25 July 2026

Creatine + Citicoline Supplement UK: Your Options in 2026

If you want creatine monohydrate and citicoline in one daily dose and you are shopping from the UK, the honest answer in 2026 is that your choices are still narrow. You can buy a UK gummy that contains both at partial doses, you can buy a flavoured gummy stack, you can import a US stick pack and pay shipping and duty, or you can buy two products and take them together. A UK-made unflavoured stick with 5 g of creatine and 300 mg of citicoline is coming (that is what we are building at perco), but it is not on sale yet.

Below is what actually exists at the time of writing, with the real doses and formats side by side, so you can decide whether to buy something now or wait.

Why people pair the two in the first place

Creatine monohydrate and citicoline (CDP-choline) end up in the same formula because they act on different systems. Creatine is the most studied sports supplement there is, and it also happens to be present in the brain, where researchers have looked at whether topping up cellular energy stores affects cognition. Citicoline is a choline-containing compound that has been studied on its own for attention and memory outcomes.

We go into the mechanism, the evidence quality and the caveats in detail in creatine and citicoline together. This page is about the shopping decision.

What anyone selling this is actually allowed to claim

Worth knowing before you read a single product page, because it explains why the good products sound more boring than the bad ones.

In Great Britain, the authorised performance claim for creatine is that creatine "increases physical performance in successive bursts of short-term, high intensity exercise", and it may only be used for a food providing a daily intake of 3 g of creatine, with the claim aimed at adults performing high intensity exercise. A second authorised claim covers daily creatine consumption enhancing the effect of resistance training on muscle strength in adults over 55. Both sit in the Great Britain nutrition and health claims register.

There is no authorised cognitive claim for creatine. In November 2024, EFSA assessed an application for creatine and cognitive function and concluded that a cause and effect relationship had not been established, and the UK Nutrition and Health Claims Committee reached a negative opinion on the same ground. There is also no authorised claim for citicoline: EFSA reviewed a citicoline and memory claim in 2024 and reached the same conclusion.

That does not mean the published research does not exist. A meta-analysis in Nutrition Reviews pooled randomised trials of creatine and memory and reported an overall effect that was driven by older adults, with no meaningful effect in younger participants. For citicoline, a 2021 randomised trial in The Journal of Nutrition tested 500 mg a day for 12 weeks in adults aged 50 to 85 with age-associated memory impairment and reported improved memory scores, mainly on episodic memory, and an earlier trial in healthy women aged 40 to 60 tested 250 mg and 500 mg a day for 28 days on attentional measures.

So: interesting literature, no permission to promise you anything. If a product page tells you a gummy will fix your brain fog, that is a compliance problem, not a strength.

Option 1: imported US stick packs

mindbodygreen creatine brain+ is the closest thing to a purpose-built version of this stack. Per the product page, it comes as 30 stick packs a box in unflavoured or raspberry, and the two versions are not identical: the unflavoured sticks list 5 g of creatine monohydrate and 500 mg of Cognizin citicoline, while the raspberry sticks list 3 g of creatine with the same 500 mg of citicoline. At the time of writing it is listed at around $70 for a one-off box, with subscription tiers running from roughly $39 to $59 a month depending on how long you commit.

The catch for UK buyers is that it is a US shop. mindbodygreen's help centre does list international shipping, including to the UK, but you are adding shipping and import charges to an already premium price, and a delayed delivery is a real problem for a supplement you take every single morning.

Wellex Creatine Well launched in the US in June 2026 and pairs creatine monohydrate with Cognizin citicoline and Sharp-PS phosphatidylserine as an unflavoured powder with no sweeteners, flavours or caffeine. The launch release does not publish the individual doses, which is a fair reason to hold off until they do.

Option 2: UK gummies

CREATiQ Creatine Brain Gummies are sold on Amazon UK and are the most accessible both-in-one product for a UK buyer right now. The listing states 3,000 mg creatine monohydrate, 250 mg citicoline and 500 mg lion's mane per serving, berry flavoured, sugar-free, vegan and caffeine-free, with 120 gummies making a 30-day supply (so four gummies a day). Amazon pricing moves around, so check the listing on the day rather than trusting a figure quoted in an article.

Two things to weigh. First, 3 g of creatine meets the intake condition in the authorised performance claim but sits below the 5 g used in most of the literature, and 250 mg of citicoline is the lower of the two doses studied in healthy adults. Second, chewing four flavoured gummies is a different daily experience from stirring a powder into water. Neither is wrong, but you should know what you are choosing. More on how the numbers stack up in citicoline dosage.

Nourished extended into creatine in 2026 with a range of stacked gummies, one of which, Creatine Focus, pairs creatine with citicoline and B vitamins in a green apple flavour. Trade coverage in NutraIngredients in July 2026 reports 1 g of creatine per gummy and an RRP of £17.99 for 90 gummies as a 30-day supply, which works out at roughly 3 g of creatine a day across three gummies, and says the range has been third-party tested by Eurofins. The citicoline dose has not been published, so treat it as unknown for now.

Option 3: nootropic drinks (citicoline only)

Neutonic, the UK productivity drink from James Smith and Chris Williamson, is often mentioned in this conversation, but it is worth being precise: per the brand's own ingredients page, a can contains 500 mg of Cognizin citicoline alongside 400 mg of L-theanine, 400 mg of rhodiola, 200 mg of panax ginseng and 120 mg of caffeine, and the can does not contain creatine. It is a citicoline delivery vehicle with stimulants, not a creatine product.

Interestingly, Neutonic also sells separate unflavoured creatine sachets with 5 g of Creapure per stick, 30 sachets a box, listed from around £25 at the time of writing depending on whether you subscribe. So you could build the stack from one brand, in two purchases, with caffeine along for the ride. If you are combining stimulants and creatine, read creatine and caffeine first.

Option 4: buy two things and stack them yourself

This is the cheapest route and there is nothing wrong with it. Plain creatine monohydrate powder is one of the best value supplements on the shelf: Myprotein's creatine monohydrate lists a 500 g tub at around £13.99 at the time of writing (RRP £29.99) at 147 servings of 3 g. Citicoline is the expensive half. UK capsules are widely available, for example Herb-ology's citicoline at 500 mg per two-capsule serving, priced from around £13 at the time of writing depending on pack size, though pack sizes go in and out of stock and the listing does not state a Cognizin branded form.

The trade-off is adherence. Two containers, two actions, two things to remember, and the powder needs a scoop. If you have ever abandoned a supplement because the routine was fiddly, that matters more than the price difference.

Option 5: perco, the UK unflavoured stick (waitlist)

We built perco because none of the above was what we wanted: a single unflavoured UK-made stick with 5 g of creatine monohydrate and 300 mg of citicoline, plus zinc and B vitamins, caffeine-free and vegan, that dissolves clear in water. One stick, one morning, no flavour to get bored of.

It is not on sale yet. We are aiming to launch later in 2026, the waitlist is open at percocreatine.com, and founding members lock in founding-member pricing (planned at £24 a box on subscription and £34 one-off, for 30 sticks). If you need something today, buy one of the options above. We would rather you were topped up than waiting.

Comparison table

Prices and specifications change. Check the product page before you buy, and treat "not published" as a reason to ask the brand directly.

How to judge one of these products

• Look for the actual milligrams. If a brand lists a proprietary blend without per-ingredient doses, you cannot compare it with anything, including the research.
• Check the creatine dose against your goal. 3 g is the intake condition attached to the authorised performance claim; 5 g is the dose used in most trials and the standard daily maintenance amount. See when to take creatine and the creatine loading phase.
• Decide how you feel about flavour and sweeteners. A flavoured product you tire of in three weeks is worse than an unflavoured one you actually finish.
• Watch for caffeine. Plenty of "brain" products bundle stimulants. That is a separate decision from creatine and citicoline.
• Confirm you can reorder it easily. Import friction is the quiet reason people quit daily supplements.
• Check the choline form. Citicoline, choline bitartrate and alpha-GPC are not interchangeable, as covered in citicoline vs choline vs alpha-GPC.

FAQ

Is there a creatine and citicoline supplement available in the UK right now? Yes, but only in gummy form as a single product. CREATiQ's gummies combine 3 g creatine with 250 mg citicoline, and Nourished sells a creatine gummy that includes citicoline at an undisclosed dose. For an unflavoured powder with both, you currently need to import a US product or stack two UK products yourself.

How much citicoline should a product contain? Published human trials in healthy adults have most often used 250 mg or 500 mg a day. A product listing 100 mg is not comparable to that literature. We cover the numbers in citicoline dosage.

Is it cheaper to buy creatine and citicoline separately? Usually yes, at least slightly, because plain creatine monohydrate powder is very cheap and you are only paying a premium on the citicoline. The reason people still buy combined products is convenience and adherence, not economics.

Are creatine gummies as effective as creatine powder? The creatine is the same molecule either way, so the questions to ask are whether the label dose is accurate and whether the product has been third-party tested. When NOW Foods ran HPLC testing on 12 creatine gummy products, six failed to meet their label claim, with several showing creatinine, the breakdown product creatine forms in water. Independent testing is worth looking for on any gummy you buy.

Is it safe to take creatine and citicoline together every day? No interaction between the two has been documented, and creatine has a long safety record in healthy adults, reviewed in the International Society of Sports Nutrition position stand. We go through the detail in is creatine safe. As always, if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, on medication or managing a health condition, speak to your GP or pharmacist first.