{
  "name": "Creatine Label Census: Other Ingredients, and Cost per 5 g",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "attribution": "Verified Supplement Data, https://verifiedsupplementdata.com/creatine/without-fillers/",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-18",
  "methodology": "on-market labels with creatine in the product name, excluding pre-workout / protein / stack blends and flavored products whose other-ingredients line was not transcribed; \"no other ingredients\" = the label filed no other-ingredients line or one reading None. Every figure was recomputed in two halves split by label-id parity; figures that did not agree within 8 points (shares) or 25% (medians) are not published.",
  "labelCensus": {
    "source": "NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database",
    "sourceUrl": "https://dsld.od.nih.gov/",
    "retrievedOn": "2026-09-18",
    "labelsRetrieved": 1197,
    "labelsWithCreatineInName": 516,
    "excludedBlends": 9,
    "excludedOtherIngredientsNotTranscribed": 101,
    "standaloneLabelsAnalysed": 406,
    "brands": 172,
    "noOtherIngredientsPct": 33.3,
    "powderPct": 67.5,
    "powdersNoOtherIngredientsPct": 48.9,
    "capsuleTabletPct": 25.4,
    "capsulesTabletsNoOtherIngredientsPct": 1,
    "monohydrateOnlyPct": 57.6,
    "creapureNamedPct": 8.9,
    "sweetenerPct": 33.3,
    "flavoredPct": 34.7,
    "medianOtherIngredientCount": 5,
    "mostCommonOtherIngredients": [
      [
        "flavor",
        140
      ],
      [
        "sucralose",
        105
      ],
      [
        "citric acid",
        102
      ],
      [
        "silica",
        68
      ],
      [
        "magnesium stearate",
        65
      ],
      [
        "silicon dioxide",
        64
      ],
      [
        "malic acid",
        61
      ],
      [
        "cellulose",
        58
      ]
    ],
    "validation": {
      "method": "split-half by DSLD label-id parity; shares within 8 points, medians within 25%",
      "checked": 11,
      "held": 11,
      "failed": []
    },
    "notPublished": []
  },
  "costPer5g": [
    {
      "name": "NOW Sports Creatine Monohydrate Powder (600g)",
      "brand": "NOW Foods",
      "gramsPerServing": 5,
      "servingSize": "1 rounded tsp (5g)",
      "servingsPerContainer": 120,
      "priceUsd": 23.12,
      "priceVerifiedOn": "2026-09-17",
      "costPer5gUsd": 0.193,
      "certification": "NPA GMP Certified",
      "nihDsldId": 245315,
      "otherIngredientsOnFiling": [],
      "availability": "ok"
    },
    {
      "name": "Nutricost Micronized Creatine Monohydrate (500 g, unflavored)",
      "brand": "Nutricost",
      "gramsPerServing": 5,
      "servingSize": "1 scoop (5 g)",
      "servingsPerContainer": 100,
      "priceUsd": 21.5,
      "priceVerifiedOn": "2026-09-18",
      "costPer5gUsd": 0.215,
      "certification": "None stated",
      "nihDsldId": 309604,
      "otherIngredientsOnFiling": [],
      "availability": "ok"
    },
    {
      "name": "BulkSupplements Micronized Creatine Monohydrate (500g)",
      "brand": "BulkSupplements.com",
      "gramsPerServing": 5,
      "servingSize": "1 scoop (5g)",
      "servingsPerContainer": 100,
      "priceUsd": 21.97,
      "priceVerifiedOn": "2026-09-17",
      "costPer5gUsd": 0.22,
      "certification": "cGMP Facility, Third-Party Tested",
      "nihDsldId": 291751,
      "otherIngredientsOnFiling": [],
      "availability": "ok"
    },
    {
      "name": "Naked Creatine, Micronized Monohydrate (500 g, unflavored)",
      "brand": "Naked Nutrition",
      "gramsPerServing": 5,
      "servingSize": "1 scoop (5 g)",
      "servingsPerContainer": 100,
      "priceUsd": 21.99,
      "priceVerifiedOn": "2026-09-18",
      "costPer5gUsd": 0.22,
      "certification": "NSF Certified",
      "nihDsldId": 297728,
      "otherIngredientsOnFiling": [],
      "availability": "ok"
    },
    {
      "name": "Optimum Nutrition Micronized Creatine Monohydrate (60 servings)",
      "brand": "Optimum Nutrition",
      "gramsPerServing": 5,
      "servingSize": "1 scoop (5g)",
      "servingsPerContainer": 60,
      "priceUsd": 15.97,
      "priceVerifiedOn": "2026-09-17",
      "costPer5gUsd": 0.266,
      "certification": "Banned Substance Tested",
      "nihDsldId": 25917,
      "otherIngredientsOnFiling": [],
      "availability": "ok"
    },
    {
      "name": "Nutricost Creapure Creatine Monohydrate (500 g)",
      "brand": "Nutricost",
      "gramsPerServing": 5,
      "servingSize": "1 scoop (5 g)",
      "servingsPerContainer": 100,
      "priceUsd": 37.95,
      "priceVerifiedOn": "2026-09-18",
      "costPer5gUsd": 0.38,
      "certification": "Creapure (AlzChem)",
      "nihDsldId": null,
      "otherIngredientsOnFiling": null,
      "availability": "ok"
    },
    {
      "name": "Momentous Creatine Monohydrate (Creapure, 90 servings)",
      "brand": "Momentous",
      "gramsPerServing": 5,
      "servingSize": "1 scoop (5g)",
      "servingsPerContainer": 90,
      "priceUsd": 42.99,
      "priceVerifiedOn": "2026-09-17",
      "costPer5gUsd": 0.478,
      "certification": "NSF Certified for Sport, Informed Sport",
      "nihDsldId": 321458,
      "otherIngredientsOnFiling": [],
      "availability": "ok"
    },
    {
      "name": "Thorne Creatine (Creapure, 90 servings)",
      "brand": "Thorne",
      "gramsPerServing": 5,
      "servingSize": "1 scoop (5g)",
      "servingsPerContainer": 90,
      "priceUsd": 44,
      "priceVerifiedOn": "2026-09-17",
      "costPer5gUsd": 0.489,
      "certification": "NSF Certified for Sport",
      "nihDsldId": 336362,
      "otherIngredientsOnFiling": [
        "silicon dioxide"
      ],
      "availability": "ok"
    },
    {
      "name": "Transparent Labs Creatine HMB (30 servings)",
      "brand": "Transparent Labs",
      "gramsPerServing": 5,
      "servingSize": "1 scoop (12.7g)",
      "servingsPerContainer": 30,
      "priceUsd": 49.99,
      "priceVerifiedOn": "2026-09-17",
      "costPer5gUsd": 1.666,
      "certification": "Informed Choice Certified",
      "nihDsldId": 325587,
      "otherIngredientsOnFiling": [
        "citric acid",
        "natural flavors",
        "l-malic acid",
        "stevia extract",
        "beet, powder"
      ],
      "availability": "ok"
    }
  ]
}