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bare aminos

4.6 · 471 verified reviews

Train today. Wake up ready to go again tomorrow.

01 Improve recovery between sessions

02 Support and build lean muscle

03 Train harder, and sooner

Flavour

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How often

One-time purchase 30 servings · about a month R 549.00

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Why Nine free-form essential aminos — 5,000mg total with 2,000mg of leucine, the amino that signals repair. No digestion required, ~20 calories, won't break a fast. Jump to the full label →

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What changesAnd roughly when

you'll notice it
in the mornings.

First glass

no brick in your stomach

Clear, light, around 20 calories. Drink it mid-session, before breakfast, or at 5am on an empty stomach without regretting it.

First week

the next morning feels different

The most common thing buyers write to us about: less next-day heaviness, and stairs stop being a talking point after leg day.

First month

sessions stack instead of costing you

Four hard weeks instead of two hard weeks and two spent catching up. Consistency is the whole game — this protects it.

★★★★★

“First Comrades at 56. I'd get to Thursday and still be paying for Sunday. Now I don't — and that's the whole difference.”

Nonhlahla N. · Verified buyer

Now the numbers Every dose disclosed, no blends

read the label.

Amino profile Per 1 scoop (30 servings per tub)

L-Leucine 2,000 mg

L-Lysine 845 mg

L-Isoleucine 600 mg

L-Valine 600 mg

L-Threonine 400 mg

L-Phenylalanine 300 mg

L-Methionine 150 mg

L-Histidine 100 mg

L-Tryptophan 5 mg

Total essential aminos 5,000 mg

One level scoop, 30 servings per tub. Nine free-form essential aminos, 5,000mg in total — 2,000mg of that is leucine. No proprietary blends.

Also in every serving

Calories ~20

Sugar 0 g

Proprietary blends None

Suitable for Vegans

How to use it

One scoop in 300–500ml of cold water. During training, straight after, or first thing on training days. On rest days, whenever suits — the point is that you don't skip it.

Intra-workoutPost-sessionFasted mornings

Independent evidence · not our study

the conclusions aren't our opinion.
they're the ISSN's.

In 2023 the International Society of Sports Nutrition reviewed the literature on essential amino acid supplementation and published ten conclusions as its official position. Here they are — and where Bare Aminos sits against them. We didn't run the study and we didn't choose the numbers.

Read the position stand

Recover between sessions

1.5–3g

The dose at which muscle protein synthesis switches on. Every Bare serving delivers 5g.

Skip the digestion

Free-form aminos need no breaking down — they raise blood amino levels fast, and that rise is the trigger.

Keep training past forty

Ageing muscle needs a greater proportion of leucine to overcome anabolic resistance. That is our leucine dose.

Hold muscle while cutting

~20 cal

EAA requirements rise in a deficit. Bare covers the full amino load for about twenty calories.

The full position

all ten conclusions, in plain language

01 ISSN position

Repair is the point

Protein turnover replaces the muscle proteins training degrades. That turnover is the metabolic foundation everything else sits on.

02 ISSN position

Free-form works fast

Free-form EAAs raise blood amino levels quickly, and that rise is what switches muscle protein synthesis on.

03 ISSN position

Safe to add

The safe upper limit of EAA intake comfortably accommodates supplementation on top of the food you already eat.

04 ISSN position

1.5–3g starts it

At rest, muscle protein synthesis is stimulated from as little as 1.5–3g, and plateaus around 15–18g.

Bare, not the ISSN Every Bare Aminos serving delivers 5,000mg of essential aminos, including 2g of leucine.

05 ISSN position

Only the essentials

The non-essential aminos are not required for the response. Nine is the list that matters.

06 ISSN position

Better than protein

Gram for gram, free-form EAAs stimulate muscle protein synthesis more than an equivalent amount of intact protein.

07 ISSN position

Take it daily

Repeated EAA doses through the day do not blunt the anabolic response to your actual meals.

08 ISSN position

Age needs leucine

Ageing muscle is less sensitive — "anabolic resistance" — and needs a greater proportion of leucine to respond.

09 ISSN position

Even without training

In anabolic-resistant populations, EAA supplementation can improve functional outcomes without exercise attached.

10 ISSN position

More when cutting

EAA requirements rise in a caloric deficit. Meeting them is what preserves anabolic sensitivity while you lose weight.

Ferrando AA, Wolfe RR, Hirsch KR, et al. International Society of Sports Nutrition position stand: essential amino acid supplementation on skeletal muscle and performance. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, 20(1), 2023. doi:10.1080/15502783.2023.2263409. These findings describe essential amino acids as a category — Bare Aminos has not itself been the subject of a clinical trial.

Complementary medicine / health supplement; not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

so why not just drink protein?

You still should — food first, always. This is for the moments a shake is too heavy, too slow, or simply not going to happen.

Bare Aminos

Whey shake / BCAAs

Essential aminos included

All nine

BCAAs: three

Sits in your stomach

No — mixes clear

Often, mid-session

Calories per serving

~20

120–200

Works fasted

Yes

Bare Aminos is an essential amino acid supplement, not a protein powder — it supplies the essential aminos your body can't make, without the calorie load.

The science

the long version
of this label.

Where the 5,000mg comes from, why 2g of it is leucine, what the ISSN's 2023 position stand actually concluded — and a straight list of what essential aminos don't do.

Read the science →About an 8 minute read

9essential aminos, all of them
5,000mgper serving, 2g of it leucine
ISSN 2023position stand, quoted in full

4.6

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from 471 verified reviews.

★★★★★

“The only product I've used where I can see and feel the difference in my daily training. More endurance and strength and better recovery.”

Mariette A. · Verified buyer

★★★★★

“Absolutely love these bare aminos. It minimises post workout soreness. I would definitely recommend it to anyone wanting to make progress with training and muscle recovery.”

Coleen d. · Verified buyer

★★★★☆

“First time using this product and can feel the difference after two weeks and definitely when I drink it before my workouts, more energy during workouts and my muscle recovery is great post workout.”

Adri B. · Verified buyer

Not sure it's for you?

60-day money-back. Drink the whole tub — if nothing changes, we refund it.

the honest answers.

When will I actually feel something?

Most people notice the next-morning difference inside the first two weeks of consistent use. If you train three or more times a week, that's when it shows up first.

Can I take it with creatine or Carb Fuel?

Yes. They do different jobs. Creatine is a daily 5g habit and the time of day doesn't matter much. Carb Fuel is for during or straight after a long session. Bare Aminos is the amino load on top of the food you already eat. Plenty of people take all three on training days.

Will it break my fast?

Honestly, yes — if you're fasting strictly. A serving is about 20 calories and the aminos are absorbed straight away, which is the whole point of them. If you're doing time-restricted eating, most people take it at the end of the window, with the first meal, or after training. If you're fasting on medical advice, check with your healthcare professional first.

How is this different to a protein shake?

A shake is whole protein your body still has to break down. This is nine essential aminos already in free form — 5,000mg in total, 2,000mg of it leucine — so there's no digestion step, it's about 20 calories, and it mixes clear. It's a top-up alongside your food, not a meal replacement, and it supports recovery without sitting heavy before or after a session.

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.