Micro Ingredients · L-glutamine · Powder
Is Micro Ingredients Glutamine Powder underdosed?
1 serving = 1 scoop (3 g)Directions: 1 serving a dayLabel as of 24 Sep 2021 · NIH DSLD
Verdict
3 g a dayas the label directs
Not gradedContains 3 g. Not graded: the ISSN's 2018 review lists glutamine among supplements with little to no evidence of working, for building muscle and for performance.
One serving gives 3 g.
What the label says
- L-Glutamine per serving
- 3 g in 1 scoop (3 g)
- Servings a day
- 1 serving a day
- L-Glutamine a day, as directed
- 3 g
- Research dose
- Not graded Evidence: Not graded
Directions: As a dietary supplement, take 1 scoop daily with meal. For bodybuilders, take 2 scoops 30 minutes before and after exercise, with 8 - 16 oz of water.
More about l-glutamine: forms, timing and the studies behind the dose.
Same category, compared
All 17 L-glutamine supplements we checked, ranked by dose (commission never changes the order).
| Product | Per serving | Form |
|---|---|---|
| BulkSupplements.com L-Glutamine Powder | 5 g | Powders |
| Doctor's Best Pure L-Glutamine Powder | 5 g | Powders |
| Jarrow Formulas L-Glutamine 1000 mg | 1 g | Tablets |
| Kaged Glutamine | 5 g | Powders |
| Klean Athlete Klean Glutamine | 5 g | Powders |
| Micro Ingredients Glutamine Powder (this product) | 3 g | Powders |
| Momentous L-Glutamine | 5 g | Powders |
| MuscleTech Platinum 100% Glutamine | 5 g | Powders |
| NOW Sports L-Glutamine Powder | 5 g | Powders |
| NutraBio Glutamine | 5 g | Powders |
| Nutricost L-Glutamine 800 mg | 800 mg | Capsules |
| Nutricost L-Glutamine Powder | 5 g | Powders |
| Optimum Nutrition Glutamine Powder | 5 g | Powders |
| Pure Encapsulations L-Glutamine Powder | 3 g | Powders |
| Sports Research L-Glutamine | 5 g | Powders |
| Swanson L-Glutamine 500 mg | 500 mg | Capsules |
| Thorne L-Glutamine | 500 mg | Capsules |
Where the reference doses come from
- L-Glutamine, : .
- Label data: National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements. Dietary Supplement Label Database, 2026. https://dsld.od.nih.gov/. Label 256690, including its servings a day.
For a supplement taken every day we judge the most the label's directions give in a day, and show the least. Read the full methodology or the corrections log.