The taste panel from the product page. The bottom scale is the one this page is about.
Creatine monohydrate is poorly soluble in cold water, so a 5 g dose does not fully dissolve and stays partly suspended as grit. That texture, rather than a strong flavour, is what most people are describing when they call creatine bitter.
It matters because taste is an adherence problem, and creatine only works while you keep taking it.
Powder is the cheapest way to take creatine and that does not change because of taste. What follows is why it tastes as it does, what actually helps, and where changing format is and is not the answer.
Two things are happening at once. Creatine monohydrate has low solubility in cold water, so undissolved particles remain suspended and read as chalky or gritty. Separately, creatine slowly converts to creatinine in solution, which is why a drink left standing tastes worse than one drunk immediately.
Neither is a sign of a bad batch. Both are properties of the compound.
At present, creatine monohydrate is the most extensively studied and clinically effective form of creatine for use in nutritional supplements in terms of muscle uptake and ability to increase high-intensity exercise capacity.
Kreider et al. (2017), Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition 14:18
Switching to an exotic creatine form to escape the taste means leaving behind the one form the evidence actually covers. The sensible move is to change the delivery format, not the compound.
after 3 days of storage at 25 degrees C, creatine degrades to creatinine (e.g., 4% at pH 5.5; 12% at pH 4.5; and 21% at pH 3.5).
Kreider et al. (2017), Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition 14:18
Those figures are measured over three days of storage rather than the minutes a glass sits on the worktop, but the direction holds: the more acidic the liquid, the faster creatine becomes creatinine. Mixing a dose into juice and leaving it is therefore worse than drinking it straight away. Cutting the dose to make it palatable does not work either, because it drops you below the 3 to 5 g maintenance range.
| Approach | Does it help? |
|---|---|
| Warm water instead of cold | Yes. Solubility improves with temperature, so less grit |
| Drink it immediately | Yes. Avoids the conversion that worsens taste on standing |
| Mix into juice or a shake | Masks it, but the grit remains |
| Switch to a different creatine form | Not recommended. You leave the best-evidenced form behind |
| Take less of it | No. Drops you below the 3 to 5 g maintenance range |
| Change format, keep the compound | Yes. Capsules or gummies deliver the same monohydrate without mixing |
The solubility limit is a measured number, not a vague property:
Moreover, since creatine is an ampholytic amino acid, it is not very soluble in water (e.g., creatine monohydrate dissolves at 14 g/L at 20 degrees C with a neutral pH of 7).
Antonio et al. (2021), Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition
14 grams per litre. A 5 g dose in a 300 ml glass is already past that ceiling in cold water, which is why the last of it sits at the bottom.
Supps gummies are chewed rather than dissolved, so the grit people object to is simply not present. 5 g of creatine monohydrate across three gummies, Berry Blast, sugar free. It is the same compound as the powder, which is the point: the format changes, the evidence base does not. It costs more per gram than powder, which is the honest trade.
Every batch is independently tested by RSSL and Eurofins UK, with measured results published at our lab results page, in grams, for every batch.
Creatine increases physical performance in successive bursts of short-term, high intensity exercise. This benefit is obtained with a daily intake of 3 g of creatine. Three Supps gummies provide 5 g.
Shop Supps Creatine GummiesMostly texture rather than flavour. Creatine monohydrate is poorly soluble in cold water, so a 5 g dose stays partly undissolved and reads as gritty or chalky. Creatine also converts slowly to creatinine in solution, so a drink left standing tastes worse.
No. Low solubility is a normal property of creatine monohydrate. If you want to verify what is in a product, the meaningful check is a published batch certificate showing measured grams per serving.
Use warmer water, drink it straight away rather than letting it stand, or mix it into something flavoured. None of those remove the grit entirely, which is why many people change format instead.
Not for taste. Creatine monohydrate is described in the research as the most extensively studied and clinically effective form, so switching compound to avoid a texture means giving up the evidence base. Changing delivery format keeps both.
They are chewed rather than dissolved, so the grit that people object to is not present. They cost more per gram of creatine than powder, which is the trade-off.
That is the one option that does not work. The maintenance range is 3 to 5 g per day, so cutting the dose to make it palatable puts you below the level the research supports.
Every creatine guide we publish is listed in Creatine Guides: Further Reading.
Last reviewed: August 2026. Sources: Kreider et al. (2017), Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition 14:18, CC BY 4.0. Antonio et al. (2021), same journal. GB Nutrition and Health Claims register, version 19 May 2026. Supps batch certificates of analysis, RSSL and Eurofins UK, published at suppsgummies.co.uk/pages/verify.
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