Naka Platinum Ultra BCAA Powder 10,000mg, Vegan Fermented BCAAs, Supports Muscle Recovery, Unflavoured, Sugar-Free, 250g

Naka Platinum Ultra BCAA Powder Details

Naka Platinum Ultra BCAA 10,000mg Powder puts 10 grams of branched-chain amino acids in one 10 g scoop — 5,000 mg L-leucine, 2,500 mg L-isoleucine and 2,500 mg L-valine, the classic 2:1:1 ratio — from a 250 g tub holding 25 servings. The BCAAs are vegan and fermented, and the powder is unflavoured and sugar-free, so it mixes into water, juice or a shake without dragging a sweetener system along with it.

Naka's claims are the ones this category is built on: increases lean muscle mass and strength, decreases muscle loss during intense training, and reduces post-workout muscle soreness and fatigue. Non-GMO, non-irradiated, gluten-free and made in Canada. The only thing in the tub besides the three amino acids is sunflower lecithin, which keeps the powder loose and mixing cleanly.

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Quick Facts

Who Ultra BCAA Is For

• Trainers who want a full 10 g of BCAAs in one scoop rather than the 5 g most tubs settle for
• Anyone looking for fermented, plant-derived BCAAs instead of amino acids pulled from animal sources
• People who train fasted or early and want amino acids in a glass without calories or sugar
• Anyone adding BCAAs to a shake or juice they already drink, with no berry or candy flavour fighting it
• Shoppers who read labels for what else is in the tub — here it is one flow agent, sunflower lecithin

Who this product is NOT for: If you already drink a complete protein, you are getting these three amino acids inside it, and a separate BCAA is a smaller addition than it looks — Protein Powder is the better first purchase if you own neither. If you want something flavoured to sip through a session, this is deliberately plain; flavoured options live in BCAA Supplements. If your goal is strength and power rather than recovery, Creatine Supplements have a deeper evidence base for that job.

Vitamart's Take

We stock this because the dose is honest. Most BCAA products put 5 g in a serving, flavour it heavily, and let the flavour system account for a fair share of the scoop; this one is 10 g of amino acid with a pinch of lecithin and nothing to taste. At 10 g per scoop it is also the straightforward way to reach the leucine amounts people read about, instead of double-scooping a weaker powder.

Two trade-offs worth saying out loud. Unflavoured BCAAs are not pleasant on their own — leucine and valine are genuinely bitter, and most people mix this into juice rather than water. And 25 servings is under a month at a scoop a day, so you will reorder more often than with a 500 g tub. What you get for both is the lowest-noise version of the ingredient: no sugar, no colour, no flavour system, and a ratio printed plainly on the panel.

How Ultra BCAA Compares

BCAA products differ on four things: grams per serving, the leucine ratio, whether you are paying for a flavour system, and whether the aminos are fermented or animal-derived.

• Versus 5 g flavoured powders: much of the BCAA Supplements shelf sits at 5 to 7 g per scoop with sweetener included. This is 10 g with none — compare grams of amino acid, not scoop size.
• Versus protein powder: whey and plant proteins contain BCAAs bound inside protein chains, plus everything else in the protein. Free-form powder lets you specify the three aminos and skip the calories.
• Versus BCAA capsules: capsules hold a fraction of a gram each, so a 10 g serving means a handful. Gram-scale amino acids belong in a tub.
• Versus glutamine: Naka Platinum Ultra L-Glutamine Powder 9000mg is the other single-purpose amino tub — aimed at repair and digestive health after exercise, where BCAAs target protein synthesis and soreness.

Why 2:1:1, and What Leucine Does

Three of the nine essential amino acids — leucine, isoleucine and valine — have a branch in their carbon chain, which is where the name comes from. The branch changes where they are handled: most amino acids are processed centrally after a meal, while the branched-chain three are taken up and burned largely in skeletal muscle itself. That is why a supplement aimed at muscle singles out these three and leaves the other six out.

Within the trio, leucine does the signalling. It is the amino acid muscle tissue reads as the cue to start building protein, and the response tracks the amount of leucine present rather than total aminos. Isoleucine and valine are substrate, and they compete with leucine for the same transporters — which is why nobody sells leucine on its own. The 2:1:1 ratio, twice as much leucine as either of the others, is roughly the proportion found in muscle protein and the ratio most BCAA research used. A scoop here delivers 5 g of leucine inside that framework, which is why the total reads 10,000 mg rather than the 5,000 mg typical of the shelf.

How To Use

Adults: 1 level scoop 1 time per day. Ensure to drink optimal fluid before, during and after exercise. Mix product in enough liquid (water, juice, etc.) to ensure that the powder is drinkable immediately before consumption.

Frequently Asked Questions

Pairs Well With

• Post-Workout — where a recovery amino sits in a routine
• Intra-Workout — the during-session shelf, if you sip aminos while training
• Creatine Supplements — the strength half of most recovery stacks
• Electrolyte Supplements — the label asks you to keep fluids up around exercise

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Compare Similar Products

• Naka Platinum Ultra L-Glutamine Powder 9000mg — the other single-purpose amino tub, for repair and digestive health
• Naka Platinum Pro Creatine Monohydrate — 400 g of micronized monohydrate, for strength rather than recovery
• Naka Platinum Bioactive Plant Protein All In One Shake — complete protein instead of three isolated aminos
• Amino Acids — the wider amino shelf, to build out a recovery stack

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Adults: 1 level scoop 1 time per day. Ensure to drink optimal fluid before, during and after exercise. Mix product in enough liquid (water, juice, etc.) to ensure that the powder is drinkable immediately before consumption.