“High End” Supplements

[Foxx13]

Been looking around at a lot of supplements online and through this forum. I always notice that Apollan Nutrition and Core Nutritionals come up on the more/most expensive end on most categories.

Are these supplements that much better? Are they worth the value?

 

[The Solution]

Depends on what your terminology and price point is for "Value"
Brands that are 3rd party tested, cGMP certified, and list clinically dosed products in open labels deserve their praise.
I personally have never used apollan due to the fact their pre-workouts would put me into my grave with 600+mg of caffeine

Core
Morphogen
Ghost
Nutrabio
Arms Race
PES

All quality companies offer you great products at the prices they are listed for. Now what you consider "high end" or worth your money is a personal preference to your budget and what you are looking for out a prroduct. The real answer here is "it depends" on the consumer and what they want out of their product for the money they spend.

 

[alvin1]

Yes SNS and CEL are the top of the line supplement in my views.

 

[cheftepesh1]

Just like anything else. The cost of the product doesn’t always make it better. Read reviews and research. Then you will see some companies make quality and affordable.

 

[BCseacow83]

I do think there are brands that are simply working with a larger markup than others. If you have an idea of what costs what from companies that are known quality operations you can then look and see who is simply making a larger mark-up. Take creatine mono pricing is all over the place on that one but a quick search for creapure shows three companies ranging from 17.99-26.99 for 500g. So when I see any brand selling 60 servings of 5g each for $20.00 I don't think it is a higher quality I think it is, put nicely expensive(talking mono only here.)

Same thing go for isolate: if it costs more per lb than say Now, Nutrabio and true nutrition I consider it overpriced, personally.

Often times boutique brands that market to specific crowds, not bodybuilders, and often women are very overpriced. Case in point look at Beam Dream: combo of reishi, theanine, mag citrate, hemp oil and melatonin 30 servings for $95.00, no chance in hell lol. They market heavy to crossfit and have many of the top athletes endorsing them, and you pay for that. I don't think there product is any better than say Irwin Naturals who makes a CBD sleep formula that is about a third of that price.

You get what you pay for to a point.

 

[LeanEngineer]

Yes SNS and CEL are the top of the line supplement in my views.

I agree as well. They are typically my go to now a days for anything daily outside of protein powder.

 

[Rocket3015]

It can be hard to decide sometimes !