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Nutricost Review – How Does This Company Measure Up?

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By Jack Cincotta, MS

Reviewed by Juliana Tamayo, MS, RDN - Last Updated

Nutricost Company Review

If you’re someone who uses a lot of different supplements, it can be beneficial to find those “one stop shops”. You know, those companies where you can go and pretty much get everything you need to support your health goals.

Well, one of the brands that is designed to do just that is Nutricost. This company is definitely popular and has been around for some time. 

In this article, we’re reviewing the overall Nutricost brand. And you’ll see all the important factors to determine if it’s actually a company worth buying from.

About Nutricost

Nutricost is a health supplement company based out of Vineyard, Utah. It was founded in 2012, with the main goal of delivering simple, clean supplements to a broad audience.

At Nutricost, one of their main motives is to provide a huge variety of supplement options in order to allow individuals to pick the exact supplements they need for their health goals. 

Nutricost also aims to provide high-quality products at affordable prices, since they believe that supplements should be available for everyone and that price shouldn’t be the main barrier. 

Lastly, Nutricost greatly values transparency. They show you exactly what you’re getting in each formula, which allows you to make a more confident decision when buying their products.

Types of Supplements Offered

Nutricost offers a wide variety of supplements in many different health categories. This is because they wanted to provide supplements for all kinds of individuals with different goals, health issues, and so forth.

Nutricost Review

Under their Products section, we can see that Nutricost offers many categories, including:

  • Amino Acids
  • Cognitive Health
  • Digestive Support
  • General Health
  • Herbs & Botanicals
  • Men’s Health
  • Sleep
  • Sports Nutrition
  • Women’s Health
  • Workout
  • And more

Formulas

At Nutricost, their formulas are designed to be clean and simple. They have a variety of single-ingredient formulas as well as multi-ingredient products. But even the multi-ingredient products typically don’t contain that many, so it’s clear that they try to just focus on the basic, effective ingredients.

Overall Quality

In terms of overall quality, the Nutricost formulas hit the mark too. There are a number of things we see that tells us Nutricost focuses on creating high-quality supplements.

For one, the vast majority of their vitamins and minerals are used in bioavailable forms, such as chelated forms for the minerals and methylated forms for their B vitamins. 

Also, their herbal products are in extract form, typically in standardized ratios,  which are better than whole herb form. And many of their products contain herbs standardized to contain bioactive compounds, such as:

  • Turmeric standardized to 95% curcuminoids
  • Ginkgo biloba standardized to 24% glycosides
  • Ashwagandha standardized to 5% withanolides
  • Coleus forskohlii standardized to 20% forskolin

Their sports nutrition products are also generally in good forms too, as we can see quality products like creatine monohydrate, citrulline malate, and whey protein isolate.

These are just a few examples, of course. But overall, Nutricost takes the time to use good forms for their ingredients.

Dosages

With hundreds of supplements, it’s impossible to analyze every dose the same way. But as an overall company, Nutricost seems to use evidence-based dosages for their products.

Here are some examples of just some of their top products that have research-backed doses:

  • NMN: 500mg
  • Creatine Monohydrate: 5g
  • Beta-Alanine: 3g
  • D-Aspartic Acid: 2,000mg
  • L-Theanine: 200mg
  • Alpha GPC: 600mg
  • KSM-66 Ashwagandha: 600mg
  • Lion’s Mane Mushroom: 1g

Transparency

Another good thing about Nutricost’s formulas is that they are all fully transparent. There are never any proprietary blends or hidden ingredients, so you can see exactly what you’re getting in each product. 

This is especially important for some of their multi-ingredient formulas (like pre-workout, sleep support), where you need to know the dose for each. 

Safety

Lastly, Nutricost by and large uses only ingredients that are generally recognized as safe. Of course, there are always possible side effects with any supplement. But Nutricost doesn’t seem to use any ingredients that are known to be unsafe most of the time, or that have particularly concerning side effect profiles.

Nutricost Product Testing

All of Nutricost’s products are made in cGMP, FDA-registered facilities. Additionally, each product is third-party tested by ISO-accredited labs to ensure the potency, purity, and integrity of the formulas.

Having ISO-accredited third-party testing is very important since this ensures that the testing laboratory is actually legitimate and accurate. 

Nutricost doesn’t publish the test results or Certificates of Analysis on their website. But they will show you if you request them to, which is good to see. 

Certifications

Each product is made in a cGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practices) FDA (Food & Drug Association) registered facility. 

This ensures that Nutricost’s manufacturing practices meet the required industry standards for safety and overall quality. 

At this time, they don’t have any other certifications. 

On some of their products, they state certain things like “gluten-free”, “non-GMO”, etc., but they don’t have any official certifications for these. 

Nutricost Value

Overall, Nutricost is a pretty good budget brand that offers affordable prices for most of their products.

Most of their products are less than a dollar per serving. And when it comes to their single-ingredient formulas, you’ll often pay less than $50 cents per serving.

Nutricost also has a Subscribe & Save option for their products, which cuts off 20%.

To give you an idea of their pricing, here are some of the one-time purchase prices for common products:

  • Creatine Monohydrate: $32.95 for 100 servings
  • Pre-X Pre-Workout: $32.95 for 30 servings
  • Nitric Oxide Booster: $19.95 for 60 servings
  • Ashwagandha: $17.95 for 120 servings
  • L-Theanine: $13.95 for 120 servings
  • Alpha-GPC: $19.95 for 30 servings
  • Glucosamine Sulfate: $23.95 for 120 servings
  • Apple Cider Vinegar Capsules: $15.95 for 240 servings
  • ZMA: $35.95 for 60 servings.

Compared to other brands, these are definitely some great prices. Especially considering that Nutricost still uses high-quality ingredients and third-party testing. 

Some products aren’t necessarily the pinnacle of ingredient bioavailability or quality, but the vast majority are good; and with these fair prices, the overall value is high.

Nutricost Reputation & Customer Feedback

Nutricost has a solid reputation both within the supplement industry and from consumers. Most of their products on their website are rated around 4 to 4.5 out of 5 stars, although there are several with ratings from 3 to 3.5. 

Nutricost also has a product page on Amazon. On here, we can see that most of their supplements are highly rated. And there are a much higher number of total reviews on Amazon, which provides a higher reliability.

For example, here are how some top products are rated:

  • Beta-Alanine: 4.7 out of 5 (6,500+ reviews)
  • Grass-Fed Whey Protein Isolate: 4.5 out of 5 (750+ reviews)
  • Citrulline Malate 2:1: 4.6 out of 5 (4,000+ reviews)
  • Vitamin B Complex: 4.6 out of 5 (3,000+ reviews)
  • Multivitamin: 4.5 out of 5 (1,500+ reviews)

Nutricost is also accredited through the Better Business Bureau (BBB). On the BBB website, Nutricost has an A+ rating, so it’s clearly highly reputable. 

Customer Reviews

Overall, customers have reviewed Nutricost’s products favorably. They generally state that Nutricost has high-quality supplements that last a long time and are easy to take.

However, we came across enough complaints about customer service to note that in this review. Specifically, there were several instances where customers said that customer service took a while to respond either via phone or email, and in some cases never responded.

These weren’t that common, but it’s still something to be aware of. 

Where to Buy Nutricost Supplements

Nutricost supplements are available in many places, both online and in stores. You can buy Nutricost products right from the Nutricost website or the Nutricost page on Amazon

They also have a wholesale option which you can apply for on the Nutricost website.

Nutricost supplements are also available at GNC, The Vitamin Shoppe, Apple Nutrition, Walmart, Target, and other companies. And as you may know, most of these companies now offer both in-store and online buying options. 

Comparisons

Nutricost offers a wide variety of health supplements at generally affordable prices. They remind us a lot of other massive variety brands, such as Bulk Supplements and Double Wood Supplements. 

Overall, these three companies are honestly all pretty similar because they offer many different supplements for a multitude of health goals and across numerous categories. And they’re all generally low-priced.

Bulk Supplements offers greater discounts though, and you’re able to buy much larger quantities for most products compared to the options at Nutricost. However, when comparing the pricing for products based on similar sizes, they’re very similar.

When compared to Double Wood Supplements, Nutricost has a slightly greater variety. And Nutricost products also are generally a bit lower-priced than the ones from Double Wood Supplements, despite having about the same ingredient quality. 

Nutricost Verdict

Ultimately, Nutricost is a trustworthy, respectable supplement company that you can be confident in buying from. 

They have a large selection of many different health supplements in low to moderate price ranges. Additionally, all products have fully transparent labels and are third-party tested by accredited labs, so you can be confident in the quality and safety. 

There are some products that could potentially be a bit higher-dosed or use higher-quality ingredient forms. But overall, the Nutricost products are well-researched, properly dosed, safe, and affordable. 

Ratings

  • Reputation: 4.4
  • Formulas: 4.4
  • Testing/Quality: 4.5
  • Value: 4.0

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Jack Cincotta, MS

Jack Cincotta is a certified holistic health coach through AFPA and a board-certified holistic health practitioner through AADP. He has written hundreds of articles on nutrition and supplementation. Jack has a M.S. degree in Psychology and is passionate about researching the science behind nutrition. He often uses research-backed supplementation protocols for many of his clients to optimize results.