, because you don't know how much of each ingredient you're consuming.
The average ingredient dose in Skald is 44.5 milligrams (mg).
A medical review published in the Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition journal found that caffeine is effective for weight loss, but typically at a much higher dose than likely exists in Skald.
N-Acetyl-Tyrosine was shown in an animal study to increase appetite, making it a strange choice for a weight loss supplement.
Green tea leaf extract is an ingredient we strongly recommend avoiding when its dose isn't published.
As we discussed in our review of ProbioSlim, green tea extract has been shown to cause liver toxicity in some studies.
Juniper extract, white willow bark extract, verbascum thapsus leaf powder and elecampane root powder are botanical ingredients which we cannot find any research backing for.
Piperine was shown to be effective for weight loss in one animal study, but the equivalent dose used was significantly higher than the entire Skald proprietary (prop) blend dose.
To the credit of the brand, Skald's manufacturer removed titanium dioxide (which has been banned in the European Union due to toxicity concerns) since our initial publication of this article.
Overall, we do not consider Skald likely to be effective for weight loss, because we cannot identify one active ingredient in this formulation that we consider effectively dosde.
Questionable Health Claims on Skald Website
Beldt's website contains many health claims about Skald that we consider questionable.
The manufacturer claims that users can "drop pounds of belly fat without hunger, without tiredness, without dangerous drugs..." with no proof or citation.
We don't understand how this brand could make specific health claims if the supplement has not been proven to cause those effects in a clinical trial, and we recommend that consumers avoid supplement companies making specific health claims without providing proof.
Our Clean Weight Loss Picks
Ceylon cinnamon was described as "an effective anti-obesity agent" in a 2022 meta-analysis. The study authors concluded that effects were greater at doses at or over 3 grams daily.
Illuminate Labs Ceylon Cinnamon Extract is our standardized Ceylon cinnamon supplement which is third-party tested to ensure purity and potency.
Dietary fiber was shown in a medical review published in The Journal of Nutrition to cause 16 pounds of weight loss in 6 months when combined with moderate caloric restriction (750 calories per day below baseline).
MBG Organic Fiber Potency+ is our top fiber pick because it's certified organic, provides 7 g of fiber per serving and costs under $1.85 per serving at the time of updating this article.
Both of the products mentioned in this section are entirely free of additive ingredients that we consider to be unhealthy.
Where to Get the Best Price
Skald is sold at a variety of online retailers. Here's a price breakdown for a one-time purchase at the time of updating this article:
Brand website: $49 (plus shipping, link)
GNC: $49.99 (free shipping, link)
Amazon: $49.99 (free shipping, link to official Amazon listing)
Walmart: $49 (free shipping, link)
Skald is currently around 10-15% cheaper on Walmart than on the brand's website when factoring in shipping fees.
Customers Rate Skald
Skald is sold on Amazon as well as through their manufacturer site, and we consider Amazon to be a good place for objective user reviews.
Skald's average Amazon rating is 3.5/5 stars which is one of the worst average Amazon ratings for a supplement we've reviewed on Illuminate Health.
The top positive review from a verified purchaser is written by a user named "B. Martin" who claims the product improved their energy and caused weight loss:
"losing at least 1/3 lb per day and I have energy at the end of each workout and throughout the day."
The top negative review from a verified purchaser comes from a user named "Glenda Simshauser" who claims the product caused them to gain weight:
"I was advised by a doctor to try this and it didn’t work. I gained weight in the time I was taking it. I didn’t start losing weight until after I finished it and cut a few other things out of my life like pop."
In our opinion, this is likely correlation and not causation. There are no ingredients in Skald likely to cause weight gain, and the supplement is non-caloric.
Skald Pros and Cons
Here are the pros and cons of Skald in our opinion:
Pros:
- Contains some research-backed ingredients for weight loss
- Removed an unhealthy inactive ingredient since our initial review
Cons:
- We consider all active ingredients to be underdosed
- Contains green tea extract
- Contains an ingredient clinically shown to increase appetite
- Questionable health claims on brand's website
- Brand's website charges for shipping
- Doesn't appear to be clinically tested
