Higenamine is an alkaloid found within plant species including some that are used in traditional Asian and Chinese herbal medicines. Identified as having mixed mode adrenergic receptor activity, higenamine is present within some nutritional supplements marketed for stimulant and/or weight loss. Its inclusion within nutritional supplements can be via its natural presence within botanical ingredients or as a synthetic additive, often added in mg amounts. The World Anti-doping Agency (WADA) prohibited list has contained higenamine since 2017 as banned at all times in the beta-2 agonist (S3) category, with a reporting level of 10 ng/ml for the free parent form in urine. In this study, an investigation into the content of beetroot or beetroot-