Comment · Wed, October 15, 2025 · ND Owner
Alternative good manufacturer for Agmatine?
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powstria · 8 points
Hey everyone, I’d like to try Agmatine since I’ve heard a lot of good things about it. I’d prefer to order from Nootropics Depot, but unfortunately I can’t because I live in Switzerland. Do you know an alternative seller that offers high-quality Agmatine, preferably on iHerb?
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BorntobeStrong · 4 points
I used to think nutricost was great, because of price and products seemed to work. However I am now turned off and suspicious about quality. I bought nutricost agmatine for example, after taking a break from agmatine, I bought it and it seemed to work, after a while I thought that effects aren't very strong or consistent. I bought some more Nootropics depot agmatine and now I have both. Nootropics depot is by far the superior product in terms of noticeable effects for sure.
I just compared how they differ by smell. Nootropics depot smells sort of delicious lol, like it smells pleasant and the smell is like 8 times stronger than the Nutricost product.
Nutricost has agmatine in it, but something is still off, it might have filler or something as well.
Other nutricost products I've tried that don't compare to Now brand, in quality are L citrulline, much weaker. I just tried saffron and it's lackluster in comparison, I also tried freeze dried blueberry powder and It was 100 percent not pure blueberry like the label states, but it had fillers, sugars, and probably artificial flavors and colors mixed in. If you bought the powder and see how it looks, smells, and tastes you would know what I mean, not blueberry.
Don't trust Nutricost, they obviously buy from china and just package, and seem to add a bunch of crap as well.
I've bought bulk products from china from good manufacture…
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
Not to beat a dead horse, but you not reacting to Nutricost's saffron is because it contains none of the main bioactive compounds. My other comments on this thread show the data. This type of shit is what gives the supplement industry a bad name. You might have just thought saffron wasn't for you, without really knowing you were taking a completely shit product. It not only takes advantage of consumers, but it destroys any trust people have for supplements in general. It's been our main fight for almost 13 years now, to try and force this industry to take lab testing and quality control seriously.