Creatine: authorised health claims in Great Britain

Short answer. There are 2 authorised health claims for Creatine on the Great Britain nutrition and health claims register (published 19 May 2026). Each can be used only if your product meets its conditions of use, and in its authorised wording or wording with the same meaning.

The authorised claims, word for word

Authorised claim	Conditions of use
Creatine increases physical performance in successive bursts of short-term, high intensity exercise	The claim may be used only for food which provides a daily intake of 3 g of creatine. In order to bear the claim information shall be given to the consumer that the beneficial effect is obtained with a daily intake of 3 g of creatine. The claim may be used only for foods targeting adults performing high intensity exercise
Daily creatine consumption can enhance the effect of resistance training on muscle strength in adults over the age of 55.	Information shall be provided to the consumer that: the claim is tarteting adults over the ag of 55, who are engagted in regular resistance training, the bneficial effect is obtaine with a daily intake of 3 g of creatine in conjunction with resistance training, which allows an increase in the workload over time and which should be performed at least three times per week for several weeks, at an intensity of at leat 65 % - 75 % of one repetition maximum load* The claim may be used only for foods targeting adults over the age of 55, who are engagd in regular resistance training. *Repetition maximum loead is the maximum weight or force an individual can exert in a single lift.

Authorised claim

Conditions of use

Creatine increases physical performance in successive bursts of short-term, high intensity exercise

The claim may be used only for food which provides a daily intake of 3 g of creatine. In order to bear the claim information shall be given to the consumer that the beneficial effect is obtained with a daily intake of 3 g of creatine. The claim may be used only for foods targeting adults performing high intensity exercise

Daily creatine consumption can enhance the effect of resistance training on muscle strength in adults over the age of 55.

Information shall be provided to the consumer that: the claim is tarteting adults over the ag of 55, who are engagted in regular resistance training, the bneficial effect is obtaine with a daily intake of 3 g of creatine in conjunction with resistance training, which allows an increase in the workload over time and which should be performed at least three times per week for several weeks, at an intensity of at leat 65 % - 75 % of one repetition maximum load* The claim may be used only for foods targeting adults over the age of 55, who are engagd in regular resistance training. *Repetition maximum loead is the maximum weight or force an individual can exert in a single lift.

The claims and conditions are copied from the register. Where the register contradicts itself and the correct reading is shown instead, our note beside the row says so. Check the register itself before you rely on a claim: it is updated from time to time.

Source

Great Britain nutrition and health claims (NHC) register, Department of Health and Social Care, published 19 May 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Not legal advice. Last updated: 1 November 2026.