Upfront: reading creatine, electrolyte and running-format labels
Creatine, whey, gels: sports nutrition has a short vocabulary and a long shelf. Upfront, a Dutch brand, sells all three, plus electrolytes, which makes it a useful way to see what changes when similar ingredients arrive as a tub, a sachet or a gel.
What Upfront's Dutch site lists
On 8 October 2026 the Upfront Dutch homepage showed shopping paths for strength and endurance sport, plus a "Bewust" path, with products including creatine, whey protein, protein bars, oats, pre-workout supplements and energy gels. The strength and endurance pages listed creatine, whey, vegan protein, gels and electrolytes (supplier information, read on that date). We describe what the shop's public pages say; we haven't tested its products. This page covers creatine, electrolytes and running formats, and leaves the pre-workout products aside.
Creatine: the tub, the form and the scoop
Upfront's all-products page lists several creatine variants, and both the strength and endurance pages list creatine. The label questions are the same whichever you pick: which form is it, how much does one serving contain, and what else is in the tub. Don't rely on the name on the front.
Electrolytes: sachet or ready-to-drink
The endurance page lists electrolytes as sachets and as ready-to-drink products. The format changes the arithmetic. A sachet is mixed into water you measure yourself; a ready-to-drink product arrives already diluted. Either way, read the sodium and other mineral amounts per portion, and how many portions are in the pack.
Gels and sports drinks: read the portion
The endurance page also lists gels (three variants) and sports drinks. For a gel, the practical label questions are the carbohydrate and sodium amounts per portion, and how the product is meant to be taken. The portion and the pack size tell you more than the flavour does.
Reading the front of the pack
Any brand's own "transparent" or "honest" wording is the brand describing itself. The label is where you check. Our guide to reading supplement labels covers the method.
Where to read next
Begin with reading supplement labels.
Written by Smart Supplements with AI assistance from the sources linked in the text. It has not been reviewed by a clinician.
Last updated: 12 October 2026
This article is for informational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice. Always consult a healthcare professional before starting any new supplement, especially if you take prescription medication.