Best BHB Powder: 4 goBHB Powders Compared Label by Label

If you want the best BHB powder, the label tells you most of what you need to know, and it’s worth reading past the front. I’ve been formulating with goBHB® for years, and the same three questions decide whether a tub is worth it: how much actual BHB is in a scoop, which form of BHB it is, and how many minerals ride along with it.

I pulled the Supplement Facts panels for four powders made with goBHB that you can buy today: CleanForm Nutrition goBHB, Beyond Raw Chemistry Labs BHB Salts, Nutricost BHB Salts and Sports Research Keto+. All four use our ingredient, so this isn’t a brand war. They are built differently, though, and those differences matter more than the marketing on the tub.

How to Pick the Best BHB Powder

Start with grams of BHB, not grams of “ketone salts.” BHB salts are BHB bound to calcium, magnesium, sodium or potassium, and the mineral adds weight. CleanForm’s label shows the difference clearly: 6.17 g of salts yields 5 g of BHB. When a label only lists the salt weight, the true BHB number is lower than the headline.

Next, look at the form. D-BHB is the form your body makes and burns quickly. L-BHB is handled more slowly; in a 2017 study by Stubbs and colleagues, L-BHB from a 50/50 salt drink was still in the blood 8 hours later while D-BHB was back to baseline within 3 to 4 hours. That study gave 15 healthy adults roughly 12 or 24 g of BHB in a single drink. Finally, add up the minerals, because a scoop of BHB salts can carry more than a gram of them.

BHB per scoopBHB formPrice / 30 servingsExtrasCleanForm goBHB5 g (6.17 g salts)50% D, 50% L$39.99NSF Certified for SportBeyond Raw BHB Salts5 gD-BHB$39.99No added flavors or colors; GNCNutricost BHB Salts5 gNot stated$31.955 caloriesSports Research Keto+6 g ketone saltsNot stated$47.97Leucine, ALCAR, lysine, chromium

Prices as listed on November 4, 2026 at cleanformnutrition.com and Vitacost; Beyond Raw price per Stack3d, September 2026. Prices change often.

CleanForm goBHB: Half D, Half L, NSF Certified

CleanForm goBHB is NSF Certified for Sport and splits its 5 g of BHB evenly between D and L.

CleanForm’s tub is the most transparent label of the four. Each 7.9 g scoop yields 2.5 g of D-BHB and 2.5 g of L-BHB from calcium, magnesium, sodium and potassium goBHB, with 250 mg calcium, 100 mg magnesium, 500 mg sodium and 100 mg potassium. The flavored versions (Tangy Apple and Strawberry Kiwi) are stevia-sweetened at 20 calories, and there’s an unflavored option for stacking into coffee or a pre-workout. It’s $39.99 for 30 servings at cleanformnutrition.com.

The standout is certification. CleanForm goBHB earned NSF Certified for Sport status in January 2026, which matters if you’re a tested athlete. The tradeoff is sodium: 500 mg per scoop is the highest of the group, so factor it in if you already eat a salty diet.

Beyond Raw Chemistry Labs BHB Salts: Straight D-BHB at GNC

Beyond Raw Chemistry Labs BHB Salts: 5 g of goBHB D-BHB per serving.

Beyond Raw went the other direction. Beyond Raw BHB Salts delivers 5 g of goBHB D-BHB per serving with 115 mg calcium, 135 mg magnesium, 210 mg sodium and 127 mg potassium. It has no added flavors or colors, is sold through GNC stores and the GNC website, and runs $39.99 for 30 servings. If you want only the D form, which is what the 2025 Japanese body-composition trial used, this is the simplest option on the shelf. It also carries the lightest mineral load of the four, 587 mg total.

Nutricost BHB Salts: The Budget Pick

Nutricost BHB Salts with goBHB in Fruit Punch.

Nutricost lists 5 g of BHB per 9 g scoop from all four goBHB salts, with 320 mg calcium, 120 mg magnesium, 210 mg sodium and 150 mg potassium. The Fruit Punch version is 5 calories and sweetened with reb M from stevia extract. It comes in Fruit Punch, Green Apple, Peach Mango, Strawberry Lemonade and Unflavored. At $31.95 for 30 servings on Vitacost, it’s the lowest cost per gram of BHB here, about 21 cents. The label doesn’t say whether the BHB is D, L or a blend, so check with the brand if that matters to you.

Sports Research Keto+: BHB Plus Aminos

Sports Research Keto+ adds leucine, acetyl-L-carnitine, lysine and chromium.

Keto+ is a formula rather than a straight BHB powder. Each 10.5 g scoop has a 6 g “ketone complex” of calcium, sodium, potassium and magnesium goBHB, plus 600 mg leucine, 250 mg acetyl-L-carnitine, 250 mg lysine and 100 mcg chromium (as Chromax). Minerals total 1,112 mg: 452 mg calcium, 100 mg magnesium, 280 mg sodium and 280 mg potassium. The 6 g is salt weight, so the BHB itself is lower, and the label doesn’t list the yield. It’s $47.97 for 30 servings at Vitacost, in Fruit Punch and Raspberry Lemonade. It’s also in our 2026 goBHB products guide.

Minerals, Sodium and Safety

Every BHB salt powder is also an electrolyte powder. That can be useful on a low-carb diet or during heavy sweating, but it adds up if you take two scoops a day or stack a powder with an electrolyte drink.

Minerals per scoop in 4 goBHB powders

Calcium + magnesium + sodium + potassium, in mg per serving, from each label.

Total minerals

Sports Research Keto+1112 mgCleanForm goBHB950 mgNutricost BHB Salts800 mgBeyond Raw BHB Salts587 mg

Sodium only

CleanForm goBHB500 mgSports Research Keto+280 mgNutricost BHB Salts210 mgBeyond Raw BHB Salts210 mg

Sources: Supplement Facts panels on cleanformnutrition.com, Vitacost (Sports Research Keto+ Fruit Punch, Nutricost Fruit Punch) and the Beyond Raw label. Flavored versions shown where flavors differ.

If you have kidney or blood pressure concerns, are pregnant, or take medication (especially anything that affects potassium or blood pressure), talk to your doctor before using any of these. Start with one scoop, take it with water, and see how your stomach handles it. I go through the common complaints in BHB salts side effects.

How Much BHB the Research Used

Match the scoop to the studies. In a 2025 Japanese trial, 100 adults with a BMI of 23 to 30 and high visceral fat took 1.5 or 2.9 g/day of D-BHB for 12 weeks, and visceral fat area fell 10.6 cm² and 10.9 cm² versus placebo. Several authors were affiliated with Osaka Gas. In the KETAD trial, adults on a calorie deficit of about 500 kcal a day took 5 g of D/L BHB salts twice daily (10 g/day) for 8 weeks and lost 3.05 kg versus 1.51 kg on placebo, a difference that wasn’t statistically significant. Ketone Labs funded KETAD.

One scoop of Beyond Raw (5 g D-BHB) is above both doses in the Japanese trial, and CleanForm’s 2.5 g of D-BHB falls between them. Two scoops of a 5 g D/L product matches KETAD. More on dosing in do keto pills work.

Where the Evidence Stands

The human trials on BHB and body composition are encouraging but small and short, 8 to 12 weeks, and both have industry ties: Osaka Gas-affiliated authors on the Japanese trial and Ketone Labs (now goBHB Labs) funding for KETAD. No study has compared these four retail powders head to head, so “best” comes down to the label: BHB grams, form, minerals, testing and price. None of these products are meant to treat or prevent any disease.

FAQ

What is the best BHB powder for athletes?

If you compete in a tested sport, pick a product with a third-party sport certification. Of these four, CleanForm goBHB is NSF Certified for Sport.

Is D-BHB better than a D/L blend?

D-BHB is the form your body makes and uses fastest, and it’s what the 2025 Japanese trial used. The KETAD trial used a D/L blend. None of the trials cited here compared the two forms for the same outcome.

How much BHB powder should I take a day?

The body-composition trials cited here used 1.5 g to 10 g of BHB a day. One scoop of these powders gives 5 to 6 g of BHB or BHB salts; start with one and see how you tolerate the minerals.

Can I mix BHB powder into coffee?

Yes. CleanForm says its unflavored version mixes into water, coffee or shakes, and Beyond Raw and Nutricost (Unflavored) also come without flavoring, so check each brand’s directions.

The Bottom Line

All four powders use goBHB, so the choice comes down to how you’ll use it. Pick CleanForm if you want a certified, D/L product; Beyond Raw for straight D-BHB and the fewest minerals; Nutricost for the lowest price per gram; and Sports Research Keto+ if you want aminos and chromium in the same scoop. Whichever you choose, count the minerals.

Sources: Katsuya S, et al. Effect of D-β-Hydroxybutyric Acid on Body Fat in Japanese Adults. Obesities. 2025;5(4):82. Roeth EJ, et al. Effect of Exogenous Ketones as an Adjunct to Low-Calorie Diet on Metabolic Markers. Nutrients. 2025;17:3582. Stubbs BJ, et al. On the Metabolism of Exogenous Ketones in Humans. Front Physiol. 2017;8:848. Product details from CleanForm goBHB, Stack3d (Beyond Raw BHB Salts), Vitacost (Nutricost BHB Salts) and Vitacost (Sports Research Keto+).