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Creatine Monohydrate

by NOW Sports · capsule · 240 veg capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 33739 02049 9
  • DSLD label 314259
  • Serving 6 capsules
  • 40 servings

Creatine Monohydrate by NOW Sports lists one ingredient: 4.5 g of creatine monohydrate per serving of 6 capsules. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on July 25, 2024.

What is in Creatine Monohydrate?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 6 capsules. 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 Monohydrate: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 314259, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Creatine Monohydrate4,500 mg4.5 gCreatine in Creatine Monohydrate against 1,768 products4.5 g per serving; the middle half of products list 1.11 g to 5 g, the median 2.5 g.4.5 g

Higher than 70% of 1,768 products listing creatine (median 2.5 g). Per day at the most servings: 18 g.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 314259 (entered July 25, 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 1 to 4 servings 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?

6 products list 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
Suggested usage: Take 6 capsules with fruit juice or other sweetened liquid 3 to 4 times daily, before and after exercise, for the first 7 days. Thereafter, for maintenance use, consume 6 capsules 1 to 3 times daily. Allow 3 to 4 hours between doses. For continuous use beyond 28 days, use one serving (6 capsules) daily. Consume plenty of fluids with this product.
Warnings
Caution: For adults only. Keep out of reach of children.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition (especially kidney condition).
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, corn, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Allergens and what it does not contain
NOW Creatine Monohydrate has no additives or preservatives.
Steroid tested Non-GMO
Not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, corn, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry, dark place after opening.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 314259.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Stearic Acid.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Informed Choice We Test You Trust Triangle K (Kosher); Crescent H (Halal) GMP Quality Assured. Listed with: Informed Sport or Informed Choice (a seal is the label's claim; the certifier's own list confirms it).

How many labels does Creatine Monohydrate have?

25 labels are on file under this name since December 23, 2011: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 314259 (current) Entered July 25, 2024 · on the market · 240 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 02049 9
  2. Label 314258 Entered July 25, 2024 · on the market · 120 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 02035 2
  3. Label 314256 Entered July 25, 2024 · on the market · 8 ounces · UPC 7 33739 02030 7
  4. Label 314255 Entered July 25, 2024 · on the market · 1 kilogram · UPC 7 33739 02032 1
  5. Label 314257 Entered June 20, 2024 · on the market · 21.2 ounces · UPC 7 33739 02031 4
  6. Label 277480 Entered September 22, 2022 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 21.2 ounces · UPC 7 33739 02031 4
  7. Label 245306 Entered February 25, 2021 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 120 veg capsules · UPC 7 33739 02035 2
  8. Label 245301 Entered February 25, 2021 · off the market August 25, 2023 · 21.2 ounces
  9. Label 205209 Entered July 24, 2019 · off the market August 25, 2023 · 120 capsules · UPC 7 33739 02035 2
  10. Label 205188 Entered July 24, 2019 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 1 kg · UPC 7 33739 02032 1
  11. Label 205186 Entered July 24, 2019 · off the market August 25, 2023 · 21.2 oz. · UPC 7 33739 02031 4
  12. Label 205180 Entered July 24, 2019 · off the market February 12, 2024 · 8 oz. · UPC 7 33739 02030 7
  13. Label 62386 Entered July 25, 2016 · off the market December 6, 2018 · 21.2 oz. · UPC 7 33739 02031 4
  14. Label 62383 Entered July 25, 2016 · off the market December 6, 2018 · 8 oz. · UPC 7 33739 02030 7
  15. Label 59137 Entered April 22, 2016 · off the market December 6, 2018 · 1 kg · UPC 7 33739 02032 1
  16. Label 40298 Entered December 29, 2014 · off the market January 19, 2016 · 1 kg · UPC 7 33739 02032 1
  17. Label 40297 Entered December 29, 2014 · off the market March 31, 2016 · 21.2 oz. · UPC 7 33739 02031 4
  18. Label 40296 Entered December 29, 2014 · off the market March 31, 2016 · 8 oz. · UPC 7 33739 02030 7
  19. Label 37455 Entered October 10, 2014 · off the market November 26, 2014 · 1 kg · UPC 7 33739 02032 1
  20. Label 37033 Entered October 10, 2014 · off the market November 26, 2014 · 21.2 oz. · UPC 7 33739 02031 4

And 5 more labels.

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

Who makes it?

The label names NOW FOODS (manufacturer), Bloomingdale, IL. All NOW Sports products.

Where next?