EAA Powder

The nine essential amino acids are histidine, isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan and valine. A formula lists the ones it contains, and the amount of each per serving is printed in the table. Some labels give only a blend total, so check whether the individual amounts are stated.

They are listed under Other EAA Flavours, next to powders in flavours outside the citrus and berry & punch groups. The titles show packs of 150 and 300 tablets, 180 and 400 capsules and 1,000 ml liquids. Compare these by the amino acids per serving, which the label gives, and by how many servings a pack holds.

Leucine, isoleucine and valine, the three BCAAs, are among the nine essential amino acids, so an EAA formula that lists all nine includes them. The label gives each amount, which allows comparing the BCAA part of two EAA powders or of an EAA powder and a BCAA powder.