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Best Beet Supplement

Discover how beets can help boost exercise endurance and lower blood pressure. Here are our top six picks in 2026.

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Last updated: Dec 4th, 2025
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Top six beet supplements on a blue background: HumanN SuperBeets, Snap Nitric Oxide powder and chews, Horbäach capsules and powder, and Force Factor Total Beets

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You probably know that beets are an extremely healthy vegetable. In fact, consuming beetroot may help your body regulate digestion, lower blood pressure, and even fight cancer.

With a beet supplement, you can reap the benefits of beets without the mess of cooking or juicing them. But with so many beet supplements on the market, you might wonder how to choose the right one. After trying the top options on the market, we’ve found that some products stand above others, and some of the standouts are particularly strong choices for specific users.

So, we’ve put together this guide to help you make the right choice based on your needs and interests.

Take a look at our top recommendations below. Then read on to see how we made our picks.

Summary of recommendations

Our Top Picks

SuperBeets Sport combines concentrated beetroot crystal with a well-balanced taste, offering one of the highest doses per serving in its product line.

HumanN offers third-party tested, dairy-free, gluten-free, soy-free, and GMO-free products. Take advantage of great chat support, subscription options, bulk savings, and a 90-day money-back guarantee.

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In this Review

Why you should trust us

At Innerbody Research, we extensively test each health service or product we review. For this guide to beet supplements, our testing team tried the top products in multiple forms (powdered drink mixes, capsules, and chews) to relay crucial information about taste, effectiveness, and the customer experience that other outlets can’t provide.

Alongside our firsthand experiences with beet supplements, we devoted more than 300 hours to the study of beets, particularly their nutritional potential, effects nitric oxide (NO) production, and cardiometabolic science. In total, we consumed over 100 scholarly journal articles on these relevant topics. Also, over the years, we’ve followed the beet supplements space, along with related nutritional topics, and have updated this guide accordingly. That way, you can be sure that our findings are up-to-date.

Like all health-related content on this website, this review was thoroughly vetted by one or more members of our Medical Review Board for accuracy.

Over the past two decades, Innerbody Research has helped tens of millions of readers make more informed decisions about staying healthy and living healthier lifestyles.

How we evaluated beet supplements

We evaluated our top beet supplements based on a simple set of criteria:

  • Effectiveness
  • Safety
  • Cost
  • Taste
  • Convenience

Effectiveness and safety had the most influence on our considerations, with taste pulling up second place. Cost was important, too, but the price range among beet supplements isn’t especially wide. And although convenience will matter to many, it’s far from a deal-breaker.

Let’s look at each criterion in more detail.

Effectiveness

Advantage: HumanN SuperBeets Sport

HumanN SuperBeets Sport provides you with the best possible dose for realizing the health effects of beetroot.

Beet supplements are meant to increase nitric oxide (NO) production in the body, which widens the blood vessels (vasodilation) and can support bodily processes like immunity, stamina, and circulation. Studies utilizing beet juice have illustrated these potential benefits, but juicing that many beets is a bit of a chore. Better to let a company juice them for you and dehydrate that juice to create a supplement.

The exact concentration of nitrates — the compound in beets responsible for vasodilation — varies from company to company, and without complex testing, you’d have to take the company’s word about its nitrate content per serving. But since beetroot studies have shown high rates of tolerability among healthy participants using doses around 15g, you’d be best served by seeking a beetroot powder that offers as much beetroot per serving as possible. Most powders offer 5-8g per serving, but HumanN SuperBeets Sport delivers almost 10g. That’s much more likely to have an effect than lighter doses.

Also, HumanN has subjected several of its products to clinical studies, each of which has produced impressive results. The exact ethical practices and funding channels for these studies are a little suspect — even the results published in the American Journal of Physiology’s sub-journal were clearly funded by HumanN — and we’d rather see high-quality independent studies for HumanN’s products, but at least the existing studies used sound methodologies, and they give us insight into beetroot supplementation that we wouldn’t have otherwise.

Cost

Advantage: Horbäach Organic Beet Root Powder

Horbäach Organic Beet Root Powder is a true bargain with its low up-front cost ($29.99) and high-yield container (3lbs, or 272 servings). Plus, you get a 30-day satisfaction guarantee to protect your purchase.

Where it falls short of our previous budget pick, Bulk Supplements Organic Beet Root Powder, is that you’ve no option to subscribe or buy in bulk. Even so, Horbäach provides a stronger dose of beetroot powder (5,000mg versus 3,500mg), and its cost per gram of beetroot is lower than that of an approximately equal unit size of Bulk Supplements ($0.02 versus $0.03). Horbäach doesn’t cut corners on quality or safety, either, as this product is lab-tested, non-GMO, and free of common allergens.

It’s not until you start looking at very large unit sizes that Bulk Supplements becomes the better deal, but we’re not certain that enough people are interested enough in buying 11-55lbs of supplement to say that those unit sizes represent the best financial decisions for most consumers. Besides, most of the beet supplements we’ve examined have a shelf life of around two years, and you’d need at least a daily-consuming two-user household to get through an 11lb tub in that time frame — never mind a 22lb or 55lb barrel of the stuff.

You’ll notice, though, that Horbäach’s powder costs more up front and per dose than its capsules. Yet we still consider the powder to be the better value because of its higher dose (5,000mg vs 400mg) and its dual absorption mechanisms: when you consume it, you absorb its beneficial compounds not only by digestion but also through your oral membranes. In contrast, the capsules bypass salivary breakdown, so you’re less likely to get as much NO from them.

Safety

Advantage: HumanN SuperBeets Sport

For us to regard one product or company as safer than another, we typically like to see things like third-party testing, doses that fall within a tolerable range for healthy adults, responsible ingredient sourcing, formulas that combine ingredients with intention, and sound manufacturing practices.

HumanN checks all of these boxes:

  • It uses third parties to test its supplements for contaminants and to determine that its doses and formulas accurately match the nutrition labels.
  • Its SuperBeets Sport offers a high dose of beetroot powder, but it’s still well within the tolerable range we’ve seen in studies.
  • Its beetroot powder comes from non-GMO, American-grown beets and is combined with nitrates and nitrites to enhance the body’s NO production.
  • It produces its goods in cGMP-certified facilities, which are regulated by Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines.
  • It’s NSF Certified for Sport, which means it’s free of substances banned by sporting organizations. This is important for competitive athletes since it reduces the risk of a disqualifying drug test.

Taste

Advantage: Snap Supplements Nitric Oxide Beet Soft Chews and Nitric Oxide Powder

Beets contain a lot of natural sugar, but they’re still a root vegetable, one whose earthy taste some have described as “dirt-like.” So a good-tasting beet supplement would be something that masks the unsavory qualities of the vegetable while enhancing its natural sweetness with complementary flavors. Some complementary flavors work better than others, so they should be mindfully selected. At the same time, the supplement should avoid swinging too far into the sweet end, as oversweetening hardly does any favors for the end user’s taste buds.

Previously, we handed this category to HumanN SuperBeets, but our most recent testing gave us the pleasure of trying and crowning new winners:

Snap Supplements Nitric Oxide powder (Mixed Berry flavor)

Whereas some beet supplements taste all right for beet supplements, Snap’s Nitric Oxide powder tastes good, period. The beet taste glides over the middle palate but is cut short before it becomes too earthy, the stevia is dialed in just right so as not to be cloying, and the berry quality holds the two sweet elements together. The overall impression is of a smooth fruit punch that just happens to have beets in it. Plus, it has just 25 calories per serving, compared to 35 calories in our previous winner from HumanN.

Snap Supplements Nitric Oxide Beet Soft Chews

Snap’s Beet Soft Chews are a beet-ified version of Starburst, or at least a better (beet-er?) version of Now and Laters. No one would know by the taste that these chews were health supplements.

To be sure, we still enjoy the earthy-iced-tea characteristic of HumanN SuperBeets, just not as much as we like Snap. With HumanN, the flavor of the beet goes on much longer, so you’d have to have a taste for the vegetable to yield real enjoyment from it.

(Another note: We split the winner between two products to account for different preferences of form. Some people might prefer a powdered drink, and others might rather have something more easily portable.)

Convenience

Advantage: Snap Supplements Nitric Oxide Beet Soft Chews

Snap Supplements’ soft chews are soft candies. They’re portable and virtually mess-free (those beet powders leave stains), and you don’t need a glass of water to consume them. They taste good, too. All told, they present practically no barriers to convenience.

The only potential issue is that they’re 35cal per serving, including 9g of carbohydrates, so the calorie counters and low-carbers among us may prefer something like the Horbäach Beet Root Capsules, which are calorie-free and (for most people) easier to dose than powders. They’re also just as portable as Snap’s soft chews and even more mess-free. The downside is that the capsules are large, and anyone who has difficulty taking pills will not enjoy swallowing them.

But if powders are your preference, you should know that HumanN is a contender for convenience owing to certain ancillary factors. Among drink mix brands, it offers the best customer service, with a fast, well-informed team running an easy-to-use chat support system. It also offers the most flexibility in its subscription program, allowing you to combine subscriptions and bulk purchases to save extra money without the hassle of reordering when you’re running low.

How our top recommendations compare

To give you a sense of how our top picks compare, we’ve put together a little chart with some key information (prices rounded to the nearest dollar or cent):

HumanN SuperBeets Sport
Force Factor Total Beets Pre-Workout
Horbäach Organic Beet Root Powder
Horbäach Beet Root Capsules
Snap Supplements Nitric Oxide
Snap Supplements Nitric Oxide Beet Soft Chews
One-time purchase
$40
$30
$30
$20
$40
$40
Grams of beetroot per serving
>9g
5g
5g
400mg
Undisclosed
1.25g
Price per serving
$2
$1.00
$0.11
$0.06
$1.33
$1.33
Price per gram of beetroot
$0.22 (approx.)
$0.20
$0.02
$0.15
Unclear
$1.07
Delivery mechanism
Powder
Powder
Powder
Capsule
Powder
Chew
Money-back guarantee
90 days
Retailer-dependent
30 days
30 days
90 days
90 days
Subscribe & save?

What are the health benefits of beets?

Beets are an impressive source of multiple nutrients. They provide vitamins, minerals, and other compounds that are essential to body functions, including:

  • Fiber
  • Copper
  • Folate
  • Potassium
  • Vitamin C
  • Iron

Beets are also low in fat and calories but high in nitrates, which are converted to nitric oxide (NO) in the body. Healthy NO levels contribute to the successful function of many bodily systems and have been shown to lower blood pressure. This is because NO is a vasodilator (i.e., it widens blood vessels), so it facilitates blood flow to areas of the body that need it. In turn, the increased blood flow can:

  • Improve exercise endurance
  • Aid digestion
  • Reduce inflammation and increase immunity
  • Support brain health and cognition
  • Improve overall cardiovascular health
  • Fight cancer

These claims may sound hard to believe, but scientific studies and research suggest many of them have merit. Keep in mind that some of this research has been conducted on animals and not on humans, and some studies include beet juice or raw beets, not the beetroot extract that you’d find in many beet supplements. Still, they demonstrate that consistent intake of beets may enhance your body’s performance.

  • A review of several studies, which were conducted to show the links between beetroot supplementation and exercise endurance, showed that beetroot juice improved stamina, performance, and fatigue rates in athletes.
  • One study showed that using oral capsules of beetroot extract reduced inflammation in patients with arthritis.
  • Another study showed that beet supplementation and exercise improve brain function and cognition.
  • Beetroot extracts have been shown to stop the production of prostate cancer cells. They’ve also been shown to delay the development of breast cancer cells.

Such findings are sufficiently compelling and convincing for the authors of a recent review in the European Journal of Health Sciences to corroborate the many health benefits of beetroot and conclude that it may “play a role in preventing and mitigating chronic diseases.”

How beet supplements work

Beet supplements provide the body with several beneficial elements, but two components are at the heart of their efficacy: nitrates and betalains. Betalains are not as well absorbed as nitrates from beets and beet supplements, but they appear to be critical aspects of beet products’ potential to reduce inflammation and improve symptoms of painful disorders like arthritis.

When you consume nitrates, your body converts them to NO, which dilates blood vessels and improves circulation. When your blood flows more easily, your muscles and organs receive nutrients and oxygen more quickly, making your body more energy-efficient. This can aid in exercise performance and muscle recovery while lowering blood pressure.

Beetroot powder vs. capsules

Beet supplements have performed well in studies that looked at capsules or powders. Nitrates typically convert to NO in the digestive tract and make their way into the bloodstream through the stomach and intestines. But the process of converting nitrates to NO begins in the mouth, where saliva containing critically important, helpful bacteria instigates the conversion.

Because this process starts in the mouth, and because NO and nitrates can make their way into the bloodstream inside the stomach, we generally recommend beetroot powders (and even edibles) over capsules. Depending on the makeup of the beetroot capsule, the powder inside of it may not be exposed to the digestive tract until it hits the stomach or even as late as its arrival in the intestines. That bypasses at least one important junction in the conversion process.

Insider Tip: In addition to preferring powders to capsules, we also recommend that you take your time in consuming a beetroot supplement (drink or edible), swishing or chewing for 30 seconds or so. This will expose the nitrates to the beneficial bacteria in your mouth that are the first step in NO production. But remember: beets can stain, and you don’t want to discolor your teeth, so brush your teeth afterward.

Beetroot extract vs. powder

Two of our top beet supplements are made from beetroot extract (the Snap chews and the Horbäach capsules). The rest are made from powder. So, what’s the difference?

An extract is the concentrated form of a plant’s bioactive components (i.e., for beets, their nitrates and betalains). It’s expressed as a ratio. For example, a 20:1 extract of beetroot was concentrated from a quantity of raw beetroot equivalent to 20 times the listed dose. In the case of Horbäach’s capsules (a 20:1 extract), that means the 400mg of beetroot was derived from 8,000mg of the raw plant.

A powder, however, is the dried and pulverized form of the whole plant. As such, it might contain a portion of non-bioactive compounds. To consume a powder is like eating the plant itself.

Extracts are generally more potent than powders. But among our recommendations, the relative potency of extracts is likely superseded by the higher doses of beetroot provided by the powders.

Are beet supplements safe?

Beetroot supplements are generally safe and have few side effects for most people. Beets, beet extracts, beet juice, and beet supplements have also been studied in many clinical trials showing their benefits in multiple bodily systems. There are only a few issues you should look out for when starting a beet supplement.

Specifically, consult your doctor before beginning a beet supplement, especially if you live with:

  • Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
  • Hypotension, or low blood sugar
  • Diabetes
  • Kidney stones
  • Gout
  • FODMAP sensitivity

While reported side effects of beet supplements are rare, the above conditions could worsen when taking a beet supplement or consuming beets in any form.

Be aware, however, that consuming beets can cause a condition called beeturia, in which urine or feces turn red or pink. This is the result of a natural pigment in beets called betacyanin. Beeturia is a harmless side effect that typically occurs in 10-14% of the population.

Also, make sure to follow the label instructions and stop taking the supplement if you experience any adverse effects (more on the topic in a little bit).

Are beet supplements a good choice for you?

There are four main groups of people who can benefit the most from beet supplements:

  • Athletes and those who exercise often
  • People with high blood pressure
  • People who want to improve cognition
  • People who want to enhance their overall health

Here’s why:

Improved stamina, exercise performance, and recovery times

Because beets help boost NO levels, athletes or those who take the gym seriously can benefit from supplementation. Heightened NO levels increase blood flow, giving you more stamina, enhancing your exercise performance, and speeding up recovery times between workouts.

Healthier blood pressure levels

NO expands blood vessels, letting your blood flow more easily. This can help with hypertension because your heart can pump more efficiently. Indeed, a 2018 review of studies showed that beetroot juice supplementation helps control blood pressure levels in people with and without high blood pressure.

Blood flow to the brain

High NO levels help blood flow more easily to the brain, reducing “brain fog” and improving working memory and cognition. If you notice that your memory or concentration has recently worsened, beet supplements may be a good option for you. One study showed that a diet high in nitrates (including beet juice) stimulated blood flow to the frontal lobe, the area of the brain responsible for working memory, self-regulation, and multitasking.

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Apart from these areas, the increases in NO from beetroot are associated with additional benefits related to inflammation, digestion, and immune system function.

Also, because beets are low in calories and fat and provide many nutrients and vitamins, people who are interested in enhancing overall health can benefit from beet supplements without worrying about caloric intake.

Who should avoid them?

Although beet supplements are generally safe for most people, some components of beets may result in adverse effects in the following populations:

People with digestive sensitivities (generally avoid)

Beetroot isn’t suitable for most people sensitive to FODMAPs (fermentable oligosaccharides, disaccharides, monosaccharides, and polyols). Specifically, beets are rich in fructans and galactooligosaccharides, which can cause or worsen digestive issues, such as bloating, diarrhea, and constipation. If you are prone to these issues or have irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), you may want to steer clear of beet supplements, though small amounts of fresh, steamed, canned, or pickled beets (roughly 75g) should be safe.

People with hypotension (avoid or exercise caution)

Since beetroot is known to lower blood pressure, people with hypotension should avoid beet supplements unless directed to take them in lieu of blood pressure medication by a medical professional. To be safe, whether you have high or low blood pressure or are actively on blood pressure medication, it’s best to talk with your doctor before taking beet supplements.

People on certain diets (avoid or exercise caution)

Many beetroot supplements contain sugar, often naturally derived from the beets themselves. That makes them less suitable for certain diets, including keto. Many beet supplements also contain enough calories to break a fast, so intermittent fasters (especially those who are looking for a pre-workout to use before a bout of fasted exercise) might need to look elsewhere.

People with diabetes (exercise caution)

Similarly, because consuming beetroot can impact blood sugar levels, people living with diabetes should monitor their intake.

Of note, beets are also high in oxalates, which can contribute to kidney stones and gout. This is probably why a workout supplement like Force Factor adds coconut water powder. In addition to improving hydration, coconut water powder has been shown to protect renal health and guard against kidney stones. Again, though, check with your doctor before beginning any new supplement.

HumanN SuperBeets Sport

Best overall

Bird’s-eye view of HumanN SuperBeets, with scoop, on a wood surface.

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Pros

  • Made with concentrated beetroot crystals
  • Offers one of the highest doses per serving
  • Effectiveness supported by (self-funded) clinical trials
  • Taste is well-balanced
  • Third-party tested for contaminants and dose accuracy; also NSF Certified for Sport
  • Doesn’t include dairy, gluten, soy, or GMOs
  • Great live chat support
  • Subscription and bulk savings available
  • 90-day money-back guarantee

Cons

  • Not formulated with organic produce
  • Exact beetroot doses aren’t listed clearly
  • Poor choice for keto or fasting

HumanN is a company with a catalog centered on beets. It offers powders, gummies, and tablets, nearly all of which have beets as their main ingredient. There’s a drink mix that focuses on greens, some turmeric chews, and a couple of vitamin supplements, but the rest of the products are beet-forward.

HumanN SuperBeets Sport is an updated beetroot powder designed for athletes — indeed, it’s even NSF Certified for Sport, meaning it's free of substances banned by sporting organizations — but it’s also suitable for just about any healthy adult. It used to be called BeetElite, which was available at only one price point, but SuperBeets Sport offers both subscription and bulk savings options, bringing it in line with much of the rest of HumanN’s catalog.

HumanN doesn’t clearly list its beetroot dose, but the total serving size per dose is 10.5g. We reached out to the company through its outstanding live chat feature, and a representative told us that, per serving, the formula contains a little less than 1g of ingredients other than beetroot, such as natural cherry flavor and magnesium ascorbate. That means it contains over 9g of beetroot powder, which is the highest dose per serving of any beet supplement among our recommendations. In comparison, the next highest dose in this guide is 5g (Force Factor and Horbäach Organic Beet Root Powder), so HumanN’s dose is nearly twice as generous.

HumanN has a couple of dedicated studies to support its effectiveness. One was a four-week clinical trial using original SuperBeets (approximately half the dose of SuperBeets Sport), which showed that it lowered participants’ blood pressure. HumanN attributes this outcome to including the equivalent of 40 teaspoons of fresh beets in every teaspoon of its highly concentrated beetroot crystals, though clear evidence of this is not available.

Another clinical study showed that athletes performing high-intensity interval training expended more energy and had slower times to exhaustion after consuming BeetElite compared to placebo. In other words, they had greater overall exercise output for a longer period of time.

We should acknowledge that these studies were funded by HumanN, and self-funded studies have a potential for bias. Nonetheless, the researchers appear to have implemented sound methodologies, and their findings give us insight into a product’s efficacy that we wouldn’t otherwise have.

Taste and mixability

Our testers found SuperBeets to be one of the best-tasting beet supplements on the market (in our estimation, it’s second only to Snap Supplements in this regard). It doesn’t try to overpower the beet flavor with sweetness or other flavorings; instead, it has just a bit of stevia and Wild Cherry flavor, both of which nicely complement the natural beet profile. And the powder mixed into water about as well as any pure beetroot powder we’ve tried. It takes a little stirring but dissolves completely in the recommended amount of water.

Price

When you purchase SuperBeets Sport, you’ll choose between a one-time purchase or the Subscribe & Save option. If you decide to subscribe, you can take advantage of free shipping and cancel your subscription at any time. You can also choose to buy one, three, or six containers at a time. Here’s how it breaks down:

CostCost per canisterFree shipping?
One-time purchase, one canister$39.95$39.95
One-time purchase, three canisters$109.06$36.35
One-time purchase, six canisters$203.75$33.96
Subscribe & Save, one canister$35.96$35.96
Subscribe & Save, three canisters$98.16$32.72
Subscribe & Save, six canisters$183.40$30.57

The subscription discount is lower than it used to be, but subscribers still save anywhere from 10% to 24% per unit.

HumanN offers a 90-day money-back guarantee, which is the most generous guarantee of the companies in our guide. Most others offer just 30 days, and some won’t take back products once they’ve been opened.

Force Factor Total Beets Pre-Workout

Best pre-workout

Bird’s-eye view of Force Factor Total Beets Pre-Workout next to its scoop on a wood surface.

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Pros

  • Contains L-citrulline and L-arginine for added workout support
  • Stimulant-free formula
  • Can be purchased online or in-store
  • 250mg of green coffee extract delivers 245mg of caffeine
  • Added electrolytes and coconut water powder for hydration

Cons

  • Not available directly from the manufacturer
  • Prices vary by retailer
  • Sweetened with sucralose

Force Factor Total Beets Pre-Workout is designed explicitly with exercise performance in mind. In addition to a 5g dose of beetroot powder, it contains a few additional ingredients found in other effective pre-workout mixes, including L-arginine and L-citrulline. The latter is so effective for workouts that we even have a guide dedicated to the best L-citrulline supplements.

Here’s a look at the total ingredient list for ForceFactor Total Beets Pre-Workout:

  • Vitamin C: 100mg
  • Vitamin B1: 10mg
  • Niacin: 20mg
  • Vitamin B6: 2mg
  • Vitamin B12: 200mcg
  • Magnesium: 100mg
  • Sodium (from pink Himalayan salt): 200mg
  • Potassium: 100mg
  • Beet powder: 5g
  • L-Citrulline: 1.5g
  • L-Arginine: 1g
  • Green coffee extract: 250mg (for 245mg caffeine)
  • Coconut water powder: 100mg
  • Huperzia extract: 5mg

Taste and mixability

None of the added active ingredients in Total Beets Pre-Workout makes much of a difference to the product’s flavor, but the natural flavors, artificial flavors, and sucralose certainly do have an impact. The available flavors are Watermelon or Fruit Punch, and both have a slightly artificial taste compared to the more natural-tasting HumanN and Snap Supplements products we discuss in this guide.

The added ingredients also have a slight impact on mixability, as Total Beets Pre-Workout doesn’t mix into water as cleanly as its competitors. However, you likely wouldn’t notice if you mixed it in a shaker bottle or added it to a smoothie.

Price

Though you can’t purchase Total Beets Pre-Workout directly from Force Factor, it is available through various other retailers, both brick-and-mortar and online. These include but aren’t necessarily limited to:

One-timeSubscription
Amazon$29.99$26.99
iHerb$29.99$23.99
Walgreens$34.99N/A

Horbäach Beet Root Capsules

Best capsule form

Horbäach Beet Root Capsules beside 11 capsules on a wood surface.

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Pros

  • Small serving size (just one capsule)
  • Incredible value per gram of beetroot powder
  • More convenient for travel than powdered drink mixes
  • Dose can be easily titrated higher
  • Free of gluten, wheat, yeast, lactose, soy, artificial flavors, and preservatives
  • Non-GMO

Cons

  • Only 400mg of beetroot extract per serving
  • Bypasses salivary NO breakdown
  • Capsules are quite large
  • No bulk or subscription options

Since most people looking into beet supplements are interested in their nitrate content and the related increase in NO production, we typically steer readers toward powdered beet supplements over capsules. That’s because the encapsulated beetroot powder can’t interact with critical salivary bacteria that are the first important step in converting nitrates to NO. If you want to maximize NO production from a beetroot supplement, especially to improve workout performance from acute administration, you’ll want to stick with a drink mix or chewable.

That said, there are several reasons someone might be interested in taking beetroot in capsule form:

Convenience

Popping a pill is a lot easier than mixing a drink. You can take one with anything, whereas most beetroot mixes only taste reasonably good in plain water. And if you need to travel with your beet supplements, putting a few pills into a bag is easier than measuring out a few days’ worth of powder.

Betalain content

Betalains are second only to nitrates among the beet’s constituent parts in their importance to health and wellness, and their uptake into the bloodstream isn’t as dependent on interaction with oral bacteria as nitrates’ is. More than anything else, betalains are associated with beetroot’s potential as an anti-inflammatory agent, making encapsulated supplements a viable choice for those with arthritis and other pain disorders.

Taste

If you know you hate the taste of beets, or you’ve tried one or two drink mixes and disliked the flavor, you could leverage capsules to your benefit. Swallowing a pill will leave far less of a taste in your mouth than drinking a beetroot supplement.

Bonus use: stage blood

Most fake blood capsules taste pretty bad. Depending on the makeup of the capsule containing beetroot, you may be able to break it open by biting down on it. When the powder mixes with your saliva, it creates moderately convincing fake blood. The beet flavor is intense, but some will find it better than the chemical taste of stage blood. Like most stage blood products, beetroot will stain, so keep that in mind as you plan your efforts.

But in terms of dosing, there’s one thing you should know about the Horbäach Beet Root Capsules: the bottle’s front label says 8,000mg, but it’s really 400mg. The number on the front label refers to the amount of raw beetroot from which the extract is made. The extract is the operating thing here. So, aside from bypassing salivary NO breakdown, these capsules are also the least potent supplement in this guide.

That being said, with the high serving count (320) and low price per bottle, you can easily titrate your dose higher. If you’re willing and able to swallow, say, eight capsules a day, the total beetroot extract quantity would be more in line with Bulk Supplements’ 3.5g per serving, but still be less expensive per serving than either HumanN or Force Factor (around $0.50 versus $2 or $1, respectively).

Price

Horbäach Beet Root Capsules cost $19.99 as a one-time purchase (no subscription option available), with 320 capsules per bottle. Thus, the cost per capsule is only $0.06, and the cost per gram of beetroot is $0.15.

Horbäach Beet Root capsule ingredients

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Unlike its competitors, who offer free shipping only with subscriptions or at specific price thresholds, Horbäach ships all orders for free. The company also has a reasonable money-back guarantee, second only to HumanN’s in its class, allowing you to return an opened or unopened product to Horbäach for up to 30 days.

Horbäach Organic Beet Root Powder

Best budget pick

A larger container of Horbäach Organic Beet Root Powder on a wood surface.

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Pros

  • Lowest per-serving cost among our top recommendations
  • Balances low cost with large volume and a reasonably high dose
  • Free shipping on all orders
  • Free of gluten, wheat, yeast, lactose, soy, artificial flavors, and preservatives
  • Non-GMO and organic

Cons

  • No bulk or subscription options
  • Not pleasant to drink
  • Noticeable clumping

Horbäach Organic Beet Root Powder has supplanted Bulk Supplements as our budget pick. Whereas Bulk Supplements provides 3.5g of beetroot per serving, Horbäach delivers 5g, which is equal to Force Factor’s dose of beetroot. You also get a lot of it, as the container is about half the bulk of a medium-size dog (see image below). Its combination of large volume and stronger potency is part of why we consider it a better value than our previous selection for this category.

Horbäach Organic Beet Root Powder next to a 17lb dog, to compare sizes.

Photo by Innerbody Research

The Horbäach powder also boasts many of the same qualities as the company’s beet root capsules, namely that it’s non-GMO and free of gluten, yeast, lactose, artificial flavors, and preservatives. It truly is a pure beetroot supplement.

Insider Tip: There’s a scoop inside the jar. It’s small, and the jar is large, so it can easily get lost in the powder. You may need to dig around with a long spoon to find it.

Taste and mixability

Mixed into the label-recommended 4-6oz of water, Horbäach Organic Beet Root Powder leaves a few pea-sized clumps. And if you unknowingly drank a glass of this in the pitch dark, you might be unsure whether it was water. Because the Horbäach powder doesn’t have a taste so much as a texture, similar to certain brands of food gel. It’s not awful, but it’s not pleasant either.

Price

With Horbäach Organic Beet Powder being our budget pick, its pricing is where it really stands out. Here’s a chart comparing it to our previous budget pick, Bulk Supplements, as well as to Horbäach capsules and Force Factor:

Horbäach Organic Beet Root PowderBulk Supplements Organic Beet Root Powder (1kg)Horbäach Beet Root CapsulesForce Factor Total Beets Pre-Workout
Beetroot dose5g3.5g400mg5g
Serving qty.27228632030
One-time base price$29.99$30.97$19.99$29.99
One-time price per serving$0.11$0.11$0.06$1.00
Price per gram of beetroot powder$0.02$0.03$0.15$0.20

Pay particular attention to the last two rows. Horbäach’s powder has a one-time price per serving that’s roughly equal to that of Bulk Supplements, but its higher dose means that its price per gram of beetroot powder is lower — greater strength for less money overall. And compared to the Horbäach capsules and Force Factor Total Beets, our new budget pick handily beats both in terms of long-term cost-effectiveness.

Keep in mind, too, that all Horbäach orders ship for free and come with a 30-day guarantee.

Snap Supplements Nitric Oxide (powder)

Best-tasting powder

A container of Snap Supplements Nitric Oxide powder on a wood surface, next to a scoop with powder.

Photo by Innerbody Research

Pros

  • Includes nitrate-rich red spinach extract and pomegranate, as well as piperine (a bioenhancer)
  • Downright enjoyable to drink
  • No added sugar
  • Non-GMO, gluten-free, and vegan
  • 90-day money-back guarantee

Cons

  • An undisclosed amount of beetroot
  • Tied for the second-highest per-serving cost in this guide
  • No automatic free shipping for subscriptions
  • Leaves some clumps

Snap Supplements Nitric Oxide is a powdered drink mix that delivers 6,853mg of a nitric oxide complex, which consists of:

  • Beetroot powder
  • Pomegranate juice powder
  • Red spinach extract
  • Piperine

Pomegranate and red spinach are nitrate-rich foods that can potentially offer the same anti-inflammatory, anticancer, cardiovascular, and exercise benefits as beetroot, with clinical doses of 1g per day. Unfortunately, because we’re dealing with a proprietary blend, we can’t tell you the exact dosage of any active ingredient in this supplement (and Snap customer support wouldn’t disclose the information to us), but there’s a possibility that the pomegranate and red spinach are within the clinical range, and the piperine (a bioenhancer) might increase bioavailability across the board.

Not so much the beetroot, which is likely to be on the low side compared with our other recommendations. Still, given its excellent flavor, Snap Nitric Oxide powder can serve as a palatable gateway to more potent beetroot supplements, making it an excellent choice for newcomers to the space.

Taste and mixability

Mixed into water, Snap Nitric Oxide is like if Crystal Light Fruit Punch had beetroot in it. The beetroot taste is focused on the middle palate, while the stevia and fruitiness gently overtake it before it becomes too earthy. These flavor notes are well-balanced, too, making for an enjoyable sipping experience.

The Snap powder comes in three flavors, by the way: Mixed Berry, Cherry Lime, and Apple. We’ve only tried Mixed Berry, but if the other two are equally as balanced, then we reckon they’d be just as good.

Price

There are no bulk purchasing options or size variations with Snap Nitric Oxide. It’s $39.95 as a one-time purchase and $33.96 as a subscription. Only orders over $50 ship for free, so add around $5 (plus taxes) to any order of a single container (including for subscriptions).

Snap’s price points and pricing structure make it comparable cost-wise to HumanN, except HumanN ships subscriptions for free. But Snap has more servings per container (30 instead of 20), and hence a lower cost per dose even after you account for the shipping fee. In addition, Snap has a 90-day money-back guarantee that matches that of HumanN.

Snap Supplements Nitric Oxide Beet Soft Chews

Best edible and co-winner for taste

A bag of Snap Supplements Nitric Oxide Soft Chews, with two chews next to it.

Photo by Innerbody Research

Pros

  • Includes CoQ10 and açai, which have vasodilative properties
  • Easy to take on the go
  • Very tasty, like Starburst
  • No added sugar
  • 90-day money-back guarantee

Cons

  • Only 1.25g of beetroot per serving
  • Tied for the second-highest per-serving cost in this guide
  • No automatic free shipping for subscriptions
  • 35cal and 9g of carbohydrates per serving

Given the popularity of edibles in the supplements space, we’d be remiss not to include a gummy or chewable in this guide. But in scoping this niche, we found that most brands severely underdosed their beetroot content. Our pick here, by Snap Supplements, is also underdosed but much less so than others. That is, with 1.25g of beetroot per serving, its potency is closer to an efficacious threshold than is the 500mg dosage more commonly seen in competitors (e.g., any one HumanN’s SuperBeets chews).

In addition to beetroot, the chews contain 10mg CoQ10 and 100mg açai. The former is a naturally occurring antioxidant, the latter is a fruit, and both have vasodilative properties, just like beetroot. The CoQ10 is underdosed (successful studies have used at least 100mg), but doses of 100mg açai have yielded cardiovascular improvements in some clinical research.

Taste

Imagine if Starburst collaborated with Now and Later. The result would be something like Snap’s Beet Soft Chews. They’re tart and sweet, but not cloyingly so. Had we not known what we were tasting, we’d probably guess they were just a store-bought candy, not a health supplement.

The trade-offs for all that flavor are 35cal and 9g of carbohydrates per serving. Not terribly high, but enough to give pause to calorie counters and low-carbers.

Price

Snap’s Nitric Oxide Soft Chews have the same price points as the powder:

  • One-time: $39.95
  • Subscription: $33.96

The same downside, too: both one-timers and subscribers owe a shipping fee unless they cross the $50 threshold. But there’s still the 90-day money-back guarantee, which is tied with HumanN’s for the best in this guide.

Bulk Supplements Organic Beet Root Powder

Bulk Supplements Beet Root Powder mixed in liquid

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Pros

  • Low up-front cost
  • Further savings when bought in bulk
  • USDA-certified organic
  • 30-day money-back guarantee
  • Save 5% using code INNERBODY5

Cons

  • No flavor options
  • Money-back guarantee has some limitations
  • Subscription savings are only 5%

We often look to Bulk Supplements for budget-friendly options, and although its Beet Root Powder is no longer our budget pick, it remains a cost-friendly option. It’s available in multiple sizes, with the cost-per-serving falling in inverse proportion to the serving quantity. Here’s a table to illustrate:

One-timeSubscriptionServing qty.Per serving (approx.)
100g$14.97$13.4729$0.46-$0.52
250g$18.97$17.0771$0.24-$0.27
500g$22.97$20.67143$0.14-$0.16
1kg$30.97$27.87286$0.10-$0.11

(There are also 5kg, 10kg, and 25kg options, but those quantities are beyond the limit of what’s feasible for the average consumer.)

In terms of cost alone, the 1kg option contends with our current budget pick, Horbäach Organic Beet Root Powder, except that Horbäach provides a stronger dose of beetroot per dose (5g versus 3.5g). But where Bulk Supplements retains the advantage is with its subscription program (delivery intervals of 30, 60, 90, or 120 days), something Horbäach doesn’t have.

Apart from all that, Bulk Supplements Organic Beet Root Powder has a few other qualities that make it a good alternative to the top recommendations in this guide:

  • It’s manufactured in a cGMP-registered facility and undergoes third-party testing to ensure quality and safety.
  • It’s made of pure beetroot powder and is free from added sugar, soy, dairy, yeast, gluten, and additives. The lack of other ingredients allows it to mix very well into plain water — no clumping or sediment with the label-recommended dose and water volume.
  • It comes with a 30-day guarantee. Though there’s an important caveat: if you initiate a return on an opened product, you’ll only be eligible for a refund equal to the cost of the least amount available. So, if you buy a 1kg bag, use a bit of it, and return it, you can only get back the cost of the 100g bag. (We’ve seen similar policies from other bulk suppliers, but they pale in comparison to more generous offerings like HumanN’s 90-day promise.)

Alternatives to beet supplements

Depending on your specific goals, you might consider any one of several viable alternatives to beet supplements. Let’s take a quick look at a few options.

Nitric oxide (NO) boosters

If you’re primarily interested in beet supplements for their ability to increase NO production, you might also consider other NO boosters. These are typically built around ingredients like L-arginine or L-citrulline, the latter of which converts to L-arginine in the body, whereas L-arginine itself may not be as bioavailable.

Pre-workouts

Beet supplements make good pre-workouts, mainly because of their ability to increase NO. But there are plenty of pre-workout mixes out there that don’t include beets in the ingredient list. They may rely on things like creatine, branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs), or other amino acids to yield improvements in exercise performance.

Turmeric and other anti-inflammatory agents

Chronic use of beetroot can also help with arthritis, but so can other supplements. A good example is turmeric. You can also look for dedicated supplements for joint health to reduce inflammation.

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