Cheap creatine doesn’t automatically mean poor quality creatine. Paradoxically, cheap creatine is often the best quality creatine. But, not always. Discover the secret for finding out which creatine is the best value for money and which may be a rip-off.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…

If you want creatine, buy creatine – as pure as you can get it!

Many creatine supplements are now a hybrid. They’re not 100% creatine and contain other ingredients and ‘proprietary blends’. The problem is, pure creatine monohydrate powder works the best, so additional ingredients whilst maybe beneficial in their own way will not perform the unique functions of creatine (enhanced ATP anaerobic energy transfer and myostatin reduction for de-restricted muscle growth, and you can read more about both here and here).

Now, here’s the rub: Usually, the ‘creatine supplements’ which contain non-creatine ingredients are more expensive than pure creatine powder. So, be sure you’re actually paying for ingredients you want and believe in or all they’re doing is sucking money out of your wallet.

If you aren’t completely sure if your creatine supplement is pure and might have other ingredients in, there’s a little trick to find out by counting the calories in creatine.

Conclusion:

Remember the old saying: “You get what you pay for” – well that’s true, it’s just sometimes you’re paying for marketing and gimmicks more than actual substance, and cheap creatine is quite often the purest and best creatine.