Which beta-alanine brands are third-party tested?
Latest price check:
- Powders: BulkSupplements.com Beta Alanine Powder, Unflavored (1 kg), priced before delivery.
- Capsules, softgels and tablets: Thorne Beta Alanine-SR (120 tablets).
4 of the 11 beta-alanine products we track are named at the exact package by a certifier. One more sits on a certifier's listing that names another package size, not the package we price. One more is not listed itself: the brand's listing for the same ingredient names another form. The remaining 5 appear in no database we searched.
NSF names packages by size and count against each certificate. A brand can sell the same formula in several sizes, or several flavors, and have one of them named, so a brand can hold an NSF listing while the package in your hand is not one it names. The group “Listed, but not this package” below is that gap.
Each row's format, size and serving come from the brand's own label and store page.
Certifier names this exact package, 4
The strongest evidence available here. For NSF, the listing names the package size sold; it was opened, its package text recorded, and its ID is on the product page. For USP, which names products rather than packages, the product is in USP's directory and the USP Verified Mark is on this package's own label, and both are on the product page.
| Product | Type | Per 3 g, before delivery | Certificate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thorne Beta Alanine-SR (120 tablets) | Capsules, softgels and tablets | $1.44 | 1046814 |
| BulkSupplements.com Beta Alanine Powder, Unflavored (1 kg) | Powder | $0.105 | 1799986 |
| BulkSupplements.com Beta Alanine Powder, Unflavored (250 g) | Powder | $0.277 | 1799986 |
| BulkSupplements.com Beta Alanine Powder, Unflavored (100 g) | Powder | $0.635 | 1799986 |
Listed, but not this package, 2
A certifier lists this brand's product, but the listing names another package size, or the same ingredient in another form, and not the package we price. Not a failure, and not a confirmation either.
| Product | Type | Per 3 g, before delivery | Certificate |
|---|---|---|---|
| BulkSupplements.com Beta Alanine 3,000 mg (240 capsules) | Capsules, softgels and tablets | $0.25 | 1799986 names a powder, not capsules |
| BulkSupplements.com Beta Alanine Powder, Unflavored (500 g) | Powder | $0.156 | 1799986 names another size |
Searched, and not found, 5
Not listed by NSF Certified for Sport, Informed Sport, Informed Choice or USP Verified when we read each one's list. These programs certify what a company submits to them, so a product can be absent from a list simply because it was never entered, which is not a finding against it.
| Product | Type | Per 3 g, before delivery | Certificate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nutricost Beta-Alanine 3,400 mg (240 capsules) | Capsules, softgels and tablets | $0.308 | None found |
| Nutricost Beta-Alanine 3,400 mg (120 capsules) | Capsules, softgels and tablets | $0.44 | None found |
| Nutricost Beta-Alanine Powder, Unflavored (500 g) | Powder | $0.132 | None found |
| Nutricost Beta-Alanine Powder, Unflavored (300 g) | Powder | $0.17 | None found |
| EVLution Nutrition Beta-Alanine, Unflavored (200 g) | Powder | $0.225 | None found |
NSF Certified for Sport, the Informed programs' published product lists and USP's directory are each read in full, and each product page names the day. A product missing from this page has not failed a check. It has not had one.
Where to buy: the beta-alanine shortlist
The pick is the cheapest product that clears four bars:
- certified, and named at the exact package where the certifier names packages
- no adverse finding on record
- a price its retailer let us read recently
- no more than a year’s supply at the label’s serving
It is ranked per delivered dose where the retailer publishes a delivery rate. Where none does, it is the cheapest such product before delivery, and it says how far the order is from free delivery. It is the same pick the category page shows. Any other answer beside it is the cheapest under a different rule, and its own line names that rule. Answers that cost more than the pick are folded into one line until you open it.
How these lines are chosen
Among 7 products and 7 retailer listings we track; Amazon and Walmart are not included. A month is thirty doses of 3g, priced the same way as the figure beside it. It is worked out before that figure is rounded, so it can differ from thirty times it by a few cents. It is not thirty servings where a serving holds more or less than 3g. “Delivery known” ranks only products whose retailer publishes a delivery rate. Every package we price, with its delivery terms, is on the Beta-Alanine page. No product here that clears every other bar publishes a delivery rate below its free-delivery threshold, so the pick is priced before delivery.
How these lines are chosen
Among 4 products and 4 retailer listings we track; Amazon and Walmart are not included. A month is thirty doses of 3g, priced the same way as the figure beside it. It is worked out before that figure is rounded, so it can differ from thirty times it by a few cents. It is not thirty servings where a serving holds more or less than 3g. “Delivery known” ranks only products whose retailer publishes a delivery rate. Every package we price, with its delivery terms, is on the Beta-Alanine page.
Full comparison of every product in this category: Beta-Alanine. Every question we answer: the question index.
What this rests on: Prices are the last ones we recorded at the retailer named on each product page. Prices go stale, so each page says when it was checked. We track some products, not every one sold, and Amazon and Walmart are not among our stores. Listings and labels are read at the source, and each page links to them. Found an error? Tell us. The full method: How we compare.