Trusted brands, Who to trust these days

[SuperKawaii]

thought a lot of people would mention ON and AllMax

[powercage]

ITT, people that dont follow the forums very often vs people who are always on the forums

[AMeyer9]

Idk about iForce guys... I saw a video today that they're protein spiking their BCAA product....

[xLGx]

CL
SNS
iForce
PES
Komodo
XF

I see no real reason for me to go outside of those.

[ChrisLS8]

CL
SNS
iForce
PES
Komodo
XF

I see no real reason for me to go outside of those.

Dick

[eatyourspinach]

Prosupps, innocent until proven guilty I suppose

[The Solution]

Cellucor
Controlled lab
Xtreme Formulations

Couple more

I'll add PES
Beverly
Scivation
Universal
To name a few more

[Hunttarded]

ON, Universal, Ergogenix, and PES.

[RxAJ]

MAN and AEN get high ranks in my book for being two of the more innovative companies out there over the years and constantly offering the highest quality. Core should get a nod for not offering a single product in a prop blend and showing that everything they put in is adequately dosed.

I also continuously buy from AI Sports and Controlled Labs quite a lot.

[ajvitan]

CL
SNS
iForce
PES
Komodo
XF

I see no real reason for me to go outside of those.

Thanks for the mention. Don't mind Chris. Bob left his name out of something today too. He's feeling left out today.


And lolz at the mention of the food grade o ring brand.

[AntM1564]

CL
PES
Universal
SAN
Quest
XF
AEN
Cellucor

[ISurfNudeBrah]

Appreciate the VPX shoutouts guys, we try hard and will continue to earn your trust.

[TheGilmore]

Controlled Labs, PES, iForce, Komodo, XF, and SAN are my list.

[AMeyer9]

lack of bodybuilding.com brand mentions ITT

[eatyourspinach]

lack of bodybuilding.com brand mentions ITT

Not enough reps to score brownie points with maybe.

[cforfa]

Nice to see all of the PES mentions. I believe PES is one of the few (if not the only) company where the R&D team frequently posts on the forums. I know the sourcing of ingredients which go into our products is top notch, and our formulas are always well constructed.

Apart from those already listed I would throw Omega Sports into the mix.

I may be wrong but weren't you the rep with Omega sports who was adamantly against company's that use prop blends in their supplements?

[xLGx]

Dick

I only mention brands that I use multiple products in. Other than Ritual, I don't use any other ANS products. They're definitely going in the right direction though from the last time we talked so that will change likely.

[cjwav34]

I may be wrong but weren't you the rep with Omega sports who was adamantly against company's that use prop blends in their supplements?

I was hoping someone would call me out on this eventually

No matter what I'll probably come off as a hypocrite. What I will say is I am against proprietary blends. However, I can also understand why some companies feel they need to use them. PES is one of the few companies utilizing novel ingredients in novel formulas, so it makes sense to utilize a prop blend to help prevent other companies or your at home formulators from copying the formulas. These are some of the few proprietary blend products you can tell are not pixie dusted.

Two of the formulators for PES are two people I trust to formulate quality products. I would still prefer the blends not to be propriety, but I can understand it for this select company.

[phatmarky]

From experience, my top three are CL, Cellucor, and Universal. If I had to pick one brand to use for the rest of my life, it would be CL (Orange Triad <3 <3 <3).

[AMeyer9]

Not enough reps to score brownie points with maybe.

But CM is the most generous of all. Fools.

[Farley1324]

Hey guys i know this answer will get a lot of controversy but i wanted to throw it out there, what would your top 3 or 5 trusted supplement brands be? All i can think of is Beverly, PES, and Universal, Core Nutritionals. I would like to know what you guys think, also if you had to PICK one company to go with for every product what would to be??

Thanks guys,
J

Top 3-5? For me it's probably

Universal
Optimum
Controlled Labs
Xtreme Formulations

Honorable mention: Cellucor, Quest, iForce, App Nut, and bodybuilding.com

[SuperKawaii]

What do brahs think of Jim Stoppani's JYM?

[wolfsburg2]

This thread has made me really think about it.

Bodybuilding.com been supporting them for years and see no reason to stop
Controlled labs - great products, fair prices
Universal - great products, complete line
IFN - creative products, great lineup, hemavol
Muscletech - no prop blends, complete line up, pushes boundaries with new supplements

[DasBiceps]

Obviously Ergogenix

Also obvious since I buy the most from:

Controlled Lab's - Also accounts for all of my staples
iForce
Neogenix
PES
Xtreme Formulations
Cellucor
VPX
Quest
Universal
SAN
Bio X

And few others - Don't judge I has needs! O.o

Tasty protein bar needs

I thought we were just adding on, agree with all of those

[Mr.Cooper69]

Thanks for all the mentions guys, means a lot.

I may be wrong but weren't you the rep with Omega sports who was adamantly against company's that use prop blends in their supplements?

I was hoping someone would call me out on this eventually

No matter what I'll probably come off as a hypocrite. What I will say is I am against proprietary blends. However, I can also understand why some companies feel they need to use them. PES is one of the few companies utilizing novel ingredients in novel formulas, so it makes sense to utilize a prop blend to help prevent other companies or your at home formulators from copying the formulas. These are some of the few proprietary blend products you can tell are not pixie dusted.

Two of the formulators for PES are two people I trust to formulate quality products. I would still prefer the blends not to be propriety, but I can understand it for this select company.

Cj's answer is pretty much spot on. I can of course remind you of the original Erase and Anabeta. Neither of the ingredients had established doses in humans. PES chose to disclose, and now look how many arimistane clones there are using the exact same dosing scheme. It actually took a while to arrive at that dose from what I'm told (before my time) because all they had to go off was in vitro data. Similar story with anacyclus products.

Anyway, if there's a novel ingredient, you can expect a proprietary blend. That's just the nature of the game. We do have a couple formulas (soon to be released) where we're focused on delivering full doses of already well-established (but certainly very effective) ingredients, and those should be non-proprietary since there is no need for a prop. blend in that case.

[llahhsoj]

Muscletech - no prop blends, complete line up, pushes boundaries with new supplements

Thanks for the MuscleTech recommendation! The company has done a great job improving its image within the last few years or so. MuscleTech has a wide variety of supplements in its arsenal. Even if someone doesn't like MuscleTech as a whole, there are at least a few products that user will like out of the various lines.

[Farley1324]

Muscletech - no prop blends, complete line up, pushes boundaries with new supplements

How much taurine/glycine are in Phase 8?

Was this released/put on the label and I missed it?

[LoudyRowdy]

My favorite company... loved their CnC and PBF

[Rob1882]

My favorite company... loved their CnC and PBF

Avoderm > Purina

[DasBiceps]

Why no bodybuilding.con mentions?

Tis good stuff