Why not creatine gummies?

Friends don’t let friends buy creatine gummies.

Independent labs keep testing creatine gummies. Again and again, a lot of them don’t contain the creatine on the label.

A red gummy bear melting into a puddle
The receipts

The studies show it.

6 of 12
creatine gummy brands failed to meet their label claim.
NOW Foods lab testing (HPLC), Feb 2024
4 of 6
popular gummies failed. Two had no detectable creatine at all.
SuppCo Tested, Jun 2025
5 of 5
creatine powders in the same test passed, at 98–101% purity.
SuppCo Tested, Jun 2025

We’re not naming brands here. The studies do. Links are at the bottom of this page. Know a gummy buyer? Send this their way.

Why it happens

Creatine can’t take the heat. Gummies are cooked in it.

To make a gummy, you heat a wet, acidic syrup until the gelatin melts or the pectin sets. That’s close to the worst place you can put creatine: heat, water and acid all speed up its breakdown into creatinine, a waste product your muscles can’t use.

1Creatine is stirred into hot, wet, acidic gummy syrup.
2Heat starts converting it to creatinine before the gummy even sets.
3It keeps breaking down in the bottle, in hot delivery trucks, in your car.
4You pay for 5 g. You might get a fraction of it.
A glass of Rephora Lemon Lime in a mirrored room

Dry powder stays creatine until it hits your glass.

180–200°F

Typical cook temperature to set a pectin gummy. Gelatin gummies are cooked hot too, then poured and cured while still wet.

Up to 21%

of creatine in an acidic liquid turned into creatinine in just 3 days, at room temperature. Add heat and it goes faster.

3+ years

at 104°F, and dry creatine powder still showed no measurable breakdown. That’s the form in every Rephora stick.

Jäger et al., Amino Acids, 2011 · Stack3d, Mar 2025
What’s in one stick

Creatine and electrolytes. In one stick.

5 gcreatine monohydrate
2,684 mgelectrolytes, IonGate™ blend
0 gsugar
0 mgcaffeine

One stick in 16 oz of water, once a day, whenever you’ll actually drink it. No counting out gummies.

Rephora Lemon Lime pouch
Lemon Lime

Bright citrus you actually want to drink. 16 sticks per pouch.

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Rephora Berry Lemonade pouch
Berry Lemonade

Tart berry lemonade. Same formula, different craving. 16 sticks per pouch.

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Quick answers

Isn’t powder a hassle?It’s one pre-measured stick. Tear, pour into 16 oz of water, drink.
When should I take it?Whenever you’ll actually drink it. One stick a day is the routine.
Any sugar or caffeine?Neither. Zero sugar, caffeine-free.