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Ingredient · Amino Acids

Amino Acids (BCAA)

Forms graded
3
Dose zones
4
Updated
1 Sept 2026

Every Amino Acids (BCAA) form, graded

3 forms scored on published absorption evidence. This is the comparison no supplement brand will publish about its own products.

  1. ×1.5Superior absorptionBCAAs
  2. ×1.25Well absorbedLeucine
  3. ×1Reference formBCAA
  4. ×0.85Poor absorptionNone graded here

Multipliers are applied to each ingredient's dose score when a product is graded. How multipliers are assigned.

How much Amino Acids (BCAA) should you take?

SuppScore grades doses across evidence zones rather than against a single recommended figure. Scored information, not a recommendation.

  1. Zone 10 to 2500 mg per dayLow dose
  2. Zone 22500 to 5000 mg per dayGeneral maintenance dose
  3. Zone 35000 to 9000 mg per dayFor deficiency or elevated need
  4. Zone 49000 to 17500 mg per dayTherapeutic dose

Zones describe what the evidence supports at a dose. They are not advice on what to take, and they do not replace a conversation with a doctor or pharmacist.

What is Amino Acids (BCAA) good for?

Products containing Amino Acids (BCAA)

Scored products that list it on the label, highest scoring first. Ordering is by SuppScore only. We have no commercial relationship with any brand shown.

References

  1. link.springer.com
  2. mdpi.com
  3. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Every score on this page is computed from the SuppScore ingredient database using our published scoring rules. Our advisory board maintains those rules and the ingredient data behind them, and takes no payment from the brands whose products are scored.

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