Last updated: · Originally published August 21, 2026 · Published by Eternal Elixir
Edited by Elaine Fletcher, Researcher
Quick answer: Nutricost is a low-priced supplement brand based in Vineyard, Utah, with a very large catalog of single-ingredient products. Its lab-testing record is good: ConsumerLab lists 16 Nutricost products tested, 13 approved and 5 Top Picks. Its service record is weak: its unclaimed Trustpilot page shows a TrustScore of 1.7 from 66 reviews. On the longevity shelf, Nutricost costs less per milligram for glutathione, and we cost less per milligram for NMN. Our pick is Eternal Elixir NMN 500mg: the front label declares 500 mg of NMN per capsule, 90 capsules for $49.99, which is $0.56 per 500 mg against $0.73 for Nutricost’s NMN.
Eternal Elixir makes NMN 500mg and the other Eternal Elixir products in this review, and NMN 500mg is our pick. We compete with Nutricost, so read this as a competitor’s review. We did not buy or lab-test Nutricost products. Every Nutricost figure comes from its US store, its policy pages, ConsumerLab’s public brand page and Trustpilot, read in September 2026. Here is how we write and review content.
Nutricost review 2026: who makes it and what it sells
Nutricost lists its address as Vineyard, Utah. It says its supplements are made in a GMP-compliant facility and go through third-party testing, and many of its product pages add that testing is done by ISO-accredited laboratories. Its US online store feed listed 761 products when we checked, from creatine and protein to herbs, vitamins and a long row of longevity ingredients.
The formula is simple: one ingredient per bottle, big bottle counts and low prices. Most of its products hold a single active, and its product pages seldom explain why a dose was chosen. For something like creatine, that is fine, because there is nothing to formulate. For NAD+ and antioxidant products, where the dose per serving and the number of capsules decide most of the value, it pays to read each label closely.
Store terms, as published on its site in September 2026:
- Shipping: free on orders over $59 to the continental US. Orders are usually processed in 1 to 2 business days and take 3 to 5 business days to arrive.
- Guarantee: a 60-day money-back guarantee on all orders.
- Returns: you pay to send a return back unless you bought its $2.98 free-returns option at checkout, which covers returns for store credit or exchange.
Is Nutricost a good brand? Two ratings that measure different things
Search for Nutricost and you meet two numbers that seem to disagree. Both are accurate, because they measure different things.
The lab-testing record
ConsumerLab, a subscription service that buys supplements and tests them, lists 16 Nutricost products as tested. It says 13 were approved for quality, 5 of those are Top Picks, and 3 were not approved. That is a respectable record for a value brand, though it covers a small slice of a 761-product catalog. It tells you that most of what ConsumerLab tested passed its quality checks. It tells you nothing about delivery or support.
The service record
Nutricost’s Trustpilot page is unclaimed and showed a TrustScore of 1.7 out of 5 from 66 reviews when we checked in September 2026. Recent reviews center on support that is hard to reach, returns that cost money and slow deliveries. Sixty-six reviews is a small sample for a brand this size. Still, the themes repeat often enough to take seriously if you plan to buy direct.
Read together, the fair summary is this: the products ConsumerLab tested mostly held up, and buying direct can be a mixed experience. That is a narrower conclusion than “Nutricost is great” or “Nutricost is bad”, and it is the one the evidence supports.
Nutricost’s longevity shelf: doses and prices
Most Nutricost reviews focus on creatine, protein and multivitamins. This one looks at the NAD+ and antioxidant products that longevity buyers compare. Prices are from nutricost.com as of Sep 2026, and serving details are from each product page.
| Nutricost product | Dose per serving | Capsules and servings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| NMN | 500 mg NMN (2 capsules) | 60 capsules, 30 servings | $21.97 |
| NMNH | 500 mg NMNH, a reduced form of NMN | 60 capsules, 30 servings | $38.97 |
| NAD+ | 1,000 mg NAD+ | 120 capsules, 60 servings | $32.97 (60-capsule bottle $19.97) |
| Glutathione | 500 mg glutathione | 240 servings | $43.97 |
| S-Acetyl-L-Glutathione | 100 mg | 60 capsules | $29.97 |
| Berberine | 600 mg berberine HCl per capsule | 60 capsules | $20.97 |
| TUDCA | 250 mg or 500 mg per capsule | 30 or 60 capsules | $19.97 to $28.97 |
| Pterostilbene | 100 mg per capsule | 120 capsules | $24.97 |
| AKG | 1,000 mg alpha-ketoglutaric acid | 240 capsules, 120 servings | $21.97 |
A few details stand out. The NMN bottle holds 30 servings, so it is a one-month supply at the label dose. The glutathione bottle is the opposite: 240 servings of 500 mg, which is why its cost per milligram is so low. Nutricost’s Resveratrol Capsules page gives two different descriptions of the dose, 700 mg per two-capsule serving and 700 mg per capsule, so we left it out of the table. Its NR + resveratrol product was out of stock.
Nutricost vs Eternal Elixir: NMN and glutathione
Two Nutricost products overlap directly with ours. The table puts both brands on the same unit, cost per 500 mg of the active, because a per-capsule price and a per-serving price are easy to confuse. Prices are from each brand’s US site as of Sep 2026. Our NMN figures use the 500 mg per capsule declared on our front label.
| Measure | Eternal Elixir | Nutricost |
|---|---|---|
| NMN per capsule | NMN 500mg: 500 mg (front label) | 250 mg (500 mg per two-capsule serving) |
| NMN bottle and price | 90 capsules, $49.99 | 60 capsules, $21.97 |
| NMN cost per 500 mg | $0.56 | $0.73 |
| Glutathione per serving | Reduced L-Glutathione 2000mg: 2,000 mg reduced L-glutathione (2 capsules) | 500 mg glutathione |
| Glutathione bottle and price | 60 capsules, 30 servings, $39.99 | 240 servings, $43.97 |
| Glutathione cost per 500 mg | $0.33 | $0.18 |
Add NMN 500mg to cart · $49.99
NMN is our win. Nutricost’s $21.97 bottle looks cheaper, but it holds 30 servings of 500 mg, so a 500 mg dose costs $0.73. By our front label, ours costs $0.56 for the same 500 mg, in one capsule instead of two. Our product page notes that the facts-panel image appears to use a two-capsule serving while the front label declares 500 mg per capsule, so follow the bottle in your hand for directions. Our NMN supplement comparison covers more brands, and our NMN safety guide covers the human side-effect data.
Glutathione is Nutricost’s win on price. A 500 mg dose costs $0.18 from Nutricost and $0.33 from us. The difference is the serving: ours gives 2,000 mg of reduced L-glutathione in two capsules, and Nutricost’s gives 500 mg. If you want a large serving in few capsules, ours does that. If you want the lowest cost per milligram, Nutricost’s bottle wins. Our glutathione supplement comparison covers reduced, liposomal and S-acetyl forms from other brands.
If you want NMN with other actives in the same capsule, our NMN Advanced Longevity Complex pairs 500 mg of NMN per serving with TMG and four plant compounds. Nutricost’s closest product is NAD+ Resveratrol, which lists 1,000 mg of NAD+ and 100 mg of resveratrol per serving with grape seed extract, quercetin and CoQ10. The two are built around different actives, NMN in ours and NAD+ itself in Nutricost’s, so they are not a like-for-like price comparison. Our NAD+ supplement comparison explains how the precursors differ.
What the research says about these doses
NMN: 500 mg sits inside the tested range
In a 60-day randomized, placebo-controlled trial in GeroScience (Yi and colleagues, 2023), 80 healthy middle-aged adults took a placebo or 300 mg, 600 mg or 900 mg of NMN once a day. Blood NAD+ rose in all three NMN groups and was highest at 600 mg and 900 mg. Six-minute walking distance improved more in every NMN group than with placebo, and no safety issues were found. Three authors worked for ingredient companies. A 500 mg daily dose, from one of our capsules or two of Nutricost’s, falls between the trial’s low and middle doses. Evidence level: small randomized human trials measuring blood NAD+ over weeks to months. NMN has not been shown to extend human lifespan, and neither brand’s product has been tested in a published trial.
Glutathione: the amount made a difference
In a six-month randomized, placebo-controlled trial in the European Journal of Nutrition (Richie and colleagues, 2015), 54 non-smoking adults took 250 mg or 1,000 mg of oral glutathione a day, or a placebo. At six months, the higher dose raised glutathione in red blood cells, plasma and lymphocytes by 30% to 35%. The lower dose raised blood and red-cell levels by 17% and 29%. Levels returned to baseline after a one-month break. Two Nutricost servings match the higher trial dose. Our 2,000 mg serving is double it, and one capsule of ours matches it. Evidence level: one six-month randomized trial of body glutathione stores, not of health outcomes.
Where Nutricost wins and where it doesn’t
Where Nutricost wins:
- Cost per milligram on high-count basics. Glutathione works out to $0.18 per 500 mg, and berberine gives 600 mg per capsule for about $0.35 a capsule.
- Mostly single-ingredient formulas, so each bottle is easy to compare on price.
- An outside testing record: 13 of 16 products approved by ConsumerLab.
- Catalog breadth. Nutricost carries TUDCA, pterostilbene, AKG, NMNH and several glutathione forms, so you can buy many longevity ingredients in one order.
Where it doesn’t:
- Dose per capsule on NMN. Two capsules to reach 500 mg means a 60-capsule bottle lasts a month.
- Service. A 1.7 TrustScore with repeated complaints about support, returns and delivery.
- Returns cost money unless you pay for the free-returns option at checkout.
- Little explanation of dose choices or the research behind each product.
For other value brands measured the same way, see our NOW Foods review, our Double Wood Supplements review and our BulkSupplements review. For the premium end of the NMN market, the Omre NMN review and the Codeage review show what the extra money does and does not buy.
Where are Nutricost supplements made?
Nutricost says its products are made in a GMP-compliant facility and third-party tested, and it lists a Utah address. The pages we read do not say where each raw ingredient comes from. That is common across the industry, premium brands included, and few companies publish the origin of every input. The more useful question is whether an outside lab has checked the label, and for the products ConsumerLab tested, most passed.
Nutricost review verdict: who should buy it
Buy Nutricost if you want high-count, single-ingredient basics at the lowest price per milligram, such as glutathione at 500 mg, berberine or creatine, and you are comfortable with a slower or harder return process.
Look elsewhere if you want more NMN per capsule, fewer capsules per day, or a product page that explains the evidence and its limits for each ingredient. That is how we build our range: 500 mg of NMN per capsule on the front label, 90 capsules per bottle, and an evidence level stated for each active on the product page. Orders over $100 ship free in the US, and two bottles save 10%.
If metabolic support is what you are shopping for, our Berberine HCl 500mg is the product to compare with Nutricost’s berberine, and our berberine supplement comparison covers more brands. For TUDCA, see our TUDCA comparison. To see where each ingredient fits, start with our longevity supplement rankings or browse the full Eternal Elixir range.
Frequently asked questions
Is Nutricost a reputable brand?
On product quality, mostly yes. ConsumerLab’s public Nutricost page lists 16 products tested, 13 approved, 5 Top Picks and 3 not approved. On service, its record is weak: its unclaimed Trustpilot page showed a TrustScore of 1.7 from 66 reviews in September 2026, with repeated complaints about support, returns and delivery.
Are Nutricost supplements from China?
Nutricost lists a Utah address and says its products are made in a GMP-compliant facility and third-party tested. The pages we read do not state where each raw ingredient is sourced, which is true of most supplement brands. Whether an outside lab confirmed the label matters more, and most of the Nutricost products ConsumerLab tested passed.
Why is Nutricost so cheap?
Nutricost does not publish its costs, but its model shows where the savings likely come from: mostly single-ingredient formulas, large bottles, and little spent on formulation or on explaining the research. High counts spread fixed costs across more servings. Its 240-serving glutathione bottle, for example, works out to $0.18 per 500 mg.
Is Nutricost safe to take?
Safety depends on the ingredient and the dose more than the brand. Most Nutricost products ConsumerLab tested were approved for quality. The NMN trial cited above found no safety issues at up to 900 mg a day for 60 days. Talk to your doctor before starting any supplement if you take prescription medicines or are pregnant or breastfeeding.
Does Nutricost sell an NMN supplement, and is it good value?
Yes. Nutricost’s NMN gives 500 mg per two-capsule serving, 30 servings for $21.97, which is about $0.73 per 500 mg. Eternal Elixir NMN 500mg costs about $0.56 per 500 mg by our front label, in one capsule instead of two. Nutricost also sells NMNH at 500 mg per serving for $38.97.
Add NMN 500mg to cart · $49.99
What is Nutricost’s return policy?
Nutricost offers a 60-day money-back guarantee on all orders. You pay to send a return back unless you bought its $2.98 free-returns option at checkout, which covers returns for store credit or exchange. Shipping is free on orders over $59 to the continental US.
Sources
- Yi L, Maier AB, Tao R, et al. The efficacy and safety of β-nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN) supplementation in healthy middle-aged adults: a randomized, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group, dose-dependent clinical trial. GeroScience, 2023. PubMed 36482258
- Richie JP Jr, Nichenametla S, Neidig W, et al. Randomized controlled trial of oral glutathione supplementation on body stores of glutathione. European Journal of Nutrition, 2015. PubMed 24791752
- ConsumerLab, Reviews and information for Nutricost, read September 2026.
- Trustpilot, Nutricost reviews, read September 2026.
- Nutricost, mission and guarantee, refund policy and product pages for NMN, NMNH, NAD+, NAD+ Resveratrol, Glutathione, S-Acetyl-L-Glutathione, Berberine, TUDCA, Pterostilbene, AKG and Resveratrol, read September 2026.
- Eternal Elixir product pages for NMN 500mg, Reduced L-Glutathione 2000mg and NMN Advanced Longevity Complex (US, September 2026).
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