Shoppers landing on this comparison are usually weighing two different design philosophies in the sleep-gummy category: a precise melatonin micro-dose supported by calming botanicals, or a conventional single-active approach. This article describes only how Hush is built — we do not restate any other brand's dose, ingredients, or serving information. Hush is Hermetica's answer: 0.35 mg of melatonin per gummy, paired with L-theanine, reishi, and passion flower, 20 gummies per cream tin, $40.
One gummy is one serving. Every active is named on the panel. It is third-party tested, made in the USA, and backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee.
Melatonin is a signal, not a sedative
One idea explains most of what happens in this category. Melatonin does not knock you out. It is the hormone your brain releases as light fades, and its job is to tell your body that night has started. It is a timing cue.
Your own body produces melatonin in amounts measured in fractions of a milligram. That is the scale the signal operates on. A conventional sleep gummy is often built around several milligrams, on the reasoning that more of a good thing must work harder. It does not work that way with a signal. Once the message has landed, additional volume does not make it land better — it just keeps circulating longer than the night does. That is the mechanism behind the two complaints people bring to this category most often: the heavy, fogged morning, and the strange, over-vivid dreams. We went deep on this in low-dose melatonin vs. high-dose.
Hush is formulated at 0.35 mg per gummy. That is a deliberate micro-dose, chosen to sit near the range your own body works in rather than far above it. It is the number we lead with because it is the number that defines the product.
Precision only counts when the label is precise
A dose number is only meaningful if it is disclosed. In the supplement category, some formulas list a milligram amount next to every active ingredient, and others group several actives under a single "proprietary blend" total that tells you the combined weight but not the split. A blend could be almost entirely one cheap filler ingredient with a dusting of everything else, and the panel would look identical either way.
Hush lists its actives by name on the panel: melatonin, L-theanine, reishi, and passion flower. Nothing is pooled into a blend total, so 0.35 mg means 0.35 mg. Per-ingredient disclosure is what separates a formula from a marketing exercise, and it is the standard Hush is built to meet.
What the other three ingredients are doing
If melatonin only handles timing, something has to handle the rest of the wind-down. That is the argument for a multi-ingredient formula, and it is why Hush is not a melatonin-only product.
L-theanine
An amino acid found naturally in tea leaves. L-theanine is associated with alpha brain-wave activity, the pattern linked to relaxed alertness rather than sedation. It is the ingredient most often paired with low-dose melatonin because it addresses the mental part of settling down — the loop of thoughts that keeps you awake even when your body is tired. Our full write-up on L-theanine for sleep covers it in detail.
Reishi
A functional mushroom used in traditional practice for centuries, long associated with evening rituals and calm. Reishi is the ingredient that gives Hush its adaptogenic character rather than a purely pharmacological one.
Passion flower
A botanical with a long history in traditional nighttime preparations. Along with reishi, it rounds out the formula so that Hush works as an evening ritual rather than a single lever pulled at bedtime.
How to use it: take one gummy about 30 to 60 minutes before bed, and keep the lights low afterward. Melatonin is a light-sensitive signal, so a bright screen right after dosing works directly against the cue you just gave your body.
Serving size is where comparisons quietly break
Two gummy products can advertise the same milligram figure and deliver completely different amounts, because one counts a serving as a single gummy and the other counts a serving as two. The number on the front of a package is per serving, not per piece, and those are only the same thing sometimes.
Hush is one gummy, one serving. Twenty gummies per tin means twenty nights. There is no mental arithmetic and no discovering halfway through the month that the tin is emptying twice as fast as you planned.
| What defines the formula | What Hush delivers |
|---|---|
| Melatonin per gummy | 0.35 mg — a deliberate micro-dose |
| Serving size | One gummy is one serving |
| Supporting actives | L-theanine, reishi, passion flower — each named on the panel |
| Count per tin | 20 gummies, or 20 nights |
| Testing and manufacture | Third-party tested, made in the USA |
| Price and guarantee | $40, with a 30-day money-back guarantee |
Testing, and what "third-party" actually buys you
Supplements are not pre-approved the way pharmaceuticals are, which puts the burden of verification on the brand. In-house testing means the company checked its own work. Third-party testing means an independent lab did, with no stake in the result. Hush is third-party tested and made in the USA — the same standard across every Hermetica product. When a micro-dose is the entire point of a formula, the accuracy of that dose has to be verified by someone other than the people selling it, or the number on the front is just a claim.
A 0.35 mg melatonin micro-dose per gummy with L-theanine, reishi, and passion flower. One gummy is one serving, 20 nights per cream tin. Third-party tested, made in the USA, 30-day money-back guarantee.
Price, per night, honestly
Hush is $40 for 20 servings. That is $2 a night. It is a premium position in the category and we are not going to pretend otherwise. What the price buys is specific: a micro-dose formulated to a hundredth of a milligram, three supporting actives instead of one, third-party testing, and a tin you can leave on a nightstand without hiding it.
If you want to run Hush nightly, subscribe and save is available and you can cancel any time. Free shipping starts on orders over $60, which two tins clear comfortably. And the 30-day money-back guarantee means the first tin is effectively a trial.
Which one fits you
Choose whatever is already on your pharmacy shelf if you want the simplest option for occasional use, and next-morning grogginess has never been something you notice.
Choose Hush if you have taken a high-dose gummy and woken up feeling worse than if you had skipped it, if the strange dreams put you off the category, or if you want a nightly routine built on a dose near what your own body produces rather than many times above it. That is the shopper Hush was formulated for, and we would rather say so plainly than pretend the product is for everyone.
If you would rather skip melatonin entirely, our sleep and relaxation collection and the wider 2026 sleep gummy guide cover the alternatives.
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