Head to head · Creatine
Bloom Nutrition Creatine Monohydrate vs Thorne Creatine
Thorne scores higher overall (8.9 vs 7.9 out of 10), mainly on quality & purity, value and transparency.
Updated September 2026 from our full reviews · How we score
TikTok Shop's pastel-tub creatine for women: a proper 5 g of micronized monohydrate per scoop, but about $0.50 a serving with no named certification.
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NSF Certified for Sport creatine monohydrate: one ingredient, 5 g per scoop, tested for label accuracy and banned substances, at about $0.49 a serving.
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The short answer
Choose Bloom Nutrition if…
- Bloom fans who want creatine that matches their routine
- Beginners who want an unflavored powder that hides in drinks
- Women new to creatine who prefer approachable branding
Choose Thorne if…
- Drug-tested and competitive athletes
- Buyers who want NSF Certified for Sport verification
- People who want a single-ingredient, unflavored creatine
- You care most about quality & purity, value, transparency
- You want the lower cost per serving ($0.49)
Side by side
| Creatine Monohydrate | Creatine | |
|---|---|---|
| Our score | 7.9 / 10 | 8.9 / 10 |
| Efficacy (30%) | 9.4 | 9.4 |
| Quality & Purity (25%) | 7.2 | 9.4 |
| Value (20%) | 6.6 | 7.6 |
| Experience (15%) | 8.4 | 8.7 |
| Transparency (10%) | 7.0 | 9.0 |
| Form | Powder | Powder |
| Serving | 1 scoop (5.15 g)40 servings per container | 1 scoop (5 g)90 servings per container |
| Price per serving | $0.50 | $0.49 |
| Testing & certifications | Third-party tested | NSF Certified for Sport |
| Dietary | Non-GMO, Gluten-free, Vegan | Gluten-free, Dairy-free, Soy-free, Sugar-free |
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| Flavors | 2 (Unflavored, Raspberry Lemon) | 3 (Unflavored, Pineapple Orange, Strawberry) |
| Creator video reviews | 3 | 4 |
Pros and cons
Creatine Monohydrate
- 5 g of micronized creatine monohydrate per scoop, the standard research dose
- Unflavored version blends easily into coffee, smoothies or pre-workout, per buyers
- Labeled non-GMO, gluten-free and vegan-friendly
- Official TikTok Shop listing rated 4.7 stars across 9,600+ reviews
- About $0.50 per serving, well above mainstream creatine without extra certification
- Only a generic 'third party tested' claim; no NSF listing found
- 'Made for women' marketing on what is standard monohydrate
- Some buyers report grittiness and question the value
Creatine
- Listed as NSF Certified for Sport (Unflavored, 453 g) on nsfsport.com
- 5 g of creatine monohydrate per scoop with nothing else added
- Thorne reports testing for heavy metals, pesticides and microbes
- Fine powder that most buyers say dissolves easily and tastes neutral
- Labeled gluten-, dairy- and soy-free
- About $0.49 per serving, roughly double mainstream brands
- Some buyers report stomach upset or diarrhea
- Texture feedback is split; some buyers find it slightly grainy
- Scoop can sink into the fine powder, per one long-term reviewer
Our verdicts
Creatine Monohydrate
Bloom Creatine delivers the right 5 g dose of micronized monohydrate and gets good marks from buyers, so it works as well as any basic creatine. The problem is price: you pay premium-brand money without the named third-party certification that premium competitors offer. Buy it if you love the brand; otherwise the same result costs less elsewhere.
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Creatine
Thorne Creatine is the reference choice when verification matters: a clean 5 g of monohydrate with NSF Certified for Sport status and an unusually strong quality program behind it. You pay about double the mainstream price for that assurance, so recreational lifters on a budget can get the same molecule for less, but tested athletes should put it at the top of their list.
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