What does 5 g of creatine actually cost?
Last reviewed 2026-09-24. Every certification and package size below was read from its source on that date, and each links it. No price is shown.
Divide the package price by the grams of creatine in it, then multiply by 5. The 6 NSF-listed tubs below hold 315 g to 500 g of creatine each. Creatine is priced per tub and taken by the scoop, so the price tag alone does not compare two products:
cost per 5 g of creatine = package price ÷ grams of creatine in the package × 5
5 g is used because it is a common scoop size on these labels, so the answer reads as what a scoop costs. It is a unit for comparing prices, not a dosing recommendation.
A worked example
Take a round illustration, not any product's price: a tub holding 450 g of creatine monohydrate at $30.00. 30.00 ÷ 450 × 5 = $0.33 per 5 g.
Blends: use the creatine, not the powder
For a plain creatine monohydrate powder, the creatine in the tub is the powder weight. For a blend or a flavored mix it is not: read creatine per serving from the supplement facts and multiply by the servings. If a label does not state the creatine per serving, the cost per 5 g cannot be worked out, and guessing 100% would make the product look cheaper than it is.
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The creatine in the six NSF-listed tubs
Enter the price you see for any of these, with the grams below, to get its cost per 5 g.
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- Klean Athlete Klean Creatine, unflavored, 11.1 oz — 315 g of creatine in the 315 g tubAmazon →
- MegaFood Micronized Creatine Monohydrate Powder, unflavored, 500 g — 500 g of creatine in the 500 g tubAmazon →
- Momentous Creatine Monohydrate, unflavored, 90 servings — 450 g of creatine in the 450 g tubAmazon →
- Nature Made Micronized Creatine Monohydrate Powder, unflavored, 450 g — 450 g of creatine in the 450 g tubAmazon →
- Sports Research Creatine Monohydrate with Creapure, unflavored, 90 servings — 450 g of creatine in the 450 g tubAmazon →
- Thorne Creatine (micronized creatine monohydrate), unflavored, 90 servings — 450 g of creatine in the 450 g tubAmazon →
No price is shown: prices change, and the price at any store, Amazon included, is the one to check. The calculator works out the cost per 5 g from a price you enter.
How these six were chosen is on the main creatine page.
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