Head to head · Creatine
Bloom Nutrition Creatine Monohydrate vs Transparent Labs Creatine HMB
Bloom Nutrition scores higher overall (7.9 vs 7.8 out of 10), mainly on efficacy, value and experience. Transparent Labs still leads on quality & purity 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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A double-certified creatine stack with 5 g creatine plus 1.5 g HMB. The quality is excellent, but at about $1.67 a serving you pay a lot for add-ons with modest evidence.
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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
- You care most about efficacy, value, experience
- You want the lower cost per serving ($0.50)
Choose Transparent Labs if…
- Drug-tested athletes who want a flavored, NSF-certified creatine
- Lifters curious about HMB who want it in one scoop
- Buyers who prioritize label transparency
- You care most about quality & purity, transparency
Side by side
| Creatine Monohydrate | Creatine HMB | |
|---|---|---|
| Our score | 7.9 / 10 | 7.8 / 10 |
| Efficacy (30%) | 9.4 | 8.8 |
| Quality & Purity (25%) | 7.2 | 9.2 |
| Value (20%) | 6.6 | 5.0 |
| Experience (15%) | 8.4 | 7.2 |
| Transparency (10%) | 7.0 | 8.0 |
| Form | Powder | Powder |
| Serving | 1 scoop (5.15 g)40 servings per container | 1 scoop (7 g, unflavored)30 servings per container |
| Price per serving | $0.50 | $1.67 |
| Testing & certifications | Third-party tested | NSF Certified for SportInformed Choice |
| Dietary | Non-GMO, Gluten-free, Vegan | Vegan |
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| Flavors | 2 (Unflavored, Raspberry Lemon) | 8 (Unflavored, Blue Raspberry, Strawberry Lemonade…) |
| 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 HMB
- Full 5 g of creatine monohydrate per serving
- Listed as NSF Certified for Sport in every flavor we checked
- Fully disclosed label with no proprietary blend or artificial sweeteners
- 12 flavors plus unflavored, and a scoop is included
- About $1.67 per serving, several times the cost of plain creatine
- 1.5 g HMB is about half the dose commonly studied, with modest benefits
- Taste and value feedback on Amazon skews negative
- Unflavored version has a noticeable HMB odor, per reviewers
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.
Full review
Creatine HMB
This is a carefully made, double-certified product with an honest label, and the 5 g of creatine alone guarantees it works. The HMB is dosed at about half of what research typically uses and adds modest benefit at best, which makes the roughly $1.67-per-serving price hard to justify. Tested athletes who want flavored, certified creatine may still find it worthwhile; everyone else can save money with plain monohydrate.
Full review