MONOHYDRATEMANUAL
A reader’s handbook
for creatine powder.

Trace the statement

SOURCE SHELF.

Checked September 26, 2026. A source’s limits matter as much as its title.

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Seller

Strong Suit product page ↗

5g monohydrate, 30 servings, unflavored, no other ingredients and starting at $19/month. Final order, renewal and product-specific testing records were not independently established.

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Seller

Naked Creatine, unflavored 2.2LB ↗

Browser-rendered page and public product data: 200 servings, 5g, $35.99 one-time. Autoship shows $28.79 initially, 20% off the first shipment and 10% off later shipments; tax and final delivery cost unverified.

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Seller

Thorne Creatine, 90 servings ↗

Initial extraction was incomplete. Rendered page confirmed SF903, unflavored, 5g per scoop, 90 servings and displayed $44. Subscription advertises up to 20% savings; a specific renewal quote was not verified.

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Seller

Transparent Labs Creatine HMB ↗

Rendered unflavored 30-serving selection showed $49.99 one-time and $44.99 subscription with 10% recurring savings. Formula lists creatine, HMB, vitamin D3 and BioPerine. Flavor and size affect the order; final invoice not obtained.

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Federal guidance

NIH ODS: exercise and athletic performance ↗

Creatine and HMB sections read. Ingredient-level evidence, variable training responses, monohydrate versus alternative forms and healthy-adult safety context; not evidence for a particular finished brand.

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Federal guidance

FDA: using dietary supplements ↗

Dietary supplements do not receive drug-style FDA premarket approval. Discuss supplement use with a health professional and consider medicines and health conditions.

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Certifier

NSF Certified for Sport mark ↗

Explains program scope. A logo alone does not establish an exact current package/lot match or suitability for an individual.

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Independent product listing

NSF/ANSI 173 listing: Naked Whey, Inc. ↗

Lists NAKED CREATINE, Product ID All, powder, one scoop (5g). This contents listing is not presented here as an NSF Certified for Sport record; no physical package was authenticated.

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Seller testing index

Transparent Labs testing lookup ↗

Provides searches for purity, ingredient and gluten reports. Linked report examples were reviewed, but an exact unflavored purchased lot was not matched.

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Seller-hosted laboratory report

Linked Tropical Punch sample report ↗

Lot 26080537, completed August 24, 2026; microbial and heavy-metal results for the submitted Tropical Punch sample. Its results cannot simply be assigned to the unflavored jar.

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Seller-hosted laboratory report

Linked Peach Mango ingredient report ↗

Rendered PDF inspected: Peach Mango lot 26030476, released April 22, 2026. Creatine result reported within its listed specification. Not an assay of every ingredient or the unflavored lot.

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Systematic review

Naeini et al. 2025: creatine and kidney function ↗

Full text read: 21 studies in the review, 12 pooled for serum creatinine and five for GFR. Small creatinine increase; no significant pooled GFR difference. Mixed designs, heterogeneity and sparse data beyond one year limit generalization; no competing interests declared.