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Here is an interesting extract from an article on creatine. It was written by Will Brink for the Think Muscle newsletter.
" The State of Liquid Creatines and Gels
Where do I begin with the liquid creatine issue? As you can see from the testing chart done on liquid creatine and gels, it was not a very large sample size. However, the tests were done on the better known brands of liquid creatine and gels. What if a larger sample size of liquid and gel products had been tested? I would expect to see pretty much the same results. Why? Well, even though every company selling liquid creatines and gels wants you to believe they are the one company who has discovered the magic chemical formula for keeping creatine stable in any type of liquid/gel, there is no reason at this time to believe it's true. What I do know is some of the top R&D scientists in the world have told me repeatedly that creatine will not and does not stay stable over months or years in a liquid or a gel period. I was told point blank by one of the largest creatine manufacturers in the world that they had been asked by one of the largest sports drink manufacturers in the world to design a liquid sports drink with creatine in it. They were unable to find a way to make the creatine stable in liquid no matter what they tried and lost millions in potential sales by being unable to produce the product. I suppose it's possible that some small company or entrepreneur has discovered a stabilization process that eluded one of the top laboratories in the world that works with creatine, but I highly doubt it. Now, I actually have to back up somewhat from those harsh statements about liquid creatines and gels. I was recently contacted by a scientist from a company who said they are 90% sure they will have truly stabilized liquid creatine to be launched in the near future but none of them felt anything currently on the market was stable. Our small test results would seem to agree with that assessment, but anything is possible right? As the reader can see, one gel was as low as 11.2% creatine with lots of creatinine and the liquid was only 14.4% creatine. I leave it to the reader to make up their own mind regarding such products.
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HPLC Creatine Test Results (Gels and Liquids)
%Creatine Creatinine Dicyandiamide Dihydrotriazine Sodium
1 Gel #1 14.4 5000 ppm 120 ppm n.d. 840 ppm
2 Gel #2 11.2 7000 ppm 54 ppm n.d. no data
3 Liquid 16.8 5000 ppm 570 ppm 860 ppm no data
n.d. = non-detectable
HPLC = high-performance liquid chromatography"
By the way you aren't the first person to post questions regarding liquid creatine on here, so don't worry. You may be the first to have posted it 3 times however! There are so many rubbish questions and polls on this fucking board now, it is diffcult to find useful info "Which Mr olympia has the smallest thongs ever in your opinion" Who fucking cares!
" The State of Liquid Creatines and Gels
Where do I begin with the liquid creatine issue? As you can see from the testing chart done on liquid creatine and gels, it was not a very large sample size. However, the tests were done on the better known brands of liquid creatine and gels. What if a larger sample size of liquid and gel products had been tested? I would expect to see pretty much the same results. Why? Well, even though every company selling liquid creatines and gels wants you to believe they are the one company who has discovered the magic chemical formula for keeping creatine stable in any type of liquid/gel, there is no reason at this time to believe it's true. What I do know is some of the top R&D scientists in the world have told me repeatedly that creatine will not and does not stay stable over months or years in a liquid or a gel period. I was told point blank by one of the largest creatine manufacturers in the world that they had been asked by one of the largest sports drink manufacturers in the world to design a liquid sports drink with creatine in it. They were unable to find a way to make the creatine stable in liquid no matter what they tried and lost millions in potential sales by being unable to produce the product. I suppose it's possible that some small company or entrepreneur has discovered a stabilization process that eluded one of the top laboratories in the world that works with creatine, but I highly doubt it. Now, I actually have to back up somewhat from those harsh statements about liquid creatines and gels. I was recently contacted by a scientist from a company who said they are 90% sure they will have truly stabilized liquid creatine to be launched in the near future but none of them felt anything currently on the market was stable. Our small test results would seem to agree with that assessment, but anything is possible right? As the reader can see, one gel was as low as 11.2% creatine with lots of creatinine and the liquid was only 14.4% creatine. I leave it to the reader to make up their own mind regarding such products.
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HPLC Creatine Test Results (Gels and Liquids)
%Creatine Creatinine Dicyandiamide Dihydrotriazine Sodium
1 Gel #1 14.4 5000 ppm 120 ppm n.d. 840 ppm
2 Gel #2 11.2 7000 ppm 54 ppm n.d. no data
3 Liquid 16.8 5000 ppm 570 ppm 860 ppm no data
n.d. = non-detectable
HPLC = high-performance liquid chromatography"
By the way you aren't the first person to post questions regarding liquid creatine on here, so don't worry. You may be the first to have posted it 3 times however! There are so many rubbish questions and polls on this fucking board now, it is diffcult to find useful info "Which Mr olympia has the smallest thongs ever in your opinion" Who fucking cares!
