Super Achiever BCAA + Glutamine (Watermelon) Review
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Consider it if you want a flavored 2:1:1 BCAA from us with every amount printed. One serving gives about 2 g of leucine, below the 2.5 g target, and there is no sport certificate.
$49$1.09 / serving · 292 g tub (45 servings)
Why It Scores 6.7 — And The Label Line Behind Each Number
Leucine ratio & dose
30% of score4,000 mg of BCAAs at 2:1:1 is about 2 g of leucine per serving. The ratio is right; the amount sits under the roughly 2.5 g this criterion rewards (Jackman 2017).
- Per serving
- 4,000 mg BCAA (2:1:1) + 1,000 mg L-glutamine + 2.5 mg vitamin B6, 6.5 g
Added aminos / electrolytes
25% of score1,000 mg of L-glutamine and 2.5 mg of vitamin B6. That is a small glutamine dose next to Xtend (2.5 g) and Transparent Labs (5 g), and there are no electrolytes or further essential aminos.
- Other ingredients
- Citric acid, natural flavors, potassium citrate, silicon dioxide, sodium chloride, beet powder and grape skin extract for color
Third-party testing (Informed Sport / NSF)
20% of scoreNo NSF Certified for Sport or Informed Sport mark, which is true of most of this list and scores 6.5 there. Here the label also names no manufacturer and states no GMP facility, so it sits half a point lower.
- Certifications
- None on the label
- Manufacturing
- Made in the USA per the shop page; the manufacturer is not named
Value per serving
15% of score$49 for 45 servings is $1.09 a serving for 4 g of BCAAs. Xtend is about $0.83 for 7 g.
- Tub size
- 292 g · 45 servings
- Price
- $49 · $1.09 per serving
Taste & mixability
10% of scoreHoneydew-watermelon flavor, sweetened with sucralose and acesulfame potassium. We have not taste-tested it, so this is scored cautiously against the flavored tubs that we have.
- Flavor
- Honeydew watermelon; sucralose and acesulfame potassium
- More Specs
- Leucine
- About 2 g per serving at 2:1:1
- Label
- Supplement Facts panel read Oct 7, 2026
Marketing Claims Vs. Reality
5000 mg of branched-chain amino acids and glutamine
This line is from the shop text and is easy to misread. The panel shows 4,000 mg of BCAAs plus 1,000 mg of glutamine, which add up to 5,000 mg; it is not 5,000 mg of BCAAs.
The ideal ratio of 2 parts leucine to 1 part isoleucine and valine
The panel lists BCAA 2:1:1. That is the ratio most of the research used.
Increases protein synthesis and nitrogen retention
BCAAs raised muscle protein synthesis after training in a controlled trial (Jackman 2017), at a higher leucine dose than one serving here provides, and less than a complete protein does (Wolfe 2017).
What Our Test Actually Found
Read the 5,000 mg as 4 + 1
Marketing for this tub adds BCAAs and glutamine into one number. The dose that matters for the BCAA effect is the 4 g, and the leucine inside it is about 2 g.
Two servings fix the dose and double the price
Taking 1.5 to 2 servings reaches the leucine target, at $1.60 to $2.20 a day. At that price a complete essential-amino product is the better buy.
What would move the score
Five grams of BCAAs per serving and a named sport certification would put it in the middle of the list.
Full analysis: all pros & cons (7), buy if / skip if
- True 2:1:1 ratio with every amount printed
- Glutamine and vitamin B6 added
- 45 servings per tub
- Sold direct from our own shop
- About 2 g of leucine per serving, below the 2.5 g the research points to
- No NSF Certified for Sport or Informed Sport mark
- $1.09 a serving, more than ranked tubs that give 7 g of BCAAs
- You want a flavored BCAA drink with a true 2:1:1 ratio
- You like every amount printed, with no proprietary blend
- You want to buy direct from the shop behind this site
- You train hard and want at least 2.5 g of leucine per serving; Xtend gives 3.5 g
- You are drug-tested; Thorne Amino Complex is NSF Certified for Sport
- You avoid sucralose and acesulfame potassium
Leucine is the amino acid that switches on muscle protein synthesis, and the trial this category leans on used 5.6 g of BCAAs with about 2.6 g of leucine. One serving here stops short of that. The top picks give 7 to 8 g of BCAAs per scoop or a full essential-amino spectrum, and one of them carries NSF Certified for Sport.
This is our own product, and we scored it with the same five criteria as every other BCAA on our list. The Supplement Facts panel shows 4,000 mg of BCAAs in a 2:1:1 ratio, 1,000 mg of L-glutamine and 2.5 mg of vitamin B6 per 6.5 g serving. That is an honest, fully disclosed label. The dose is the weak point: 4 g of BCAAs at 2:1:1 is about 2 g of leucine, under the 2.5 g this category looks for.
Honest about what is in it; there is just not much of it
Our BCAA powder prints its numbers and uses the right ratio. It ranks low because a serving holds less leucine than the research calls for and costs more than tubs that hold nearly twice as much. If you train hard, Xtend or Transparent Labs is the better scoop.
If This Doesn’t Fit — Try These
Quick Answers
Is this your own product?
Yes. Super Achiever Club sells it in our own shop. We scored it with the same five criteria as every other product in this category, and it ranks where that score puts it.
How much leucine is in a serving?
About 2 g. The panel gives 4,000 mg of BCAAs at 2:1:1, which is two parts leucine to one part each of isoleucine and valine.
Is it 5 g of BCAAs?
No. It is 4 g of BCAAs plus 1 g of glutamine per serving.
Sources & Further Reading
2 peer-reviewed sources, each linked to PubMed
- [1] Jackman 2017 PMID 28638350 — Branched-Chain Amino Acid Ingestion Stimulates Muscle Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis following Resistance Exercise in Humans. Controlled trial in trained men: 5.6 g of BCAAs after resistance exercise raised myofibrillar protein synthesis by 22% against placebo.
- [2] Wolfe 2017 PMID 28852372 — Branched-chain amino acids and muscle protein synthesis in humans: myth or reality?. Review arguing that BCAAs alone cannot maximally stimulate muscle protein synthesis, because the other essential amino acids are also needed.
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