Chief Creatine versus Creapure
It's important to choose high quality creatine as impurities from cheaper sources can have negative health impacts.
Health Risks of Cheap Creatine
- Heavy metals (lead, arsenic, cadmium) → brain + kidney damage
- High creatinine levels → extra kidney strain, nausea, fatigue
- Dicyandiamide & other chemical by-products → gut irritation, long-term safety concerns
- Dihydrotriazine → potential neurotoxic / carcinogenic impurity
- Microbial contamination → food poisoning (E. coli, Salmonella, Staph)
- Undeclared fillers → allergies, poor absorption, reduced effectiveness
Chief Creatine lab results
Results show Chief Creatine is at least on par with leading pharmaceutical-grade creatine specifications such as German made “Creapure”:
| Quality Metric | Chief Creatine* | Creapure® ** |
|---|---|---|
| Assay / Purity | 100% | ≥99.9% |
| Creatinine | <100 mg/kg (under detection limit) | 32 mg/kg |
| Dicyandiamide | ~8 mg/kg | ≤ 50 mg/kg |
| Dihydrotriazine | Not detected | 3 mg/kg |
| Total Impurities | <0.001% (exceptionally low) | Extremely low |
| Residue on Ignition | 0.04% | ≤0.1% |
| Microbial Profile | All pathogens negative | Not disclosed |
| Heavy Metals (Total) | All <0.1 ppm | Not disclosed |
| Elemental Metals (As, Pb, Cd, Hg) | All below USP limits ≤1, Pb ≤1, Cd ≤1, Hg ≤0.1 | Not disclosed |
| Origin | Inner Mongolia, China | Trostberg, Germany |
* Chief Creatine figures according to independent third party Australian lab test (TGA-licensed & APVMA-licensed.
**Creapure figures according to product specification.
Please note that testing will vary from batch to batch, so we are not saying Chief Creatine is “better” than Creapure, but it is at least on par in terms of purity.