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CON-CRET

Essential Nutrition, Backed by Science

Founded

2007

Founders

Mark Faulkner

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Industries

Health & Wellness

Stocked at

Amazon

About the Brand

About

CON-CRET® is a brand that offers a variety of creatine products, including powders, gummies, and capsules. Their main product is CON-CRET® Creatine HCl, which is promoted for its high absorption rate and effectiveness at doses less than 1 gram. The brand emphasizes the absence of side effects and is made in the USA. CON-CRET® aims to support better performance, energy levels, and muscle recovery.

Founding Story

Mark Faulkner is the Founder and President of Vireo Systems and the inventor behind CON-CRĒT®, the #1 absorbed and most widely licensed creatine. With a passion for using science to help people live healthier, more active lives, Mark has founded multiple research-driven companies and holds nine patents. He began his career co-founding a forensic toxicology lab that developed the NFL’s steroid testing program and worked with Olympic and NCAA athletes. In 2002, his mission to create safe, effective alternatives to steroids led to groundbreaking research on creatine hydrochloride (HCl), resulting in the creation of CON-CRĒT®, a superior, clinically backed form of creatine without the side effects of traditional products. Today, through Vireo Systems and its Promera Health division, Mark continues to advance innovation in nutraceuticals and biochemistry, delivering premium products for both people and pets.

Signature Products

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VITAMINS + SUPPLEMENTS

CON-CRĒT® Creatine HCl + Hydration

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$24.99 Amazon

SUPPLEMENTS

CON-CRĒT® Creatine HCl Capsules

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$24.99 Amazon

SUPPLEMENTS

CON-CRĒT® Creatine HCl Powder

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$32.99 Amazon

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  • Mark Faulkner is passionately committed to leveraging the power of science to help everyone live their best, healthiest, and most active lives. An avid inventor and innovator, he holds 9 patents and has founded several companies rooted in science and dedicated to world-class research. Mark’s goal is to revolutionize global health through innovation in the nutraceutical and biochemistry markets.

    Mark co-founded a forensic toxicology lab that specialized in athletic drug testing. He was committed to keeping athletes safe, and the lab’s original staff developed the steroid testing program for the National Football League (NFL). The lab’s work included testing for many Olympic and NCAA athletes.

    His passion for helping athletes find safe, effective products to improve their endurance led him to launch Vireo Systems in 2002. Mark and his team of scientists conducted peptide and amino acid research in partnership with leading universities. His goal was to find a safe and effective option for steroids. His team began to focus on creatine but found the products on the market lacking efficacy. The Vireo team started to focus on creatine hydrochloride (C-HCI.) The team synthesized a molecule, a unique form of creatine, and discovered it was a super strong version of creatine. The resulting product proved to be not only safe but outperformed the leading sports nutrition options. Mark trademarked the supplement and called it CON-CRET.

    Today, CON-CRET is the #1 absorbed and best-selling, most widely licensed creatine. It is the only form of creatine that delivers superior performance results without adverse side effects, such as digestive distress, often associated with creatine.

Press Coverage

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