nothing, and that's the point
No flavour, no tingle, no buzz. Creatine isn't a stimulant — it's a store your muscles fill up over weeks. Tip it into whatever you're already drinking and forget about it.
BUILDUnflavoured — dissolves clean, tastes of nothing
Build
The boring, proven one
pure creatine
Five grams a day. No flavour, no loading phase, no second ingredient — just the dose the research actually uses.
01
Get visibly stronger over the weeks
02
More reps at the same weight
03
Recover faster between hard sets
What changesAnd roughly when
make the
work show.
the last two reps stop being the wall
As the store fills, the usual first sign is that the set doesn't fall apart at the end. Same weight, one or two more reps — repeated across every session of the week.
the numbers on the bar have moved
Creatine doesn't train for you. It lets you do slightly more work, slightly more often — and three months of slightly more work is the part that shows.
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“I can really feel a difference in strength, got my first pull-ups 2 weeks ago and i honestly think this has helped me immensely!”
Now the numbers
One ingredient — there is nothing else to disclose
read the label.
What's in the sachet
Per 1 sachet (30 sachets per box)
Creatine monohydrate
5,000 mg
Total per sachet
5,000 mg
One sachet is 5,000mg of creatine monohydrate and nothing else. 30 sachets per box. No flavouring, no sweetener, no second ingredient, no proprietary blend.
Also worth knowing
Ingredients
One
Flavouring
None
Sweeteners
None
Calories
0
Sugar
0 g
Proprietary blends
None
Suitable for
Vegans
How to use it
One sachet a day, stirred into water, juice, coffee or whatever you're already drinking. Time of day doesn't matter — creatine works by saturating a store, not by hitting you in the moment. Take it on rest days too; that's the half people skip.
Established, not our claim
we didn't have to invent
a reason for this one.
Creatine monohydrate is the most heavily researched ingredient in sports nutrition — decades of published trials in healthy adults, on the same 5g daily dose that is in our sachet. We haven't improved it, blended it, flavoured it or renamed it. Here is what the research base actually supports, in plain language, with no study cherry-picked to flatter us.
Get stronger over weeks
5g
The standard daily maintenance dose used across the creatine literature in healthy adults. One Bare sachet, once a day — that's the whole protocol.
Nothing to decode
1
One ingredient in the sachet: creatine monohydrate. No flavouring, no sweetener, no blend, no second name to look up.
No stimulant, no timing games
0
Zero caffeine and zero flavour. Creatine works by filling a store over weeks, so the hour you take it isn't the variable that decides the outcome.
Cost per day
R8.30
R249 for 30 sachets. About eight rand a day for the most heavily researched ingredient in the cabinet.
The full picture
what the research base actually supports
01
Established
It's a store, not a stimulant
Creatine is held in muscle as phosphocreatine, the fuel behind short, hard efforts. Topping that store up over weeks is the entire mechanism — there is nothing to feel in the moment.
02
Established
Monohydrate is the form studied
Creatine monohydrate is the form the overwhelming majority of the research has used. Newer forms have to prove they beat it, and so far the case for paying more isn't there.
03
Established
5g a day is the standard dose
A daily 5g maintenance dose is what the literature has generally used in healthy adults, and it is enough to reach and hold saturation.
Bare, not the research
One Bare sachet is exactly 5,000mg of creatine monohydrate.
04
Established
Loading is optional
A loading phase fills the store faster. Taking 5g a day gets you to the same place — it just takes a few weeks instead of a few days.
05
Established
Timing barely matters
Because the effect comes from saturation rather than an acute hit, the time of day you take it isn't what decides the result. Consistency is.
06
Established
Rest days count
Saturation is held by taking it every day, not only on training days. Skipping rest days is the most common way people quietly undo it.
07
Established
It doesn't replace the training
Creatine lets you do slightly more work, slightly more often. The adaptation still comes from the work — the supplement only widens the room to do it.
08
Established
Some water comes with it
Creatine draws water into the muscle cell, which is part of how it works. A small early rise on the scale is usually that, and not fat.
09
Established
Among the most-studied there is
Creatine monohydrate has been examined in hundreds of published trials in healthy adults over several decades. Very few ingredients in sports nutrition have that depth of research behind them.
Creatine monohydrate is among the most extensively researched ingredients in sports nutrition, with decades of published trials in healthy adults. The statements above describe creatine monohydrate as an ingredient and are deliberately not attributed to any single paper. Bare Pure Creatine has not itself been the subject of a clinical trial.
so why plain monohydrate?
Because the thing with decades of research behind it is the cheap, unflavoured powder — not the version with four extra ingredients and a new name on the front.
Bare Pure Creatine
Blends & “advanced” forms
Form
Creatine monohydrate
HCl, nitrate, buffered
Ingredients per serving
One
Often five or more
Dose printed on the pack
5g, stated
Frequently inside a blend
Flavouring & sweeteners
None
Usually added
Loading phase
Not required
Varies by brand
Bare Pure Creatine is one ingredient at the studied dose, in a sachet so you can't misjudge the scoop. If a product needs a paragraph to explain its form, that paragraph is usually doing the work, not the creatine.
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from 44 verified reviews.
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“I love this product! I run regularly and attend weight training classes 3x pw. I am much stronger since I've started using this product, and my recovery is fast. I do not have sore, stiff muscles.”
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“Creatine is a daily must in my supplement stack. The bare range is fantastic. The unflavored creatine is 5 stars. Will keep coming back for more”
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“What a great product. Mixes so easy into water and tastes just fine!! I am feeling stronger since using it 💪”
Not sure it's for you?
60-day money-back. Take the whole box — if nothing changes, we refund it.
the honest answers.
Do I need to load?
No. A loading phase — 20g a day for a week — fills the store faster, but 5g a day gets you to the same place in a few weeks instead of a few days. One sachet daily is the simplest version and the one most people stick to.
Does it matter when I take it?
Not really. Creatine works by saturating a store in the muscle over weeks, not by doing something in the next hour. Take it whenever you'll actually remember — with breakfast, in your coffee, in your training bottle. Consistency is the only variable that matters.
Will it make me hold water?
Creatine draws water into the muscle cell, and that's part of how it works. Some people see the scale move by a kilo or so in the first weeks — that's intramuscular water, not fat. It sits inside the muscle rather than under the skin, which is why most people notice fuller-looking arms and legs rather than puffiness.
Can I take it with Bare Aminos?
Yes — that's the pairing most customers land on. 5g to build, 5g to rebuild. Creatine is the daily habit that lets you do slightly more work; Bare Aminos is the amino load that helps you recover from it. They do different jobs and there's no reason to choose.
Why sachets instead of a tub?
Because the dose is the whole product. A sachet is 5g exactly, every time, with no scoop to level off and no guessing on a travel week. It's also the format people are most likely to take on rest days, which is where consistency usually breaks.
When does it ship, and what does delivery cost?
Orders ship from Durban in 2–4 working days, anywhere in South Africa. Delivery is free over R1250 and tracked on everything else. All prices are in ZAR.
what it goes with.
Recover · most-bought together
Bare Aminos
5g to build, 5g to rebuild. Creatine widens the room to work; this is the amino load that helps you recover from it. The stack most customers land on and stay on.
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Hydrate · for the hot ones
Hydrating Aminos
The same amino profile plus the four salts you sweat out. A sachet of creatine drops straight into it — one bottle, both jobs.
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Coming soon
Performance Aminos
Creatine is the daily habit. This one is for the session itself — a bigger amino load, fuel to hold your pace, and a sharper head for the work. Lemon Lime first.
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Creatine is a flat 15% off inside a Bare Box — automatic, no codes. Add it to Bare Aminos and Hydrating Aminos, where every third is free across both. Free delivery over R1250, ships from Durban in 2–4 working days.
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