Which supplement guide should you actually read first?

We've got a buyer guide for each big category. Here's what's in each one, how the rankings work, and which to start with depending on what you're after.

By Dan Armstrong · 21 July 2026

The buyer guides are the 'best X in Australia' pages. They're not paid placements and they're not my personal favourites — they're ranked from live pricing data, and the order changes when the prices do.

How the ranking works

• •Default sort is cost per serve across all in-stock Australian listings we track.
• •Out-of-stock listings don't count toward a product's best price, so nothing ranks highly on a price you can't buy.
• •You can re-sort by lowest sticker price, or by how many retailers we're comparing (a rough proxy for how widely available something is).
• •Sponsored placements, where they exist, are labelled. They never quietly reorder the list.

The guides

Protein powder

The busiest category by a mile. Worth reading for the cost per 100g of protein column alone — it separates the genuine isolates from the cheap blends far better than price does.

Creatine

The easiest category to shop on price, because creatine monohydrate is creatine monohydrate. Look at cost per serve, check it's a decent size tub, buy the cheap one.

Pre-workout

The messiest, because doses vary enormously and half the market hides behind proprietary blends. Use the compare tool here more than anywhere else. If you're caffeine-sensitive, there's a stim-free filter that checks the actual ingredient list rather than trusting the product name.

Mass gainers

Pack sizes are all over the shop — 1kg through to 5kg — which is exactly the situation where sticker price tells you nothing and cost per serve tells you everything.

Amino acids

EAAs and BCAAs, mostly bought on flavour and price. Sort by value and pick something you'll actually enjoy drinking.