PrimaForce Creatine Monohydrate Review
#9 of 11 · Big 1 kg tub✓ Label verified · Supplement Facts read Oct 18, 2026Real retailer photo, cut out. Label unedited.
Consider it if you want a plain 1 kg tub at about $0.22 a serving. The panel is clean: one ingredient, 5 g per scoop. The gap is proof: the tub says third party tested but names no lab, and no certifier lists it.
$44.95 / 1 kg (200 servings)$0.22 / 5 g scoop
Why It Scores 8.2 — And The Label Line Behind Each Number
Form purity
25% of scoreThe panel lists creatine monohydrate (micronized) as the only ingredient and the other ingredients line says None. Creapure is not stated on the panel, the pack or the product page (checked October 18, 2026), so the source is unknown. Same score as the other plain monohydrates on our list that do not name a source.
- Active form
- Creatine monohydrate (micronized)
- Other ingredients
- None
Third-party testing
25% of scoreThe tub prints "Always Third Party Tested" and the wrap prints "Tested for Purity & Potency", but neither names a lab. PrimaForce is not on nsfsport.com, the Informed Sport list or the Informed Choice list (checked October 18, 2026), and primaforce.com shows no COA page. Nutricost (#8) scores 7.5 for a GMP and internal-QC statement; this scores half a point lower because the testing claim cannot be checked anywhere.
- Testing claim
- Tub: "Always Third Party Tested"; wrap: "Tested for Purity & Potency"; no lab named
- Certifications
- None verified; not on nsfsport.com, Informed Sport or Informed Choice lists (Oct 18, 2026)
Per-serving creatine
20% of scoreOne scoop is 5 g of creatine monohydrate, the daily dose in the ISSN position stand (Kreider 2017). One ingredient, unflavored, and a scoop is included. The 1 kg tub holds 200 servings.
- Per serving
- 5 g creatine monohydrate (1 scoop)
Cost per active gram
20% of score$44.95 for 200 servings is about $0.22 per 5 g serving, or $0.045 per gram. That matches Nutricost (#8) at $0.22 and sits just under Optimum Nutrition (#3) at $0.23. Bulk Supplements (#4) is about $0.15 and MyProtein (#6) about $0.19.
- Tub size
- 1 kg (35.7 oz) · 200 servings · about 6 to 7 months at 5 g a day
- Price
- $44.95 for 200 servings = about $0.22 per serving (Amazon, checked October 18, 2026)
Brand QC track record
10% of scoreThe brand's own store has listed this creatine since 2017 and the label names a Utah address, but we found no audit, recall history or certification trail to score against. Scored below Nutricost (7.5), which has a longer public track record; the PrimaForce site lists Nutricost's wholesale contact and calls PrimaForce a subsidiary of Disruptive Enterprises.
- Manufacturer
- Manufactured for PrimaForce, Vineyard, UT
- More Specs
- Source
- Not stated; Creapure is not named on the panel, tub or product page (checked Oct 18, 2026)
- Flavor
- Unflavored
Label verified. Every figure read from the Supplement Facts photo, Oct 18, 2026.
Marketing Claims Vs. Reality
5 g of micronized creatine monohydrate per serving, 200 servings.
Serving size 1 scoop (5g), servings per container 200, creatine monohydrate (micronized) 5g on the Supplement Facts panel; net weight 35.7 oz (1,000 g) on the front.
Always third party tested.
Printed on the front of the tub with no lab named. We found no PrimaForce listing on nsfsport.com, the Informed Sport list or the Informed Choice list, and no COA page on primaforce.com (checked October 18, 2026).
Tested for purity and potency.
Printed on the wrap panel. No test results, lab name or batch lookup is published that we could find.
Gluten free, soy free, vegetarian, non-GMO.
These appear in the Amazon listing bullets and on the brand's product page, not on the Supplement Facts panel or the front of the tub. No certifying body is named, so we do not use them for scoring.
What Our Test Actually Found
The panel is clean, the proof is missing
One ingredient, 5 g per scoop, nothing else listed. On the label itself there is little to fault. The score gap to the top picks comes from what is not there: no lab name behind the third-party-tested badge, no certifier listing and no COA page.
A claim is not a certificate
"Always Third Party Tested" tells you the brand says it tests. It does not tell you who tested, what for or what the result was. On October 18, 2026 we looked for PrimaForce at nsfsport.com and on the Informed Sport and Informed Choice lists and found none. Bulk Supplements (#4) offers a per-batch COA on request, which is the kind of document this brand does not appear to publish.
Priced like Nutricost, not like Bulk Supplements
At about $0.22 a serving the 1 kg tub costs the same per serving as Nutricost's 500 g tub and about $0.07 more than Bulk Supplements' 1 kg bag. You get the larger runway of the bag format with a tub-style scoop, but not the lowest price.
The tub suggests loading
The label directs one scoop four times a day for days 1 to 5. Loading is optional; one scoop a day reaches the same muscle stores in a few weeks. If you do load, the extra scoops come out of the 200 servings.
Full analysis: all pros & cons (7), buy if / skip if
- One ingredient on the panel: micronized creatine monohydrate, nothing else
- 5 g per scoop, 200 servings, scoop included
- About $0.22 a serving, level with Nutricost
- 1 kg tub is roughly a 6 to 7 month supply at 5 g a day
- Testing claim names no lab and could not be verified anywhere
- Not on the NSF Certified for Sport, Informed Sport or Informed Choice lists
- No COA page on the brand's site, and Creapure is not stated
- You want a plain, unflavored 1 kg tub with a 5 g scoop
- You are not drug-tested and a brand testing claim is enough for you
- You want about 6 to 7 months of creatine in one purchase
- You are drug-tested; go Thorne (#2) or match a lot number on nsfsport.com
- You want a lab or certificate you can look up; Bulk Supplements (#4) offers a COA on request
- You want the lowest cost per serving; Bulk Supplements is about $0.15
At 5 g a day every plain creatine monohydrate delivers the dose the research supports, so what separates the tubs is what you can verify. PrimaForce passes the panel: one ingredient, 5 g per scoop, nothing else. It falls short on proof. The front of the tub says third party tested and the wrap says tested for purity and potency, but no lab is named, nsfsport.com and the Informed Sport and Informed Choice lists do not carry the brand, and primaforce.com has no COA page. At about $0.22 a serving it is priced like Nutricost (#8) and well above Bulk Supplements (#4), which publishes COAs on request.
PrimaForce Creatine is a plain tub. The Supplement Facts panel reads "Creatine Monohydrate (micronized) 5g" per scoop, 200 servings per container, and the other ingredients line says None. At $44.95 for the 1 kg tub on October 18, 2026, a serving costs about $0.22, level with Nutricost and a little under Optimum Nutrition's $0.23. The tub prints "Always Third Party Tested" but names no lab, and we found PrimaForce on none of the certifier lists we checked. It does not state Creapure. It is a sound plain monohydrate with less to verify than the picks above it.
A plain tub that asks you to take its testing on trust
Creatine monohydrate works the same from any honest tub, and this panel is honest: one ingredient, 5 g per scoop. What it does not give you is anything to check. The tub says third party tested without naming a lab, and the certifier lists we checked on October 18, 2026 do not carry the brand. At about $0.22 a serving it costs the same as Nutricost and more than Bulk Supplements, which publishes COAs on request. If you are not drug-tested and want a 1 kg tub, it does the job. If you want proof, buy the #1 or #4 pick instead.
If This Doesn’t Fit — Try These
04BulkSupplements Creatine Monohydrate
Same creatine monohydrate as the premium tubs, at a lower price.
08Nutricost Creatine Monohydrate
The pick when Bulk Supplements is sold out and you don't want a 1 kg bag.
01Sports Research Creapure Creatine
Every plain monohydrate here delivers the same 5 g, so the ranking turns on what a buyer can verify.
Quick Answers
Is PrimaForce Creatine the same as Creapure?
The label does not say so. The Supplement Facts panel reads "Creatine Monohydrate (micronized) 5g", and neither the tub, the Amazon listing nor the brand's product page names Creapure or any other source (checked October 18, 2026). Sports Research (#1) is the only powder on our list that prints Creapure. Once dissolved, any plain creatine monohydrate gives the same molecule, so for most buyers this is a verification gap, not a performance gap.
Is it really third party tested?
The front of the tub prints "Always Third Party Tested" and the wrap panel prints "Tested for Purity & Potency", but neither names a lab. On October 18, 2026 we found no PrimaForce listing on nsfsport.com, on the Informed Sport list or on the Informed Choice list, and primaforce.com has no COA page. The claim may be true, but we could not verify it, so we score it below the picks that publish a certificate or a COA.
How much does it cost per serving?
$44.95 for 200 servings on Amazon on October 18, 2026, which is about $0.22 per 5 g scoop, or $0.045 per gram. Subscribe and Save listed $42.70, about $0.21. That matches Nutricost (#8) and sits above Bulk Supplements (#4, about $0.15).
The tub says to load for five days. Should I?
The label suggests one scoop four times a day on days 1 to 5, then one scoop a day. Loading is optional. Taking 5 g a day from the start fills muscle stores in a few weeks and ends in the same place, with less stomach upset. The ISSN position stand (Kreider 2017) lists 3-5 g a day as the maintenance dose.
Sources & Further Reading
2 peer-reviewed sources, each linked to PubMed
- [1] Kreider 2017 PMID 28615996 — International Society of Sports Nutrition position stand: safety and efficacy of creatine supplementation in exercise, sport, and medicine. The ISSN position stand concludes that creatine monohydrate is the most effective nutritional supplement available to athletes for increasing high-intensity exercise capacity and lean body mass, and that 3-5 g a day maintains muscle creatine stores.
- [2] Antonio 2021 PMID 33557850 — Common questions and misconceptions about creatine supplementation: what does the scientific evidence really show?. A review of common questions about creatine. It finds no evidence that other forms of creatine outperform creatine monohydrate, which supports choosing a plain monohydrate.
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