Pre Lab Pro

What it does

Pre Lab Pro is a natural-berry-flavoured pre-workout powder sold through performancelab.com; the buy buttons on its own site, prelabpro.com, link to that product page. A tub holds 20 servings of one 13g scoop, mixed into 300ml of water and taken 15-30 minutes before training, with no more than 2 scoops in 24 hours. Each scoop also supplies 500mg Himalayan pink salt, vitamin D3 from algae, B2, B6, folate, B12, potassium and iron. It is vegan. For drug-tested athletes, the vendor states it is 'third-party tested and validated by Informed Sport', but the product page shows no certificate or batch number, so treat that as the vendor's claim. We found no entry for it on the Australian Register of Therapeutic Goods (ARTG) when we searched on 2026-10-05, so it reaches Australian buyers as an imported food supplement rather than a listed medicine.

How it works

Caffeine (80mg) blocks adenosine receptors to dull fatigue signals, and L-theanine (160mg, a 2:1 ratio) plus L-tyrosine (400mg) are the nootropic trio from Performance Lab's Caffeine 2 capsule at higher amounts. L-citrulline is converted to arginine and then nitric oxide, and beetroot supplies dietary nitrate, a second nitric-oxide source; the vendor includes both for blood flow, strength and endurance. Glutathione, an antioxidant, makes up the rest of the Setria for Sport blend. Himalayan pink salt (200mg sodium) and potassium act as electrolytes. Pre Lab Pro itself has not been tested in a published trial; the vendor's claims rest on ingredient-level research.

What to expect

Performance Lab says Pre Lab Pro starts working in around 15-30 minutes. The vendor calls the 80mg caffeine dose moderate, and two scoops (its 24-hour limit) give 160mg; count it toward your daily caffeine total. The citrulline and beet amounts are below the doses used in performance trials, so any blood-flow or endurance benefit from them is uncertain. Orders to Australia ship from the brand's Australian depot in 3-6 working days or from its UK depot in 7-14 working days, depending on destination (per performancelab.com's shipping page, checked 2026-10-05). We saw only US-dollar prices ($59 one-time for 20 scoops) when we checked.

Hero ingredients

• Caffeine80mg
• L-Theanine160mg
• L-Tyrosine400mg
• L-Citrulline2200mg blend (split undisclosed)
• Beetroot1500mg

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