The Creatine Global Initiative
Can adding creatine to widely consumed foods promote better population health and climate-friendly agriculture?
Fortifying food with creatine to tackle climate change
Creatine can be produced industrially by several environmentally friendly processes (requiring no isolation from meat extracts), and the raw materials of these reactions are readily available as basic chemical components. As an odourless white powder, creatine could be efficiently added to foods commonly consumed by the general public (e.g., wheat flour, maize flour, rice). This could begin as a market-driven fortification, allowing for food manufacturers to voluntarily enrich convenient foods available in the market with creatine. (...) If this initiative takes effect, other value-adding ingredients from meat can be similarly utilized to support adequate nutrition while preventing animal agriculture-driven greenhouse-gas emission.
Protect climate and health
Creatine goes all-and-sundry
Our mission is to bring together professionals, companies, and regulatory authorities to scrutinize scientific data and provide evidence-informed context for justifying, developing, scaling-up, and putting into safe use effective food vehicles for delivering creatine to the general population to support less animal production, and human and global health.
We envision the world with a variety of ecologically friendly foods enriched with creatine, having a proven impact on public health and global sustainability, for everybody to choose. From cereals and dairy products to food seasoning and condiments, creatine fortification could enable all people to be able to obtain creatine they need to enjoy a healthy and productive life.
Eco-friendly foods with creatine
Creatine goes all-and-sundry
Our mission is to bring together professionals, companies, and regulatory authorities to scrutinize scientific data and provide evidence-informed context for justifying, developing, scalling-up, and putting into safe use effective food vehicles for delivering creatine to the general population to support less animal production, and human and global health.
Eco-friendly foods with creatine
We envision the world with a variety of ecologically friendly foods enriched with creatine, having a proven impact on public health and global sustainability, for everybody to choose. From cereals and dairy products to food seasoning and condiments, creatine fortification could enable all people to be able to obtain creatine they need to enjoy a healthy and productive life.
Relevant scientific papers and more
Collected, classified, and presented to help the community to make better informed decisions
Taking action on the Global Goals
Our initiative adheres to several Sustainable Development Goals (The Global Goals), set up in 2015 by the UN General Assembly and intended to be achieved by 2030, including Goal 2 (end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture), Goal 3 (ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages), and Goal 13 (take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts).
Teaming up with a range of experts
Unite academia, industry, and regulatory authorities for building a case for Creatine Global
Get involved
Entice regulatory authorities and public to ensure relevance
Work together
Secure sustainable cooperation with creatine manufacturers
The foundation
GC Initiative was created by Dr. Sergej M. Ostojic, Professor of Nutrition at UIA and UNS, who has been involved in creatine research for many years
Frequently asked questions
How dietary creatine is linked with population health?
Several U.S. population-wide studies suggest a significant link between low dietary creatine intake and poor general health. It appears that the suboptimal intake of creatine is associated with higher risk of depression in adults, poor liver and cardiovascular health in elderly, or impaired growth in children. More studies are highly warranted to further evaluate the relationship between food-driven creatine and population health.
How much creatine is required daily?
Not well established yet. Most studies suggest the daily creatine requirements are approximately 2.0 grams for an average young man and 1.4 grams for an average young woman. About half of this amount is obtained from a typical omnivorous diet, with the remainder being synthesized inside the human body.
What's the best method for supplying creatine widely?
This has yet to be established for creatine. Food fortification might be a convenient large-scale strategy to add creatine and improve the nutritional quality of the food supply. However, food fortification is usually carried out in front of severe symptoms of intake shortage in large shares of the population.
What is the optimal creatine fortificant?
A wide variety of creatine compounds could be used as food fotificants, and creatine monohydrate might be recognized as the most favorable candidate molecule due to its superior bioavailability, efficacy, and safety. Still, creatine monohydrate may be unstable under certain conditions (e.g., low pH, high temperature, aqueous solutions), which requires scrupulous food processing and storage, and inventing more resilient alternatives.
Is creatine fortification feasible?
Creatine can be produced industrially by several environmental-friendly and straightforward processes. The raw materials of these reactions are readily available as basic chemical components, and creatine could be efficiently added to foods commonly consumed by the general public. Even so, weigh production and retail costs to devise and offer affordable creatine-enriched foods to the general population have yet to be decided.