Amino-9 Essentials Powder

Amino-9 Essentials Powder

NOW Sports4.4 (1,540 ratings)
Format:Powder Quantity: 330 Gram(s) · 59 servings
Goals

Product analysis

54 out of 100

Amino-9 Essentials Powder supplies amino acids used to build proteins, including those involved in hair structure. Most individual forms are unspecified, limiting comparison with more clearly described amino acid supplements.

AI assessment of the formula, label and price. How scoring works

Nutrient Quality32

Histidine has a clearly identified, favorable form, while most amino acid forms are unspecified. That leaves the preparation quality of much of the mixture uncertain.

Ingredient Transparency70

Amounts are stated throughout the mixture, but most amino acid forms are omitted. That makes quantity comparisons easier than comparisons of the actual preparations.

Value For Money46

Value varies across the amino acids, with isoleucine comparing favorably and valine and lysine less favorably. The mix offers no consistent cost advantage across its contents.

Customer Satisfaction76

Customer ratings are generally positive across more than a thousand ratings. The feedback describes satisfaction without establishing effectiveness or safety.

Product Focus65

The main stated use is supplying building blocks relevant to hair proteins. Those nutritional roles do not establish routine hair-growth benefits from the mixture.

Format
Powder
Container
330 Gram(s)
Per serving
$0.45
Customer rating
4.4 · 1,540 ratings
Report analysis

Goals

Hair Health
Impact
High effect
C Ingredient FitD PathwaysB EvidenceA+ Formulation Logic
Methionine · 432 mgLysine · 888 mg

Lysine contributes to protein adequacy, and methionine is a precursor used in keratin biology. The saved result recognizes hair-fibre building blocks, but the supplied context does not establish independent routine hair benefits or isolated hair-outcome doses for these amino acids. Methionine also lacks a matching studied preparation in the saved findings.

How this product is rated for Hair Health

Ingredient fit64

Relevant ingredients and their declared amounts shape this finding. The recognized amounts provide partial coverage of the supplied comparison anchors; unresolved amounts contribute nothing to this finding.
Goal fit
The formula includes relevant ingredients, but much of its composition serves other purposes.
Dose adequacy
The recognized amounts provide partial coverage of the supplied comparison anchors; unresolved amounts contribute nothing to this finding.

Pathways49

The strongest recorded coverage concerns hair-fibre building blocks, rather than a demonstrated clinical hair outcome.
Depth
The strongest recorded coverage concerns hair-fibre building blocks, rather than a demonstrated clinical hair outcome.
Breadth
One named pathway reaches the supplied coverage criterion; broader coverage is limited.

Evidence75

Lysine provides the strongest recognized evidence contribution, subject to its specific hair-benefit limitations.
Evidence strength
Lysine provides the strongest recognized evidence contribution, subject to its specific hair-benefit limitations.
Studied preparation
Some recognized materials do not match studied preparations: METHIONINE.

Formulation logic100

The saved findings identify no missing required partners or configured conflicts. All recognized ingredients meet the supplied minimum amount criterion, which is not a proven effective hair-growth dose.
Partner coverage
No missing required partner reduced the recognized ingredients’ contributions.
Conflicts
No configured ingredient conflict was recorded; this is not a general safety assessment.
Effective doses
All recognized ingredients meet the supplied minimum amount criterion, which is not a proven effective hair-growth dose.
Study evidence
Lysine Supportive 1 study

Ingredients

IngredientAmount per servingScore
Calories
20 Calorie(s)
L-Leucine
918 mg 62
L-Lysine (L-Lysine Monohydrochloride)
888 mg 78
L-Phenylalanine
751 mg 81
L-Valine
518 mg 70
L-Threonine
466 mg
L-Isoleucine
442 mg 76
L-Methionine
432 mg 78
L-Histidine (L-Histidine Monohydrochoride)
319 mg 75
L-Tryptophan
117 mg
Gluten Free Adults 18–50 Kosher Dairy Free
Report overview
Methionine · 432 mg OverallScore78
C Active Ingredient Quality & BioavailabilityA+ Dose, Safety & Label TransparencyB- Value
Each serving lists 432 mg of L-methionine, a comparatively high amount in this comparison. The whole-product serving costs about $0.45, a mid-range price in this comparison.
How this ingredient is rated

Active Ingredient Quality & Bioavailability60

The form is L-methionine; the available facts do not record a purity grade or testing claim.
Methionine Isomer Form
L-methionine is a biologically active form.
Purity and Source Standards
The available facts do not record a purity grade or specific purity-testing claim, so those qualities remain unverified.

Dose, Safety & Label Transparency100

Each serving lists 432 mg of methionine, a comparatively high amount in this comparison. The ingredient amount is individually stated.
Methionine Dosage Potency
Each serving lists 432 mg of methionine, a comparatively high amount in this comparison.
Transparency of Disclosure
The methionine amount is individually stated as 432 mg per serving.

Value70

A whole-product serving costs about $0.45, a mid-range price in this comparison.
Price per Methionine Serving
A whole-product serving costs about $0.45, a mid-range price in this comparison.
Phenylalanine · 751 mg OverallScore81
C+ Active Ingredient Quality & BioavailabilityA+ Dose, Safety & Label TransparencyB- Value
Each serving provides 751 mg of L-phenylalanine alongside other ingredients that may compete for transport. The whole-product price works out to about $0.30 per 500 mg of phenylalanine.
How this ingredient is rated

Active Ingredient Quality & Bioavailability68

The L form is identified; other active ingredients may compete with it for transport.
Isomeric Form Specificity
L-phenylalanine is the specified form.
Absorption Environment Optimization
The evaluated active ingredients include a protein or amino acid that may compete with phenylalanine for transport.

Dose, Safety & Label Transparency100

A serving provides 751 mg of phenylalanine, and a PKU warning is recorded.
Phenylalanine Dosage Efficacy
Each serving supplies 751 mg of phenylalanine.
Transparency and Safety Warnings
The amount is disclosed as 751 mg per serving, and a PKU warning is recorded.

Value70

The whole-product price works out to about $0.30 per 500 mg of phenylalanine.
Price per 500mg Active Phenylalanine
The whole-product price works out to about $0.30 per 500 mg of phenylalanine.
B+ Active Ingredient Quality & BioavailabilityA+ Dose, Safety & Label TransparencyF Value
Each serving lists 888 mg of lysine, supplied as L-Lysine Hydrochloride. The whole-product price works out to about $0.51 per 1,000 mg of lysine.
How this ingredient is rated

Active Ingredient Quality & Bioavailability80

The identified form is L-Lysine Hydrochloride. A manufacturing-practice claim is recorded; the saved facts do not identify a pharmaceutical or USP grade.
Lysine Chemical Form & Sourcing
The identified form is L-Lysine Hydrochloride.
Purity and Grade Signals
A manufacturing-practice claim is recorded; the saved facts do not identify a pharmaceutical or USP grade.

Dose, Safety & Label Transparency100

The serving lists 888 mg of lysine.
Lysine Dose by Declared Basis
The serving lists 888 mg of lysine.
Clean Label & Additives
The evaluation does not flag artificial additives or the specified common additives.

Value30

The whole-product price works out to about $0.51 per 1,000 mg of lysine.
Price Per 1000mg of Lysine
The whole-product price works out to about $0.51 per 1,000 mg of lysine.
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Sources

Published studies used for the product analysis and the top-ranked studies for each ingredient and goal.

  1. Causes of hair loss and the developments in hair rejuvenation.
    Rushton DH; Norris MJ; Dover R; Busuttil N · International journal of cosmetic science · 2010
    Narrative reviewHair Health forLysine