CreaBev®
Soluble and stable creatine monohydrate for superior performance beverages
Achieve advanced creatine performance with less degradation. From ready-to-mix powders, acidic through neutral pH ready-to-drink beverages, gummies and gels, your product opportunities are endless.
It’s no secret that creatine monohydrate has been a sports nutrition staple for years. An online search will return a wide selection of ready-to-mix powders but are these products providing an adequate amount of creatine? Have shelf stable ready-to-drink beverages and gummies containing creatine that perform well been possible to formulate? The answers are no. Current creatine monohydrates lack stability in water and the ability to withstand high heat processing conditions, causing less creatine to stay intact. Now you can achieve improved ready-to-mix powder, ready-to-drink beverage, gummy and gel formulations containing creatine with CreaBev, a soluble and stable creatine monohydrate specially designed for improved performance. CreaBev’s patent-pending encapsulation technology facilitates its enhanced stability.
Consumers Show Interest in Creatine but Growth in Usage is Key
The Most Stable Form of Creatine Monohydrate
CreaBev®’s Ready-to-Mix Powder Beverage Stability3
More Dispersible in Water
CreaBev® is more dispersible in water than standard creatine monohydrate when used in ready-to-mix powders.
CreaBev®’s Ready-to-Drink Beverage Stability3
12 Month Ready-to-Drink Beverage Stability Study of CreaBev in Water at Acidic pH 2.8
30% of creatine monohydrate in CreaBev remained stable at pH 2.8 after a year.
12 Month Ready-to-Drink Beverage Stability Study of CreaBev® in Water Under Cold-Fill at pH 4.5
42% of creatine monohydrate in CreaBev remained stable under cold-fill processing at pH 4.5 after a year.
12 Month Ready-to-Drink Beverage Stability Study of CreaBev® in Water Under Ultra Heat Treatment (UHT) at pH 7.0
73% of creatine monohydrate in CreaBev remained stable under UHT processing at pH 7.0 after a year.
CreaBev does not crystalise (clump) when exposed to UHT but standard sources of creatine monohydrate do.
CreaBev®’s Gummy Stability3
12 Month Stability Study of CreaBev in Gelatin Gummies
69% of creatine monohydrate in CreaBev remained stable in gelatin gummies after a year.
CreaBev Shows Positive Pharmacokinetic, Bioavailability & Cognition/GI Results
- Better Pharmacokinetics
- CreaBev produced the highest blood concentrations of creatine as compared to creatine monohydrate.*4
- Similar Plasma Creatine Monohydrate Levels but Higher Bioavailability
- Creatine monohydrate from CreaBev and standard creatine monohydrate show similar levels within blood.3
- CreaBev contains 26% less creatine monohydrate than standard creatine monohydrate but shows similar plasma levels, making it highly bioavailable.3
- Improved Cognition with No Adverse GI Effects
- CreaBev caused no adverse gastrointestinal side effects.*5
- Significant improvements in cognitive performance were observed for CreaBev vs.standard creatine monohydrate.*5
Applications:
References
1. FMCG Gurus, Ingredients - Global, Q3 2024
2. FMCG Gurus, Global Sports Nutrition Survey, Q2 2025
3. Glanbia study. Data on file.
4. Cureus. 2022 Apr; 14(4): e24395.
5. EC Nutrition 16.11 (2021): 19-28.
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