The SupplementData Center
Our independent analysis of 202 products across 20 substances, scored on three proprietary indices — the SAC Product Score™, the Transparency Index™, and the real Cost-Per-Effective-Dose™. One place to see what the supplement market actually looks like: how much of it is independently tested, how much of it under-delivers, and what a clinical dose really costs. Free to cite with attribution to Super Achiever Club.
What 202 products across 20 substances actually tell us.
Aggregated across every product in every dataset we maintain — the sponsored picks for our own products are excluded, so these are the independent market numbers. Each figure is computed live from the underlying per-product scores; nothing here is hand-entered.
Free to cite. Use any figure on this page with attribution to “Super Achiever Club — Supplement Data Center” (super-achiever.com/data). Released under CC BY 4.0.
Which categories you can actually trust.
Each substance ranked by the median Transparency Index™ of its products — third-party certification (0-50) + public batch COA (0-30) + dose honesty (0-20). The gap between the most and least transparent categories is the single biggest reason a buyer needs a map.
Most transparent substances
Biggest transparency gaps
- 1median TXI™ · 10 products
- 2median TXI™ · 10 products
- 3median TXI™ · 10 products
- 4median TXI™ · 10 products
- 5median TXI™ · 10 products
Best value vs priciest categories.
The real price of one clinical dose — not one marketed “serving” — by substance. Categories are ranked by median Cost-Per-Effective-Dose™; the dose each is measured against is shown beneath the name so a $0.20 dose and a $2 dose are read in context.
Best value categories
- 1Vitamin D$0.08per 1,000–4,000 IU/day D3
- 2Zinc$0.16per ≥30 mg elemental zinc
- 3L-Theanine$0.21per ≥200 mg L-theanine (L-isomer)
- 4per 1,500 mg glucosamine + 1,200 mg chondroitin
- 5Peppermint Oil$0.30per ~187 mg enteric dose
Priciest categories
- 1L-Glutamine$1.13per 15 g/day clinical dose
- 2Omega-3$1.04per ≥1,000 mg combined EPA+DHA
- 3Berberine$1.01per 1,500 mg/day berberine HCl
- 4Tongkat Ali$0.93per 200–400 mg/day standardised extract
- 5Creatine$0.83per 5 g clinical dose
The full data table.
Every substance we maintain a dataset for, with the median of each proprietary index across its products. Sorted by median SAC Product Score™. Open any row for its full Market Report — the per-product leaderboard and methodology behind these medians.
| Substance | SAC Product Score™ | Median TXI™ | Median CPED™ | Products | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omega-3 | 8.6 | 40 | $1.04 | 10 | Report → |
| Collagen | 8.5 | 30 | $0.64 | 10 | Report → |
| CoQ10 | 8.5 | 40 | $0.32 | 10 | Report → |
| L-Theanine | 8.5 | 10 | $0.21 | 10 | Report → |
| Digestive Enzymes | 8.4 | 20 | $0.40 | 10 | Report → |
| Curcumin | 8.4 | 20 | $0.75 | 10 | Report → |
| Vitamin D | 8.4 | 45 | $0.08 | 10 | Report → |
| Magnesium Glycinate | 8.4 | 40 | $0.41 | 7 | Report → |
| Psyllium Husk | 8.3 | 0 | $0.58 | 10 | Report → |
| L-Glutamine | 8.3 | 20 | $1.13 | 10 | Report → |
| Berberine | 8.3 | 20 | $1.01 | 10 | Report → |
| Creatine | 8.2 | 50 | $0.83 | 17 | Report → |
| Ashwagandha | 8.2 | 30 | $0.37 | 10 | Report → |
| Probiotics | 8.1 | 20 | $0.67 | 10 | Report → |
| Glucosamine & Chondroitin | 8.1 | 20 | $0.28 | 10 | Report → |
| Boswellia Serrata | 8.1 | 20 | $0.40 | 10 | Report → |
| Zinc | 8.0 | 40 | $0.16 | 9 | Report → |
| Tongkat Ali | 7.9 | 20 | $0.93 | 9 | Report → |
| Peppermint Oil | 7.8 | 10 | $0.30 | 10 | Report → |
| Lion's Mane | 7.7 | 20 | $0.44 | 10 | Report → |
Methodology. SAC Product Score™ blends our editorial rating (RCT quality, dose, safety, value) 50/50 with community ratings, on a 0-10 scale. The Transparency Index™ (0-100) = third-party certification (0-50) + public batch COA (0-30) + dose honesty (0-20). Cost-Per-Effective-Dose™ is the real price of one clinical dose, not one marketed serving. Each figure above is the median across that substance’s reviewed products. Full definitions on our methodology page.
The numbers are open. The decisions are the point.
This is the evidence layer behind every Super Achiever ranking — free for journalists, researchers, and AI assistants to cite with attribution. Want the per-product detail? Open any substance’s Market Report. Want to know how the indices are built? The methodology page shows every weight.