“Creatine 5,000 mg per serving”
Evidence →The label promises 5,000 mg per serving. The panel says 5,000 mg. They match.
Exact product checked · barcode not publishedAnimal · checked Aug 1, 2026 · on sale since Oct 6, 2022🇺🇸 USPTO wordmark owner · Universal Protein Supplements Corporation DBA Universal Nutrition, Inc. · NEW JERSEY, USA
Quick read · Animal
Animal Creatine Monohydrate Powder
Checked against public sources on August 1, 2026 · LookCloser does not sell or recommend supplements.
Does the marketing hold up?
How it’s marketed doesn’t match how it was studied. The listing uses “pre-workout” framing, but published research attributes creatine monohydrate’s effect to studied as a daily supplement — the effect comes from muscle saturation over weeks, not from timing a…
Is the dose real?✓Listing and panel agreeboth say 5,000 mg of Creatine Monohydrate
What a serving costsNo price found for this exact barcode
Is it tested?NSF seal printed on the labelwe read it off the package photo; not confirmed in NSF’s registry
Who’s behind it?🇺🇸Universal Protein Supplements Corporation DBA Universal Nutrition, Inc.corporation · NEW JERSEY, USA
Is it the real thing?No barcode publishedso it can’t be matched against certification, recall or other retailer records
Trouble on record?✓No recalls found
“Couldn’t verify” means we looked and found no public proof — not a mark against the product. Most supplement claims cannot be independently verified by anyone, so grey is the normal state of this industry.
1✓ checked out2◖ partly confirmed2? couldn’t verifyno contradictions · no recalls
The label itself
What the Supplement Facts panel says
| Creatine Monohydrate | 5000 mg |
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Printed on the package: NSF · CONTENTS CERTIFIED · NSF Contents Certified · GMP · REGISTERED FDA FACILITY
We read 1 lines from the package photograph. It is our transcript of the label, not the manufacturer’s panel, and it may be incomplete.
Marketing claims, checked
The checks, one by one
1 promise checks out. 4 could not be fully confirmed from public sources.
✓Matches the label1
◐Partly confirmed2
“Animal Creatine Monohydrate Powder - Micronized Creatine for Women and Men, Supports Muscle Growth, Strength, Endurance, Recovery and ATP…”
Evidence →The panel lists 5 g creatine per serving, at the top of the commonly studied 3–5 g/day range. This compares listed label numbers with research; it does not verify contents or recommend an amount.
“Tested, Highest Quality – Manufactured in our GMP-certified US facility and 3rd party tested, our clean creatine powder delivers quality, safety,…”
Evidence →“GMP-certified” describes factory processes, not what is in the bottle. The claim does not name a certifier or public register that a shopper can check.
Ingredient research can support context, but it is not a trial of this exact product.
?Couldn’t verify independently2
“IN USA GLOBALLY SOURCED PRE”
Evidence →“Made in USA” can describe only final bottling. Ingredient-sourcing records were not located for this product.
“Tested, Highest Quality – Manufactured in our GMP-certified US facility and 3rd party tested, our clean creatine powder delivers quality, safety,…”
Evidence →No named laboratory or lot-specific certificate was found for this exact product. No exact brand product page was available for a document check. NSF, IFOS, USP, and Informed-Sport were not checked in this record. This is a public-evidence limit, not a finding that testing did not occur.
We looked and found no public proof. That does not count against the product.
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What is worth knowing.
Headlines first. Open evidence only when you want the source trail.
CheckedIs the label honest?
Listing claim matches the Supplement Facts panel
The label promise and the Supplement Facts amount agree.
Evidence and sources
The listing claims 5 g; the photo-read Supplement Facts panel shows Creatine Monohydrate at 5 g per serving — the listing text and its photo-read panel agree; this is internal consistency, not independent testing.
Locked evidence record →Open the full source-linked findingCheckedIs the label honest?
Every ingredient shows its amount · 1 ingredients listed.
Every ingredient shows its real amount — nothing is hidden in a proprietary blend.
Evidence and sources
The panel gives a per-ingredient amount rather than hiding quantities inside a proprietary blend, so each one can be compared to published research.
Locked evidence record →Open the full source-linked findingWhat remains open 1
- No FDA recall matched this brand in the current search.
These are evidence gaps, not strikes against the product.
Who owns the brand wordmark?
🇺🇸
Universal Protein Supplements Corporation DBA Universal Nutrition, Inc.Corporation · exact supplement-class mark for ANIMAL
Filed address
3 Terminal Road, New Brunswick, NEW JERSEY 08901, UNITED STATES
USPTO identifies the public owner or applicant behind this brand wordmark. This does not by itself identify the product manufacturer or prove where the product was made. Open USPTO source ↗
Research behind the findings
Dose and research context
The label amount is shown beside the range used in the linked ingredient studies.
Dose vs research
Creatine
STUDIED RANGE06.25 g
5 g per serving — within the 3–5 g/day used in the linked studies.
Linked ingredient research · label amount, not a recommendation
Background reading
What the research says about these amounts
Not a score. Studies disagree with each other and change over time, so this sits beside the evidence rather than counting toward it — it is here so you can read the sources yourself.
The panel lists 5 g of creatine monohydrate per serving. Studies we found used 3 g–5 g a day, so this sits inside that range.
0studied 3 g–5 g
Study ranges differ between trials and change as research changes. This is background reading, not a pass, a failure, or a recommendation.
Buying options
Where you can check or buy it
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Amazon
Submitted listing$26.75
Amazon Retail observed via Keepa on 2026-08-02.
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Record built August 02, 2026. Sources: source listing observed at check time · USPTO Trademark Search · Keepa exact-listing history · NIH / published research · certification and regulator records where available. LookCloser publishes evidence and gaps; it does not advise for or against any supplement. Evidence-based corrections welcome.