Creatine monohydrate is an extremely popular supplement – and for good reason. Creatine is naturally found within the human body, acting as an energy reserve as part of our muscle cells. Your body produces creatine and converts it to phosphocreatine, but in fairly small amounts, so the addition of more creatine through creatine supplementation products like creatine monohydrate can be beneficial.
Generally, creatine is used within the sports nutrition industry, taken by fitness enthusiasts with the aim of increasing muscle mass and enhancing exercise performance. Usually added to protein shakes and other smoothies or shakes in the form of dietary supplement powder, creatine is taken in relatively small doses due to the relative potency of the active ingredients. Creatine can also be included in capsules, but powder is the most common and most convenient dosage form.
The understanding and popularity of creatine monohydrate is growing exponentially, as more fitness and health enthusiasts realise the benefits it can bring in terms of athletic performance, muscle size and now potentially brain health. As such, the market for creatine products is huge in the UK and across the world and only likely to grow. Private label creatine powder offers businesses the chance to tap into this market and reap the benefits.
Our standard creatine products have been developed with the purest, easiest-to-mix, and most readily absorbed creatine available. This product is available as a ready-to-mix powder packaged in a pouch or tub or in capsule form packaged in bottles.
Our custom creatine powder manufacturing here at Parkacre allows businesses to develop their own brand of creatine monohydrate supplements to bring to market. You can either choose to use our standard blend of creatine powder with your own branding and packaging to sell in stores and online, or work with our product development team to produce something unique to you. Many sports nutrition supplement businesses choose to add creatine powder to other dietary supplements, such as muscle gain powder blends and pre-workout powders. This can give your product a reason to stand out above regular protein powders.
Here at Parkacre, we’re proud to have a huge powder manufacturing facility capable of producing billions of grams of creatine monohydrate powders per year. Our GMP-certified factory in Lincolnshire, England, houses our state-of-the-art machinery and hugely-experienced team of product developers and manufacturers. All powders manufactured at Parkacre go through laboratory testing for purity, potency and quality before being released to our client for marketing to consumers. We take care of the whole process, including creating custom packaging fully branded to your business, sure to catch the eye on the shelves. Whether in a packet or tub, private label creatine monohydrate powder is a product that is proven to sell well.
Inside your muscles, creatine helps to regenerate adenosine triphosphate (ATP). ATP is like the energy currency of your cells in the way that it fuels muscle contractions. During intense exercise like weight lifting and short-burst activities, ATP gets used up quickly. Creatine, specifically in the form of phosphocreatine, provides a phosphate molecule to ADP (adenosine diphosphate) to quickly replenish ATP, allowing you to maintain higher intensity for a bit longer. Your body creates this extra phosphocreatine from creatine monohydrate powder, which is why the simple yet important supplement is so popular in sports nutrition.
Creatine is a naturally-occurring compound made in the liver, kidneys and pancreas from the amino acids arginine, glycine and methionine, and also obtained through foods like red meat and seafood. Around 95% of the body’s creatine is stored in skeletal muscle, which is why it is prevalent in the bodybuilding industry. Creatine monohydrate is the most-researched and most widely-used supplemental form for creatine, popular for sports nutrition and bodybuilding.
Supplementary creatine increases the phosphocreatine stored in your muscles, which your body uses to rapidly regenerate ATP, which is the primary energy source for short, high intensity effort like sprinting or heavy lifting. This supports greater power output and can contribute to increased muscle mass over time alongside resistance training. There are decades of research behind the benefits of creatine in bodybuilding, and its effectiveness is regarded to be strong.
Most people who use creatine supplements have around 3 to 5 grams a day. Some choose a loading phase of around 20 grams a day split into smaller doses for five to seven days to saturate muscle stores faster, though a steady daily dose achieves the same result over a slightly longer period. Check with a healthcare professional if you have any underlying health conditions before committing to a significant dosage.
Creatine monohydrate has one of the strongest safety profiles of any sports supplement. Documented research shows creatine is well-tolerated at doses up to 30 grams a day for up to five years in healthy individuals, and the International Society of Sports Nutrition has regularly confirmed this. That said, we do recommend that people with existing kidney disease or who are pregnant should speak to a doctor first.
Creatine works by increasing the phosphocreatine stored in your muscles, which acts as a rapid energy reserve. During short, intense bursts of activity, phosphocreatine donates a phosphate group to help regenerate ATP, which is the molecule your cells use for energy, faster than your body could otherwise manage. That allows for slightly more power output and can support greater training volume and faster recovery.
