EU seller:OstroVit 100% Creatine Monohydrate 500g: €0.063 per 5 g (OstroVit). Pb <0.010, Cd <0.0010, Hg 0.010, As Not tested mg/kg · J.S. Hamilton Poland, Gdynia (PCA AB 079), 27 Feb 2026.
UK seller:Hero Pro 100% Pure Creatine 1000g: £0.106 per 5 g (HERO.PRO). Pb 0.012, Cd <0.005, Hg <0.005, As <0.005 mg/kg · Eurofins Polska (PCA AB 1334), 10 Apr 2024.
EU sellers, priced in € (7) · ranked by cost per 5 g, cheapest first
Pb<0.010 (well under the EU limit or below detection)Cd<0.0010 (well under the EU limit or below detection)Hg0.010 (well under the EU limit or below detection)AsNT (not tested)
Pb<0.020 (well under the EU limit or below detection)Cd<0.010 (well under the EU limit or below detection)Hg<0.005 (well under the EU limit or below detection)As0.006 (no EU limit)
Pb<0.003 (well under the EU limit or below detection)Cd<0.003 (well under the EU limit or below detection)Hg<0.0017 (well under the EU limit or below detection)As<0.003 (well under the EU limit or below detection)
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Ships to Spain and most of the EU, not to the UK (bodylab24.de delivery list, checked 23 Oct 2026).
Pb<0.02 (well under the EU limit or below detection)Cd<0.01 (well under the EU limit or below detection)Hg<0.01 (well under the EU limit or below detection)AsNT (not tested)
Pb<0.020 (well under the EU limit or below detection)Cd<0.020 (well under the EU limit or below detection)Hg<0.010 (well under the EU limit or below detection)As<0.020 (well under the EU limit or below detection)
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Report is from May 2025; a 2026 batch report has not been published.
Pb<0.020 (well under the EU limit or below detection)Cd<0.010 (well under the EU limit or below detection)Hg<0.010 (well under the EU limit or below detection)As<0.040 (well under the EU limit or below detection)
Pb<0.010 (well under the EU limit or below detection)Cd<0.010 (well under the EU limit or below detection)Hg<0.005 (well under the EU limit or below detection)As<0.010 (well under the EU limit or below detection)
Red flags
None found
UK sellers, priced in £ (3) · ranked by cost per 5 g, cheapest first
Pb0.012 (well under the EU limit or below detection)Cd<0.005 (well under the EU limit or below detection)Hg<0.005 (well under the EU limit or below detection)As<0.005 (well under the EU limit or below detection)
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Report dated April 2024; a current batch report has not been published. No purity, DCD or DHT data.
Pb<0.005 (well under the EU limit or below detection)Cd<0.005 (well under the EU limit or below detection)Hg<0.005 (well under the EU limit or below detection)As<0.005 (well under the EU limit or below detection)
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Report is hosted on the Polish retailer musclepower.pl, not on heropro.uk. No creatine purity, DCD, DHT or creatinine data.
Pb<0.020 (well under the EU limit or below detection)Cd<0.010 (well under the EU limit or below detection)Hg<0.010 (well under the EU limit or below detection)As<0.040 (well under the EU limit or below detection)
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Report is published as three images on the product page, not a PDF. German company with a GBP UK site; check where UK orders ship from.
Priced in Czech koruna (Kč), shown separately (not converted) (1) · ranked by cost per 5 g, cheapest first
Pb<0.30 (well under the EU limit or below detection)Cd<0.10 (well under the EU limit or below detection)Hg<0.010 (well under the EU limit or below detection)As<0.030 (well under the EU limit or below detection)
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High lead reporting limit (<0.30 mg/kg). Czech-language shop; EU shipping not checked.
Heavy-metal colours:0.01 Well under the EU limit (below half) or below detection▲1.6 Near the EU limit (half the limit up to the limit)■3.2 Over the EU limit0.30 Grey: no EU limit (arsenic), not tested, or the lab’s reporting limit is above the EU limitEU 2023/915 limits for food supplements: lead (Pb) 3.0, cadmium (Cd) 1.0, mercury (Hg) 0.10 mg/kg. Values in mg/kg. NT = not tested; c = calculated by us from µg per serving.
Cost per 5 g = pack price ÷ number of 5 g servings in the pack (pack weight ÷ 5 g), calculated by us from the seller price we checked on the date shown. We use 5 g for every product so they compare like for like; label doses differ (3–5 g), so your cost per day may be lower. € and £ are never converted or mixed. Sale prices can end, so check the seller page. Pb = lead, Cd = cadmium, Hg = mercury, As = total arsenic, in mg/kg, copied from each lab report; “<” = below the lab’s reporting limit; NT = not tested. EU 2023/915 limits for food supplements: Pb 3.0, Cd 1.0, Hg 0.10 mg/kg; there is no EU limit for arsenic in supplements.
Lab verified, but not ranked per 5 g
TNT Creatine Creapure Kapseln, 300 caps: €34.95 for 300 capsules (5 capsules a day); creatine per capsule not checked, so a cost per 5 g can’t be calculated. See product page
No checked price yet
None: every lab-verified creatine in our directory has a seller price we checked.
Not ranked: not Lab verified
Vilgain Creatine Creapure (Unverified: reporting limits too high; price: not checked). See product page
OstroVit Creatine Monohydrate CREAPURE (Unverified: report outdated; price: not checked). See product page
Novoma Créatine Creapure (doypack) (Unverified: report outdated; price: not checked). See product page
Beyond Nutrition Creatine Monohydrate 300g (Unverified: reporting limits too high; price: not checked). See product page
About Creatine
What it is
A compound the body makes from amino acids and stores mainly in muscle. Supplements are made synthetically, so they are suitable for vegans.
Common forms
Creatine monohydrate powder (including branded Creapure® and Creavitalis®), capsules and chewable tablets.
Typical label doses
Labels in our directory suggest 3–5 g a day (often 3.4 g monohydrate = 3 g creatine).
Authorised health claims (EU and GB registers)
“Creatine increases physical performance in successive bursts of short-term, high intensity exercise.” Condition: Beneficial effect with a daily intake of 3 g of creatine. Sources: EU register · EU Regulation 432/2012 · GB NHC register (Checked on the registers 2026-10-16)
“Daily creatine consumption can enhance the effect of resistance training on muscle strength in adults over the age of 55.” Condition: For adults over 55 doing regular resistance training; 3 g of creatine a day. Sources: EU register · EU Regulation 432/2012 · GB NHC register (Checked on the registers 2026-10-16)
Information only, not medical advice. Food supplements are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Speak to a healthcare professional before use, especially if pregnant or on medication.
FAQ
Which lab-tested creatine is cheapest in the EU?
OstroVit 100% Creatine Monohydrate 500g: €6.33 for 500 g, so €6.33 ÷ 100 servings = €0.063 per 5 g (calculated; price checked 16 Oct 2026). Its report (J.S. Hamilton Poland, 27 Feb 2026, batch PR/0001718) shows lead <0.010, cadmium <0.0010 and mercury 0.010 mg/kg, but arsenic was not tested. Next is HSN RawSeries 100% Pure Creatine Monohydrate 200 mesh 500g at €0.067 per 5 g (sale price €6.73, regular €21.99), whose Eurofins report (22 Apr 2026) covers all four metals: lead <0.020, cadmium <0.010, mercury <0.005 and arsenic 0.006 mg/kg. Third is Bodylab Creatine Powder 500g at €0.135 per 5 g (sale price €13.50), with the lowest reporting limits in our list; Bodylab24 ships to Spain and most of the EU, not to the UK.
Which lab-tested creatine is cheapest in the UK?
Hero Pro 100% Pure Creatine 1000g: £21.29 ÷ 200 servings = £0.106 per 5 g (calculated; this price is from an earlier check because the page did not load on 16 Oct 2026). Its Eurofins Polska report is from 10 Apr 2024: lead 0.012 mg/kg, and cadmium, mercury and arsenic all <0.005 mg/kg. Next are Hero Pro 100% Creatine Creapure 300g at £0.318 per 5 g (all four metals <0.005 mg/kg; Eurofins Polska, Apr 2025) and Sunday Natural Creavitalis 500g from sunday-natural.co.uk at £0.389 per 5 g (GBA Hamburg, Apr 2026).
Why are there so few UK options?
Only 3 Lab verified creatines in our directory have a UK seller with a checked £ price, and two of them are from Hero Pro (London), the only UK company. Sunday Natural is a German company with a UK website, so check where UK orders ship from. Bodylab24, one of the cheapest EU options, does not ship to the UK. We will add more UK sellers when we find batch reports we can verify.
How do you calculate the cost per 5 g?
Pack price ÷ number of 5 g servings in the pack. Example: OstroVit costs €6.33 for 500 g; 500 g ÷ 5 g = 100 servings; €6.33 ÷ 100 = €0.063. We use 5 g for every product so they compare like for like, although labels in our directory suggest 3–5 g a day, so at a lower dose your daily cost is lower. Prices are the seller prices we checked on the dates shown in the table; sale prices can end, and € and £ are never converted or mixed.
Is cheaper creatine less clean?
Not in our data. Every ranked creatine has lead, cadmium and mercury far below the EU 2023/915 limits for food supplements (lead 3.0, cadmium 1.0, mercury 0.10 mg/kg); the only measured lead value is 0.012 mg/kg (Hero Pro 1000g), and the others are below the lab’s reporting limit. What differs more is how complete and recent each report is: OstroVit and GymBeam did not test arsenic, Hero Pro 1000g’s report is from April 2024, and Natios’s lead reporting limit is high (<0.30 mg/kg). Check the red flags column before you buy.
Is Creapure worth paying more for?
Our lab reports don’t show a difference in heavy metals. Products sold as Creapure cost €0.270–€0.369 per 5 g from EU sellers (GymBeam €0.270, HSN Creatine Excell €0.281, Purazell €0.319, Brandl €0.369) and £0.318 from Hero Pro in the UK, while the cheapest options without a branded raw material cost €0.063–€0.135 (OstroVit, HSN 200 mesh, Bodylab) and £0.106 (Hero Pro 1000g). Their heavy-metal results are similarly low. Contamination depends on the batch, so check the report for your lot.
Why are some creatines not ranked?
TNT Creatine Creapure capsules are Lab verified, but we have not checked how much creatine each capsule contains, so we can’t calculate a cost per 5 g (€34.95 for 300 capsules; label dose 5 capsules a day). Natios is priced in Czech koruna (3.79 Kč per 5 g) and is shown in its own group because we never convert currencies. Vilgain, OstroVit Creatine Monohydrate CREAPURE, Novoma and Beyond Nutrition are not Lab verified (reporting limits too high, or an outdated report) and have no checked price.
Does creatine have an authorised health claim?
Yes. In the EU and the UK, creatine may carry the claim “Creatine increases physical performance in successive bursts of short-term, high intensity exercise”, with the beneficial effect obtained with a daily intake of 3 g of creatine. This page only compares lab results and prices; it is not medical advice. If you are pregnant, take medicines or have a health condition, ask a pharmacist or doctor before taking a supplement.
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