Nutricost Pure L-Leucine Powder 500 Grams

TL;DR: Tastes like burnt coffee beans and regret, but if you want real muscle retention and recovery, this stuff works. I mix it post-workout with creatine and 16 oz of water. It’s pure, effective, and worth the grimace. Suck it up, buttercup.Let’s get one thing straight: this stuff tastes like burnt coffee beans had a bitter divorce with a charred tire—and somehow they both lost custody. If you’re expecting a tropical fruit flavor, walk away. But if you’re chasing real results and not some sugar-coated placebo, Nutricost’s L-Leucine delivers.I drink this post-workout, mixing one scoop with creatine and about 16 oz of water. Taste-wise? It’s rough. But it mixes well, no clumps, and hits your system like a freight train full of gains. Suck it up, buttercup—the results are worth the momentary mouth punishment.Now let’s talk results: faster recovery, better muscle retention (especially cutting), and noticeable post-lift performance improvements. Leucine is the MVP of BCAAs for muscle protein synthesis, and this pure, no-BS version nails it.Bonus: no fillers, no weird additives, just pure leucine doing exactly what you want it to do—helping you hang onto hard-earned muscle like it owes you money.Taste is a 2/10. Results? 10/10. You don’t buy this for a spa day—you buy it because it works.

I prefer to make my own stack - I don’t care for pre-mixed powders (with sugars, artificial sweeteners or stimulants like caffeine etc.) and I want to purchase items made (or at least packed) in the USA or a place with similar safety standards. This is the rare stuff that fits my needs.For those who have yet to take unflavored pure supplement powders - you are stepping into the realm of the unknown. So here’s the deal:“Unflavored” doesn’t mean tasteless, it means there’s no extra flavoring added. This stuff smells and perhaps tastes a little bit like stinky cheese without the sweetness, it tastes somewhat bitter as well - “Dissolves” easily doesn’t mean it will mix with water like Kool-aid, you could stir with a spoon into a cup of water and immediately chug (it will float up if left too long), but it will be absolutely fine in your shaker bottle with a few shakes. If you’re serious about your supplement regimen, results focused, and monitoring your intake (both macro and micro-nutrients) Or just drink your coffee black, no sweetener: you can handle it.Also, if you haven’t done so and it fits into your plan, I recommend first trying other unflavored/pure powders from this brand, like the Creatine Monohydrate, to get your toes wet before this stuff.If you’re looking for a tasty, sweet treat to put in your shaker because that’s what your mind is set on, you will need to mix it in with something else that gives you that sensation - but this might not be the product you’re looking for in the first place.For those who remain: mix it in with pure whey protein for your after workout shake - it will help with recovery.

Ladies and gentlemen, the taste is not good. From a scale of 1 to 10, I would give it a 1. But hopefully, the results will be worth it. Squeeze a slice of organic lemon 🍋 in your water. It will definitely help you tolerate the taste.

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I've only been using the product for 2 days, but here's all I have to share to date. I read several reviews where people said the product tasted bad and tasted like burnt coffee. Well that might be true, but what I'm doing is mixing 1/2 of a scoop each morning in my coffee. I haven't noticed any taste difference at all. I only drink black drip coffee. I have noticed some of the product not mixing leaving white specks floating in the coffee, but most of it mixes up very well. I'll do a review again after trying the product for 14 days, to see if I notice any change in my energy, or changes in my weight or workouts, sleep etc. My first day I seemed to have more energy while exercising at the gym.

Just received this today. Opened it and the inner seal wasn’t sealed all the way. The smell about knocked me over. I mixed up some to start taking it and it is horrible. The smell and the taste are nauseating. I don’t have a weak stomach at all, but between the smell and the taste it was tough to swallow.I will tough it out for as long as I can and see if I notice a difference.

Great value for the price!

I don't know why people are complaining about the taste. This is the second step, after I drink a glass of water with lemon when I wake up and go for a walk. I brew a fresh black coffee in the morning and mix a scoop of this L-Leucine with my coffee. The taste of my coffee did not change - it tastes like coffee.