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 unhealthy ingredients? Why do we take issue with some of the brand's marketing claims? And is Skald better or worse than popular fat burners like Lipozene?

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 for weight loss, and whether or not it's healthy.

We'll also highlight some questionable health claims on the brand's website, and compare Skald to other popular fat burners, in terms of formulation quality, to pick our winners (and losers).

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 currently recommend Skald, and we do not consider the supplement likely to support weight loss, because it contains no ingredients we consider effectively dosed.

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.

Skald vs. Popular Fat Burners

Here's how Skald compares to other popular fat burner supplements in terms of formulation quality, in our opinion:

Lipozene

The active ingredient in this oral supplement for weight loss is clinically shown to have health benefits (though not necessarily to be effective for weight loss at the dose in this supplement).

However, Lipozene contains more ingredients that we consider unhealthy than Skald, so Skald wins from a health perspective.

Winner: Skald

Burn XT

Burn XT has been shown to be effective for fat loss in a clinical trial published in a peer-reviewed journal, which is the gold standard for product research.

Like Skald, this supplement contains green tea extract, so we don't currently recommend it from a health perspective.

However, Burn XT has the advantage from a potential efficacy perspective, given its clinical backing.

Winner: Burn XT

OxyShred

Contains significantly more ingredients that we consider unhealthy than exist in Skald.

Skald wins from a health perspective.

Winner: Skald

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 free of ingredients that we consider to be unhealthy.

Skald Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Contains some research-backed ingredients for weight loss
• Removed an unhealthy inactive ingredient since our initial review
• Healthier than some competitors

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
  
• Doesn't appear to be clinically tested

Conclusion

We don’t currently recommend Skald and we don't find its formulation likely to be effective for weight loss.

We were only able to identify one potentially effective weight loss ingredient, and even that ingredient may be underdosed.

The manufacturer of Skald makes uncited health claims on their website, which we disagree with.

To the credit of the brand, its formulation has improved from a health perspective since our initial review.

We consider Skald to be a healthier weight loss supplement than Lipozene and OxyShred, but less likely to be effective than Burn XT.