alan0259

Looking at both of these, the MP version is more expensive and they both have different amounts of ingredients in them...

My Proteins

Leucine	1500 mg	?
Isoleucine	750 mg	?
Valine	750 mg	?
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine HCl)	12 mg	?

Optimums

Leucine	500 mg	?
Isoleucine	250 mg	?
Valine	250 mg	?
Other Ingredients: Gelatin, magnesium stearate

They both state that each tablet contains 1000mg of BCAA but the MP seems to add up to 3000mg, the Optimums seems to add up to 1000mg

Anyone know why or which one would be better?

Links - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/OPTIMUM-BCAA-1...d=p3286.c0.m14

http://www.myprotein.co.uk/capsules%...s/bcaa%2Dplus/

defdaz

MyProtein = Serving Size: 3 Tablets.

alan0259

That doesn't help one bit mate lol, hope you dont think one tab is 1500mg, one is 750mg and another is 750mg, how would you know which is which when they just come in a plastic tub lol

Really, I want to know what ingredients are better than others for protein synthesis etc and which seem the obvious choice (if there is one)

bogue

no he means they are more or less the same jus

my protein have displayed that as 1 serving

and 1 serving is 3 tablets

Leucine 500 mg
Isoleucine 250 mg
Valine 250 mg

1 tablet

X 3

=

Leucine 1500 mg
Isoleucine 750 mg
Valine 750 mg

3 tablets

i think

tell me if im wrong

alan0259

Now that makes sense lol, cheers mate. I just thought it was odd that one brand had more of one ingredient, and another brand had more of another, thought they were just filling the caps with the lower ingredients

ah24

They're near identical.

BCAA is just a simple 2:1:1 ratio of the three AA's listed above.

As you can see, both the products have this. Now it's upto you what serving size you have.

Personally, I use Scivation Xtend

alan0259

Might give the cheaper ones a go, I can see the difference off the MP ones but theyre just a lot more expensive

myprotein.co.uk

Hi

Using the details taken from the eBay link above ON's BCAA's are:

Amount Per Capsule:
L-Leucine: 250 mg
L-Isoleucine: 125 mg
L-Valine: 125 mg

The Myprotein BCAA+ is:

Amount Per Tablet:
Leucine 500 mg
Isoleucine 250 mg
Valine 250 mg
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine HCl) 4 mg

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So our tablet's are 2x stronger and they also include 4mg of Vitamin B6 per serving (which improves absorption).

So in laymans terms the total BCAA in each tub is:

Myprotein 90's [which costs £9.99] is 90 grams.
ON 100's [which costs £12.98] is 50 grams.

Any more questions please do ask!

MP

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www.myprotein.co.uk

sofresh

get the cheaper one

alan0259

Cheers MP, I was looking at how much was in each serving, not each tablet, all makes sense now lol, ah feck it ill just buy 270tabs off yourselves for £19.99