Huge Supplements · Pre-workout
Is Huge Supplements Wrecked underdosed?
Below research dose on 1 of 4 key ingredients.
Caffeine is below the amounts studies use. Caffeine is below 3 mg/kg at 75 kg.
- Effective dose
- 5
- Below research dose
- 1
- Hidden in a blend
- 0
- Too much
- 0
Ingredient by ingredient
Per scoop · bodyweight 75 kg (default)- Sodium (Himalayan Pink Sea Salt)Per scoop 250 mgStudies Not setNot gradedEvidence: Not graded
Not graded: a vitamin or mineral. We grade a pre-workout’s ingredients against exercise studies; vitamins and minerals are graded only on their own supplement pages.
Contains 5 g; studies use 4–5.33 g.
Contains 3.2 g; studies use 3.2–6.4 g/day.
Contains 2.5 g; studies use 2.5 g/day.
Contains 2.5 g. Not graded: a 2023 meta-analysis found no effect on endurance; its evidence is for focus under stress, at about 150 mg per kg of bodyweight.
Contains 1.5 g; studies use 1–6 g.
Contains 750 mg. Not graded: no human study has tested it for exercise; human studies are for nerve pain.
- Alpha-GPCLabel: Alpha-Glycerylphosphorylcholine (L-Alpha-Glycerylphosphorylcholine) [50% Alpha GPC]Per scoop 250 mgStudies 250–600 mg/dayEffective doseEvidence: Weak
Contains 250 mg; studies use 250–600 mg/day.
- CaffeineLabel: Caffeine Anhydrous; Dicaffeine Malate (Caffeine) [75% caffeine]Per scoop 188 mgStudies 3–6 mg/kgBelow research doseEvidence: Strong
Contains 188 mg (2.5 mg/kg at 75 kg); studies use 3–6 mg/kg.
- TheobromineLabel: Theobromine Hydrochloride [98%]Per scoop 100 mg, as printedStudies Not setNot gradedEvidence: Not graded
Listed as “Theobromine Hydrochloride [98%]”, a form we have no conversion for, so it isn't graded.
- Bioperine (Black Pepper Fruit Extract) [std. for 95% piperine]Per scoop 5 mgStudies Not setNot gradedEvidence: Not graded
Not graded: we have no research dose for it from exercise studies.
- Rauwolfia vomitoria Root Extract (Alpha Yohimbine) [std. for 98% alpha yohimbine]Per scoop 500 mcgStudies Not setNot gradedEvidence: Not graded
Not graded: a stimulant we have no research dose for. Its effects add to the caffeine's.
- Huperzine A (Huperzia serrata Leaf Extract)Per scoop 150 mcgStudies Not setNot gradedEvidence: Not graded
Not graded: we have no research dose for it from exercise studies.
Use “Check it for your dose” to see this table for your own scoops and bodyweight. Only caffeine is dosed per kilogram in the studies we cite; the other research doses are fixed amounts, so your weight doesn't change them.
Effective doseBelow research doseHidden in a blendToo muchNot gradedUnlisted caffeineHow many scoops would it take?
To reach the low end of the research dose for each underdosed ingredient.
Taking more doesn't fix this product. Reaching those doses means more than 400 mg of caffeine from the scoops alone, above the FDA's 400 mg daily reference for most adults, before any coffee.
Where the reference doses come from
- Alpha-GPC, 250–600 mg/day: Bellar et al., 2015Marcus et al., 2017.
- Beta-Alanine, 3.2–6.4 g/day: Harris et al., 2006Hobson et al., 2012Trexler et al., 2015.
- Betaine Anhydrous, 2.5 g/day: Cholewa et al., 2013Hoffman et al., 2009Zawieja et al., 2024.
- Caffeine, 3–6 mg/kg: Guest et al., 2021.
- L-Citrulline, 4–5.33 g: Gough et al., 2021Vårvik et al., 2021.
- Taurine, 1–6 g: Deng et al., 2025Waldron et al., 2018.
- Daily caffeine reference, 400 mg: US FDA, Spilling the Beans.
- Label data: National Institutes of Health, Office of Dietary Supplements. Dietary Supplement Label Database, 2026. https://dsld.od.nih.gov/. Label 332683.
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