Nutricost HMB Powder (Beta-Hydroxy Beta-Methylbutyrate) 250 Grams - Gluten Free & Non-GMO

HMB was recommended by a naturopath friend as a better alternate to creatine for muscle recovery for my age and gender (55, female) . I like the product! It has zero taste or smell and dissolves well in water. Just keep stirring, it'll dissolve. The scoop is tiny and it was buried at the bottom, so when you open the product, take a long spoon or butter knofe and dig around for it, it's there! It's too early to say if I notice a difference in muscle recovery, but this product seems like a good value for the money and is easy to take.

Unlike others, I think it dissolves very easily! I fill my glass with room temperature water, drop in a scoop, and it almost dissolves on its own. In fact, I think it’s rather fun to watch the little balls dance around on top of the water as they dissolve. I help it a long with a quick little stir and it’s ready to drink. Often I start with a small amount of water, add HMB powder, swirl the glass, and add more water to drink. EASY!As for taste, it doesn’t taste bad. Tastes kinda like spring water to me. Add more water if you don’t like the taste. I use about 10 ounces of room temp water and it’s fine to me.It’s too early to tell if I’m growing muscle but it does seem to lessen my appetite. I did not purchase it for that reason, I just seem to notice not being as hungry throughout the day as I usually am.

(4.5) Ive only been taking for a couple weeks so I can’t really speak about results. But it seems to be a really good value and I hope to experience some noticable differences soon. I’ve been eating in a deficit and very low carb with high protein and have also been working out regular. Definitely losing weight and gaining muscle. I’ve tried the powder just dumped from the scoop onto my tongue and it’s pretty bitter. But mixed with 10+ ounces of liquid it’s barely noticeable. It’s a very fine powder and the scoop is very short so my hands are always getting covered. Easiest to leave the scoop on top of the container rather that tossing it in after each use. Much neater that way

The packaging shows a scoop is a serving size, but mentions nothing more. Ideally, you should take 3 g a day and some sources say spread it out and others say you can take it all in one go. Up to you, but you should be taking 3 g per day.

We’ve been using Nutricost HMB powder for a couple of years. I’m 56, work at a desk in an office, and have very little time for exercise right now. I’m concerned about age related sarcopenia, plus I’m dieting to lose weight and don’t want to lose the little muscle I have. I scan my muscle mass monthly at my doctor’s office and I credit the daily HMB for my skeletal muscle mass increasing slightly despite my weight loss. Great stuff, I mix it in my protein shake and it is tasteless.My only complaint is Nutricost switched to a shorter scoop late last year and we didn’t keep one of the longer ones. Now we have to put our fingers down into the container to scoop the powder out and it’s an annoyance. Please bring back the longer scoop!

I purchased this HMB based on reviews. The item arrived quickly upon ordering. However, I was disappointed that the scoop was not in the canister. I dug, dug, dug, and still there was no scoop. It is already frustrating when you have to dig for the scoop in some of these products, but when you dig, dug, dig, and there is still no scoop, I tell myself, "I won't be buying this one next time." Regarding energy level, pain relief, and other benefits, it is still new as it just arrived yesterday. It has no smell and it would be easy to use if it had a scoop.

Some things to know: It mixes poorly. If you dump the tiny scoopful into a glass of water, it takes around 20 minutes for it to dissolve. I mix a scoop of protein, creatine, and HMB in a glass of water, the HMB is floating on top, I gulp it down and try to make sure the clumps of HMB make it down the hatch, since I don't want to wait for it.And there's a reason it says to place that tiny, one gram serving in a huge 8-12 ounces of water: HMB tastes horrible. If they'd been up-front with this, I would have bought HMB capsules. I guess it's a little much for a seller to say their product tastes bad, but I was surprised that reviews didn't point it out, probably because people bury it in their protein drink and don't notice.I took HMB capsules 25-30 years ago, it was very expensive. It gave me a few extra pounds of lean muscle mass, about 2% of my body weight. That matched the research results at the time. I didn't keep it up, because it wasn't a clear win (nowhere near the improvement with creatine, for instance), and the cost was high. The cost of this product is incredibly inexpensive, though, so I'm giving it another try. The only problem is that, due to the inconvenience and bad taste, I should probably be taking three serving a day, but don't. I'll look at capsules next time, even though the cost is higher.

This is a top quality product, period. 2 scoops completely dissolves in my 50 oz water bottle once shaken. Not even once have I gotten clumps, grit, or any unpleasant texture. At first I noticed a slight metallic taste, but it has either dissipated or I have gotten use to the taste. It wasn't unpleasant; just not what I was use to. I mix 2 scoops with 3 g of creatine, and 3 true lime packs in 50 oz of water. I have noticed increased recovery from workouts. I use to only be able to do heavy compounds (deadlifts, squats, bench press) once a week due to being so sore. After a week of using this I have made crazy strength gains, and I feel like I am able to attack a muscle group again after 48 hours of recovery, regardless of hard I hit the muscle. All in all this will be added to my daily regime as it is just too good.