PlainVitamins

Creatine HCl 189

by GNC AMP Advanced Muscle Performance · other (e.g. tea bag) · 14 packs

  • On the market (NIH)
  • DSLD label 317608
  • Serving 2 white caplets
  • 14 servings

Creatine HCl 189 by GNC AMP Advanced Muscle Performance lists 2 ingredients, 2 with an amount per serving of 2 white caplets, such as 140 mg of calcium and 1,250 mg of PEG-creatine system. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on August 22, 2024.

What is in Creatine HCl 189?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 white caplets. The capsule beside an amount places it among every product in the NIH database that lists the same ingredient: the bar is the middle half of their amounts, the line in it the median, the whiskers the 10th and 90th percentiles; the green tick is the FDA Daily Value and the red dashed tick the adult upper limit (IOM).

Creatine HCl 189: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 317608, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Calcium140 mg11%Calcium in Creatine HCl 189 against 17,831 products140 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg140 mg

Higher than 56% of 17,831 products listing calcium (median 115 mg).

PEG-Creatine Systemas Con-Cret1,250 mgCreatine in Creatine HCl 189 against 1,768 products1.25 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1.11 g to 5 g, the median 2.5 g.1.25 g

74% of 1,768 products listing creatine give more (median 2.5 g).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 317608 (entered August 22, 2024), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD or its label image (PDF). Amounts are what the maker printed; DSLD does not test products. Daily Values: the FDA's Daily Value page.

Is that a lot?

Every amount on this label with a position sits within the middle 80% of the products that list the same ingredient.

The NIH database records one serving a day from the label's directions; its % Daily Values are for adults and children 4 or more years of age. The directions as printed are further down this page.

The Tolerable Upper Intake Level is the most of a nutrient per day, from food, water and supplements together, that is likely to pose no risk for almost all adults (Institute of Medicine, 2011). It does not apply under medical supervision. This page compares labels; it is not medical advice.

Sources: amounts from the DSLD label; Daily Values from 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8)(iv); adult upper limits from the Institute of Medicine's DRI summary tables (2011). How positions are computed.

Which products have the closest formulas?

1 product lists the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.

Source: ingredient lists of every product's current label in DSLD (version 9.4.0); similarity weights each shared ingredient by how rare it is.

What does the label say about taking it?

Quoted from the label as DSLD transcribed it: the maker's words, including any claim about what the product does, which the FDA has not evaluated and PlainVitamins does not endorse.

Directions
Directions: As a dietary supplement, take the contents of one pack daily with food. Consume ample amounts of water while taking this product.
Warnings
Warning: Cancer and reproductive harm - www.P65Warnings.ca.gov.
Consult your physician prior to using this product if you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication, under 18 years of age or have a medical condition.
Consult your physician prior to using this product if you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication, under 18 years of age or have a medical condition. Keep out of reach of children.
Discontinue use two weeks prior to surgery.
Warning: Consume ample amounts of water while taking this product.
Allergens and what it does not contain
No artificial flavors, gluten free, no dairy GF Gluten free
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 317608.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Dicalcium Phosphate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Hydroxypropylcellulose, Hydrogenated Vegetable Oil, Ethylcellulose, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Croscarmellose Sodium, Silica, Calcium Silicate, Magnesium Stearate, Titanium Dioxide, Ammonium Hydroxide, Sodium Alginate, Medium Chain Triglycerides, Oleic Acid, Talc, Acetoglycerides, Mint Flavor, Natural, Triacetin, Polysorbate 80, Sucralose, purified Stearic Acid.

How many labels does Creatine HCl 189 have?

7 labels are on file under this name since December 22, 2019: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 317608 (current) Entered August 22, 2024 · on the market · 14 packs
  2. Label 313074 Entered August 22, 2024 · on the market · 28 white caplets
  3. Label 229808 Entered July 23, 2020 · on the market · 30 packs
  4. Label 229733 Entered July 23, 2020 · on the market · 240 tablets · UPC 0 48107 18555 8
  5. Label 229725 Entered July 23, 2020 · on the market · 120 tablets · UPC 0 48107 18554 1
  6. Label 223450 Entered June 24, 2020 · off the market June 22, 2020 · 120 tablets
  7. Label 210596 Entered December 22, 2019 · off the market May 7, 2020 · 30 packs

DSLD also links this label to: Sport Multivitamin (bundle set), Testofen & Healthy Inflammatory Response (bundle set).

Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).

Who makes it?

The label names GNC Holdings, LLC (distributor), Pittsburgh, PA. All GNC AMP Advanced Muscle Performance products.

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