Category Ledger · November 2026 · in progress

U.S. pre-workout · Category Ledger · prospect sample

November 2026

Edition
us-pre-workout-2026-11
Reporting period
2026-11-01 to 2026-11-30
Period status
In progress, 7 of 30 days observed
Data as of
November 7, 2026

PERIOD IN PROGRESSThis edition reports November 2026, which has not closed. It covers 7 of 30 days, through November 7, 2026, and is regenerated as the period runs. Every figure below is current as of that date and is not the finalized month. The edition closes on November 30, 2026, after which its figures are frozen at this address and are never rewritten.

Products FormulaSignal covers in the U.S. pre-workout category, plus the adjacent amino, EAA and thermogenic products a buyer shops beside one. Coverage is a defined set and is never described as the whole market.

CITE AS FormulaSignal Category Ledger, U.S. pre-workout, November 2026 (in progress, 7 of 30 days observed). Data as of November 7, 2026. formulasignal.com/ledger/us-pre-workout-2026-11

This is the prospect sample of a Category Ledger edition. Every figure in it is the figure the full edition carries, computed the same way over the same cohorts. What the full edition adds is breadth: every released finding rather than one, every formulation dimension rather than three, the full product and brand tables, serving economics per product, period-over-period comparison, and the machine feed.

Executive summary

1 confirmed change released, 24 products showing source movement, 2 evidence limits lifted

  • MARKET OBSERVATIONFormulaSignal released 1 confirmed change in November 2026, across 1 brand: JYM Supplement Science. It rests on two dated states and was reviewed.
  • MARKET OBSERVATIONMonitoring ran on 7 days in this period and recorded source movement on 24 of 340 products whose sources were answering. Movement routes to review; none of it is reported here as a change.
  • RECORD DEVELOPMENT2 recorded evidence limits lifted this period, which means new evidence became available on a dimension the Record had recorded as unobservable. That is FormulaSignal learning more, not the market moving.
  • MARKET OBSERVATIONAmong the 128 products whose current label lets caffeine be computed line by line, the median is 250 mg and the range runs 100 mg to 450 mg. 61 sit under 250 mg and 58 sit at 300 mg or above, with 9 between them.
  • MARKET OBSERVATIONPrice per serving across the 225 products where the arithmetic describes one package runs $0.40 to $3.75, with a median of $1.50 and the middle half between $1.10 and $2.00. Every one is an observed price, and none of them records a list basis.
  • MARKET OBSERVATIONAcross the 177 products disclosing an amount for every line, beta-alanine appears on 132 and creatine on 42. In this cohort a product not declaring an ingredient is established rather than assumed, because every line on those panels carries an amount.
  • RECORD DEVELOPMENTFigures in this edition describe 359 covered products across 87 brands, read as of November 7, 2026. Coverage is a defined set, not a census of the category, and 205 products carry at least one recorded limit on what can currently be observed.

A market observation describes something the Record observed about a product or its commercial context. A record development describes a change in FormulaSignal’s own evidence. A figure that moved between editions for the second reason is not a category event.

What changed

A confirmed change enters an edition on the date FormulaSignal released it, not on the date the underlying states were observed. Both dates are printed on every entry.

JYM Supplement Science Pre JYM Pre-Workout - Stim-Free

FORMULAIngredient removed · released November 7, 2026

Observation window 2026-08-03 through 2026-11-07 (96 days). FormulaSignal observed the earlier state on August 3, 2026 and the newer state on November 7, 2026. Those are observation dates, not the date the brand made the change.

  • Sodium: 95 mg on the earlier label, not on the newer one.
  • Potassium: 30 mg on the earlier label, not on the newer one.

Held: Creatine Hcl held at 2 g. Beta-alanine held at 2 g. Betaine Trimethylglycine held at 1.5 g. Taurine held at 1 g. Alpha Glyceryl Phosphoryl Choline held at 150 mg. Citrulline malate held at 6 g. Beet Beta Vulgaris Root Extract held at 500 mg. L-Leucine held at 3 g. L-Isoleucine held at 1.5 g. L-Valine held at 1.5 g. L-tyrosine held at 1.5 g. Huperzine A From Toothed Clubmoss Huperzia Serrata Aerial Parts Extract held at 50 mcg. Black Pepper Piper Nigrum Fruit Extract As Bioperine held at 5 mg. Servings per container held at 30.

WHY AN OPERATOR MAY CARE

  • Any dose comparison, stimulant-tier table or formulation benchmark built before this window describes a formula that is no longer what the label declares.
  • An ingredient entering or leaving a declared panel changes which comparison set a product belongs in, which is a larger move for a positioning claim than an amount changing inside it.
  • At least one headline figure held while others moved. A competitive scan keyed on the headline number alone would have recorded no change here.
Evidence and limitations
  • BEFORE P1 JYM Supplement Science, observed August 3, 2026. Source
  • AFTER P1 JYM Supplement Science, observed November 7, 2026. Source
  • The evidence establishes an observation window, not an exact reformulation date.
  • An observation date is the date FormulaSignal read a source. It is not a manufacture date and not the date a change was made.
  • The new panel image carries a Shopify upload stamp of 2026-10-27, which places the new label on the brand's page within 2026-08-03 to 2026-10-27; this is not a manufacture date and does not establish what is in a given tub. On 2026-11-07 the product page no longer references the earlier panel asset. Both panels were read twice independently with every field agreeing. No laboratory testing is claimed.
  • An ingredient stated as removed or added is a difference between two label declarations that were each read in full. It is not evidence about what the product contains beyond what its label declares, and it is not a manufacturing date.
  • At least one endpoint did not record its claim set in full, so a claim present on one side and absent on the other is non-disclosure rather than removal.
  • At least one endpoint did not record its certification set in full, so a certification present on one side and absent on the other is non-disclosure rather than removal.

Record V1 stores no separate publication timestamp, so a Signal's release date is the date it was reviewed. The observation window above is a different pair of dates and is usually earlier.

Standing Record

23 of 23 confirmed findings were released before this period. They are carried here so a reader arriving at any edition sees the whole confirmed set, and none of them is movement in November 2026.

Gorilla Mind Gorilla Mode Lightning

FORMULA Released October 31, 2026 · observation window 2026-01-17 through 2026-08-03

The full edition carries this finding with its movements, both evidence endpoints and the reviewer’s limitations. The permanent record of it is public at /people/signals/chg-gorilla-mind-gorilla-mode-lightning-npdma-2026.

Huge Supplements Pump Serum

FORMULA Released October 31, 2026 · observation window 2023-12-24 through 2026-09-26

The full edition carries this finding with its movements, both evidence endpoints and the reviewer’s limitations. The permanent record of it is public at /people/signals/chg-huge-supplements-pump-serum-v2-2023-to-2026.

Jacked Factory Altius Clinically Dosed Pre-Workout

FORMULA Released October 31, 2026 · observation window 2022-03-13 through 2026-08-18

The full edition carries this finding with its movements, both evidence endpoints and the reviewer’s limitations. The permanent record of it is public at /people/signals/chg-jacked-factory-altius-reformulation-2022-to-2026.

NutraBio Base Pre-Workout

FORMULA Released October 31, 2026 · observation window 2025-03-28 through 2026-08-03

The full edition carries this finding with its movements, both evidence endpoints and the reviewer’s limitations. The permanent record of it is public at /people/signals/chg-nutrabio-base-blue-raspberry-b12-2025-to-2026.

ProSupps Dr. JEKYLL Nightmare

FORMULA Released October 26, 2026 · observation window 2026-08-03 through 2026-10-26

The full edition carries this finding with its movements, both evidence endpoints and the reviewer’s limitations. The permanent record of it is public at /people/signals/chg-prosupps-dr-jekyll-nightmare-b12-2026.

GHOST Legend

FORMULA Released October 25, 2026 · observation window 2023-09-29 through 2026-07-23

The full edition carries this finding with its movements, both evidence endpoints and the reviewer’s limitations. The permanent record of it is public at /people/signals/chg-ghost-legend-v3-to-v4-blue-raspberry.

Cellucor C4 Sport Pre-Workout

FORMULA Released October 17, 2026 · observation window 2025-06-04 through 2026-10-16

The full edition carries this finding with its movements, both evidence endpoints and the reviewer’s limitations. The permanent record of it is public at /people/signals/chg-cellucor-c4-sport-pre-workout-f3cd9fef075a.

RSP Nutrition AminoLean Energy / Pre Workout

FORMULA Released October 17, 2026 · observation window 2023-10-25 through 2026-10-17

The full edition carries this finding with its movements, both evidence endpoints and the reviewer’s limitations. The permanent record of it is public at /people/signals/chg-rsp-aminolean-1d15c534307c.

1st Phorm Megawatt

FORMULA Released October 5, 2026 · observation window 2022-10-12 through 2025-04-21

The full edition carries this finding with its movements, both evidence endpoints and the reviewer’s limitations. The permanent record of it is public at /people/signals/chg-1st-phorm-megawatt-2024-reformulation.

Gorilla Mind Gorilla Mode

FORMULA Released October 5, 2026 · observation window 2023-10-23 through 2025-04-25

The full edition carries this finding with its movements, both evidence endpoints and the reviewer’s limitations. The permanent record of it is public at /people/signals/chg-gorilla-mind-gorilla-mode-2024-reformulation.

Transparent Labs BULK

FORMULA Released October 5, 2026 · observation window 2022-08-19 through 2025-03-16

The full edition carries this finding with its movements, both evidence endpoints and the reviewer’s limitations. The permanent record of it is public at /people/signals/chg-transparent-labs-bulk-2023-reformulation.

Beyond Raw LIT V2 Pre-Workout

FORMULA Released July 29, 2026 · observation window 2025-08-01 through 2026-07-23

The full edition carries this finding with its movements, both evidence endpoints and the reviewer’s limitations. The permanent record of it is public at /people/signals/chg-beyond-raw-lit-v1-to-v2.

Cellucor C4 Original

FORMULA Released July 29, 2026 · observation window 2024-01-25 through 2024-02-26

The full edition carries this finding with its movements, both evidence endpoints and the reviewer’s limitations. The permanent record of it is public at /people/signals/chg-cellucor-c4-original-2024-gen5.

GHOST Legend

FORMULA Released July 29, 2026 · observation window 2019-09-19 through 2026-07-23

The full edition carries this finding with its movements, both evidence endpoints and the reviewer’s limitations. The permanent record of it is public at /people/signals/chg-ghost-legend-v1-to-v4.

Category benchmarks

Caffeine

Lowest
100 mg
25th percentile
200 mg
Median
250 mg
75th percentile
325 mg
Highest
450 mg
Products
128
Declared caffeine per serving across 128 products whose current label lets the total be computed line by line.
Caffeine per servingProductsShare of the cohort
Under 150 mg5
150 to 199 mg24
200 to 249 mg32
250 to 299 mg9
300 to 349 mg29
350 mg and above29
Total128
  • 128 of 359Current label states a caffeine total that can be computed line by line
  • 65 of 359Current label declares the product stimulant-free
  • 1 of 359Label states a caffeine total without declaring the lines behind itThe total is on file and is not counted into the distribution, because the lines it came from cannot be checked.
  • 165 of 359Caffeine not computable from the current labelA proprietary blend, an unconfirmed transcription, or no caffeine line on the current panel. Not a claim that the product contains none.

Serving economics

Lowest
$0.40
25th percentile
$1.10
Median
$1.50
75th percentile
$2.00
Highest
$3.75
Products
225
Price per serving across 225 products where an observed package price and a container count of two servings or more describe the same package.
Price per servingProductsShare of the cohort
Under $1.0054
$1.00 to $1.4980
$1.50 to $1.9943
$2.00 to $2.4926
$2.50 and above22
Total225
  • 332 of 359Products with a dated observed price
  • 225 of 359Products where price per serving is arithmetic over one package
  • 0 of 332Price observations recorded on a list basis by the sourceEvery other observed price may have been promotional. FormulaSignal does not infer a list basis from the absence of a strike-through, and no figure in this edition is called a list price.

Excluded from price per serving: Evogen Nutrition EVP AQ Shot, because the container holds one serving, so an observed package price does not establish what it covered.

Excluded from price per serving: RAW Nutrition Thavage RTD Pre-Workout, because the container holds one serving, so an observed package price does not establish what it covered.

Formulation

Covered products whose newest first-party panel states an amount for every line it declares, with no proprietary blend withholding a split and no unconfirmed transcription. This is the only cohort where not finding an ingredient is evidence the product does not declare it.

Declared formulation dimensions across 177 products disclosing an amount for every line on their current panel.
IngredientDeclaresDoes not declareMedian declared amountAmounts counted
Beta-alanine132 of 177453.2 g132
Citrulline, any form131 of 177466 g131
Creatine, any form42 of 1771352.5 g42

7 further formulation dimensions are in the full edition.

Readings

Each reading names the fact under it, the benchmark that gives the fact meaning, and the interpretation that follows. A possible implication is stated as a possibility, because FormulaSignal observes the Record and does not forecast a market.

OBSERVED FACT

Of 128 products with a computable caffeine total, 61 declare under 250 mg and 58 declare 300 mg or more.

BENCHMARK

Only 9 sit in the 250 to 299 mg band, between the two groups. The median of 250 mg falls in the thinner part of the distribution rather than in its centre of mass.

INTERPRETATION

In the observed set, caffeine load clusters at two levels rather than spreading evenly across the range.

POSSIBLE IMPLICATION

A product landing between those levels may find its stimulant positioning harder to state against either group, and a competitive set drawn only from one of them will produce a category median that does not describe the other.

2 further readings are in the full edition.

Product comparison

Covered products at publishable depth that answer every current-state question and disclose an amount for every line on their current panel, ordered by coverage tier and then by brand. Not a ranking and not a recommendation. 6 of 160 eligible products are shown here.

Current declared state of 6 covered products, as of November 7, 2026.
ProductBrandCaffeineBeta-alanineCitrullineCreatineServingsObserved pricePrice per servingDisclosureStatusDated states
C4 OriginalCellucor200 mg34th2 g31st1.2 g3rd1 g5th30$34.99$1.1731stCOMPLETEout of stock12
P.S.P.Metabolic NutritionDeclares none1.5 g9th3 g13th2 g27th42$54.99$1.3138thCOMPLETElisted3
AlphaSurge DRV1st PhormDeclares noneNot declaredNot declaredNot declared20$45.99$2.3084thCOMPLETElisted3
AlphaSurge Pump Shot1st PhormDeclares noneNot declaredNot declaredNot declared30$39.99$1.3340thCOMPLETElisted2
Endura-Formance1st PhormDeclares none3.2 g64thNot declared5 g83rd30$46.99$1.5760thCOMPLETElisted2
Megawatt1st Phorm150 mg8thNot declaredNot declaredNot declared40$47.99$1.2034thCOMPLETElisted5

A blank cell means the Record does not hold that value and never means zero. Every price is an observed price: no covered product's newest price observation records a list basis. A formulation cell reading “not declared” is a finding: every product in this table discloses an amount for every line on its current panel, so not finding an ingredient means the label does not state one.

A percentile is this product’s position inside the observed cohort named in the benchmark above, and nothing more. A positioning line is a percentile inside a named cohort of observed values, and nothing more. FormulaSignal holds no efficacy finding and publishes no verdict on whether an amount is adequate, so no product here is ranked, graded, or described as better or worse than another.

Why 199 covered products are not in this table

199 of the 359 covered products are not in this table. A product is absent because of a limit on FormulaSignal's evidence or a deliberate hold on publishing it, never because of anything observed about the product. The reasons are counted below and the products are not named, because naming them would publish the judgement rather than the evidence.

182 Current panel does not state an amount for every line
A proprietary blend, a line printed with no amount, or no current first-party panel on file. A row for one of these would carry blanks a reader would read as absences.
15 A current-state question has no answer
Identity, serving basis, commercial state or an unresolved source contradiction. The panel may be complete and the row would still misstate what the product costs or how it is served.
2 Held below publishable depth by a named handling
The evidence answers and review has recorded a reason not to publish it as a normalized record. Depth is a publication gate set in review, and this table does not overrule one.

154 further products are in the full edition.

Historical depth
  • 26 of 359Products holding an earlier state comparable to the panel on file today
  • 28 of 359Products holding at least one comparable adjacent pair of dated formula statesA different question from the row above, and a larger answer: a pair of states that are both now historical is comparable to each other without being comparable to the current panel.

Historical depth is uneven and is never continuous. FormulaSignal holds dated states, not a running log: the gap between two states is a gap in observation, and nothing is inferred about what happened inside it.

Products holding an earlier dated state the Record will compare against the panel on file today.
ProductBrandComparable prior statesDated states heldCurrent panel observed
LegendGHOST38October 20, 2026
Total WarREDCON1311October 31, 2026
PulseLegion Athletics26August 3, 2026
Mr. HYDE Signature V2ProSupps28October 24, 2026
SUPERHUMAN ExtremeAlpha Lion17August 3, 2026
Superhuman PreAlpha Lion110August 3, 2026
DBAPAxe & Sledge15November 1, 2026
LIT V2 Pre-WorkoutBeyond Raw12July 23, 2026
C4 OriginalCellucor112October 20, 2026
C4 Sport Pre-WorkoutCellucor19October 16, 2026
Gorilla Mode LightningGorilla Mind14August 3, 2026
MagnifyHuge Supplements15September 26, 2026
Pump SerumHuge Supplements15September 26, 2026
Wrecked EnragedHuge Supplements16September 26, 2026
Altius Clinically Dosed Pre-WorkoutJacked Factory16August 18, 2026
Pre JYM Pre-Workout - Stim-FreeJYM Supplement Science16November 7, 2026
Pre-Workout SupplementNaked Nutrition13September 26, 2026
Base Pre-WorkoutNutraBio16August 3, 2026
PRE WorkoutNutraBio17July 26, 2026
Gold Standard Pre-WorkoutOptimum Nutrition17October 24, 2026
Dr. JEKYLL NightmareProSupps16October 26, 2026
Mr. HYDE Max PumpProSupps17August 3, 2026
Mr. HYDE XtremeProSupps17October 24, 2026
AminoLean Energy / Pre WorkoutRSP Nutrition19October 17, 2026
Godzilla Pre-WorkoutRYSE16August 3, 2026
Loaded PreRYSE18October 17, 2026
Evidence and method
  • Every current-state figure reads the newest confirmed first-party observation on or before this edition's data-as-of date. A page read today never establishes what a product declared last year.
  • A change is released only after the preserved evidence is reviewed, with a review date on the record. Monitoring may observe, acquire, compare and propose. It may not confirm.
  • Observed prices carry the basis the source stated. No covered product's newest price observation records a list basis, so no figure in this edition is called a list or standard price and no percentage price change is published from two observed prices.
  • Missing evidence stays missing. A product whose panel does not disclose an amount is counted as not disclosing it, never as declaring zero.
  • 359 of 359Products holding a dated first-party current observation
  • 205 of 359Products whose current first-party observation declares at least one ingredient line
  • 340 of 359Products whose sources answered on the last check

1189 tracked sources across 359 products. 232 recorded evidence limits across 205 products. An evidence limit is FormulaSignal's own record that a dimension cannot currently be observed, what was tried, and the condition that would end it. It is a stated boundary on the sample rather than a gap somebody forgot.

Recorded evidence limits by dimension.
DimensionLimits
formula180
history23
caffeine12
identity9
commercial5
current state3

123 candidates are awaiting review. Candidates awaiting review. No candidate is named, described or counted toward any figure in this edition: an unreviewed candidate is not a finding.

Limitations

  • Every figure describes 359 covered products across 87 brands. FormulaSignal does not claim to observe every product sold in the category, and nothing here is a market share, a sales figure or a shipment estimate.
  • 182 of 359 products do not disclose an amount for every line on their current panel, through a proprietary blend, a line stating no amount, or no current first-party panel at all. Ingredient counts in this edition run over the 177 that do, because that is the only set where a product not declaring an ingredient means anything.
  • No covered product's newest price observation records whether it was a list or a promotional price. Every price in this edition is an observed price on a stated date. No percentage price change is published, and nothing here is called a list price.
  • 2 products are excluded from price per serving because the container holds one serving, so an observed package price does not establish whether it covered one unit or a case.
  • Historical depth is uneven. 26 of 359 products hold an earlier state the Record will compare against the panel on file today. FormulaSignal holds dated states, never a continuous log, and infers nothing about the gap between two of them.
  • An observation date is the date FormulaSignal read a source. It is not a manufacture date, a rollout date, or the date a product actually changed.
  • 123 candidates are awaiting review. None of them appears in this edition in any form, because an unreviewed candidate is not a finding.

Corrections

A correction to a finding travels with the finding. A frozen edition is never rewritten: the correction record is published beside the finding it touches, so a reader can tell what an earlier edition said from what the Record holds now.

  • AMENDED Axe & Sledge DBAP, accepted November 4, 2026. The page labeled October 31 as both reviewed and released beside a newer source observed November 1.. The stored review is a date-only October 31 entry. Both panel-reading records are dated November 1. The evidence was committed November 1 at 01:29:41 UTC; that is not a recorded publication or review time. The original review time zone is absent, so the exact sequence cannot be established. The declared label comparison stands; the claim to an independently established October 31 release date does not..
  • AMENDED 1st Phorm Megawatt, accepted October 21, 2026. The tub went from about 50 servings to about 40 at the same 5.5 g scoop, so a tub holds about 20% fewer servings. Both Pink Lemonade panels print a 5.5 g scoop and approximate servings (about 50, about 40). Neither shows a net weight, so they may be one tub that shrank or two tub sizes.
  • AMENDED Cellucor C4 Original, accepted August 3, 2026. List price $29.99 to $34.99 on the homepage signal card, with observed standard price and price per serving increased 16.7% as commercial context. Both endpoint offer observations for 2024-01-25 and 2024-02-26 carry price_basis UNKNOWN. The record does not establish that either archived price was a list price rather than a promotional one, so neither the List price label nor a percentage move between them was supported..
  • AMENDED Beyond Raw LIT V2 Pre-Workout, accepted July 29, 2026. The V1 to V2 change window ended 2025-09-12. Neither endpoint capture was observed on 2025-09-12. The captures on file were observed 2025-08-01 and 2026-07-23, so the stated window end was a rollout date from secondary coverage rather than an observation.

In the full edition

  • Observed movement and source degradation, per product
  • Record development: evidence limits lifted, products entering monitoring
  • Brand view, with denominators
  • Period-over-period comparison against the prior edition
  • Percentile positioning per product, on every computed dimension
  • Your named competitive set, filtered and highlighted

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