Essential Pre by RAW Nutrition

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Buy for $22.49

The Vitamin Shoppe

30-Second Review

Essential Pre by RAW Nutrition is a medium-stim pre-workout. RAW's everyday tub. One scoop is 200mg of natural caffeine, 4g of L-citrulline, and 3.2g of beta-alanine. The pump dose is a little light next to a 6g citrulline formula, and that is the trade for the price.

You get 200mg of caffeine, 4g of L-citrulline, and a full 3.2g of beta-alanine for about a dollar a scoop. The flavor list is huge, and the tub is Informed Sport tested. The tub is $22.49 for 30 servings, about $0.75 each. The limit is that 4g of citrulline is a step under the 6g pump dose.

Disclaimer: This is an independent editorial analysis. No brand paid for this score.

RAW Nutrition Essential Pre pre-workout tub
Essential Pre

RAW Nutrition

Medium-Stim200mg caffeine
8.4

Rating Breakdown

Price & Value8.4
Ingredients & Blend8.0
Brand Reputation8.6
Review Scan8.6
Final Overall Score8.4

$0.75 / serving 路 30 servings / container

Pros

  • You get 200mg of caffeine, 4g of L-citrulline, and a full 3.2g of beta-alanine for about a dollar a scoop
  • The flavor list is huge, and the tub is Informed Sport tested

Cons

  • 4g of citrulline is a step under the 6g pump dose

Label Snapshot

Caffeine200mg
Beta-Alanine3.2g
L-Citrulline4g
L-TheanineNone
CreatineNone

Flavors

Sour Blood Orange - Sara Saffari Edition, White Cherry - Sam Sulek Edition, Red, White & Bum, Peach Mango, Raspberry Creamthickle, Blue Raspberry, Sour Watermelon, Champion Mentality, Orange, Grape, Fruit Burst, Citrus Grapefruit, Sour AF, Watermelon Grape, Winterberry - Sam Sulek Edition

Where to buy

5 stores we checked on Oct 26, 2026, best price per serving first. Prices change often, so the price at checkout is the one that counts.

Best price per serving
The Vitamin Shoppe
Available flavors

Blue Raspberry, Raspberry Creamthickle, Orange, Peach Mango, Sour Watermelon, Sour Cranberry Razz, Red, White & Bum, Grape, Citrus Grapefruit, White Cherry - Sam Sulek Edition

On sale from $29.99
vitaminshoppe.com
Buy for $22.49$0.75 / serving
Amazon
Available flavors

Blue Raspberry, Champion Mentality, Fruit Burst, Grape, Orange, Peach Mango, Rathberry Creamthickle, Sour Watermelon, Watermelon Grape

amazon.com
Buy for $29.98$1.00 / serving
RAW Nutrition832 reviews at RAW NutritionThese stars are how shoppers rated this product on the brand's own website. Brands collect and show their own reviews, so their scores often run higher than at big stores. Amazon doesn't let other sites show its ratings, so the Amazon row has none. Checked Oct 26, 2026.
Available flavors

Sour Blood Orange - Sara Saffari Edition, White Cherry - Sam Sulek Edition, Red, White & Bum, Peach Mango, Raspberry Creamthickle, Blue Raspberry, Sour Watermelon, Champion Mentality

getrawnutrition.comOfficial Brand Store
Buy for $29.99$1.00 / serving
iHerb158 reviews at iHerbThese stars are how shoppers rated this product at iHerb. They rate the product, not the store. Amazon doesn't let other sites show its ratings, so the Amazon row has none. Checked Oct 26, 2026.
Available flavors

Blue Raspberry, Citrus Grapefruit, Fruit Burst, Grape, Orange, Peach Mango, Raspberry Creamthickle, Sour Watermelon

iherb.com
Buy for $29.99$1.00 / serving
Walmart1.1K reviews at WalmartThese stars are how shoppers rated this product at Walmart. They rate the product, not the store. Amazon doesn't let other sites show its ratings, so the Amazon row has none. Checked Oct 26, 2026.
Available flavors

Cherry Limeade, Hard to Kill Strawberry Lemonade, Sour Grape

walmart.com
Buy for $20.87$1.04 / serving 路 20 servings

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Tub price history

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About the brand

The company behind Essential Pre

Brand name
RAW Nutrition
Founded
2019
Key people
Dom Iacovone, Matt Jansen, Chris Bumstead
Headquarters
Port St. Lucie, Florida

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RAW Nutrition Essential Pre Stats

How its label, price and reviews stack up against the 158 pre-workout tubs we rank.

Supplekings Score

Great8.4
Higher than 94% of tubsAverage 7.6
  • Price & Value1.58.4
  • Ingredients & Blend0.58.0
  • Brand Reputation0.68.6
  • Review Scan0.88.6

Shopper Rating

4.8/5

2,121 reviews at RAW Nutrition, Walmart, iHerb

Sold At

At a Glance

Type
Medium-stim pre-workout
Caffeine
200mg
Stim level
Medium
Servings per tub
30
Flavors
15
Prices checked
Oct 26, 2026

Label Doses

Next to other pre-workout tubs. This one is the bright bar.

CaffeineMore than 18% of tubs
200mg
124mgTypical 300mg420mg+
CitrullineMore than 17% of tubs
4g
2gTypical 6g10g
Beta-AlanineMore than 36% of tubs
3.2g
1.6gTypical 3.2g6.4g+

Price Stats

Cheapest on the left. This one is the bright bar.

Per servingCheaper than 96% of tubs
$0.75
$0.67Typical $1.50$3.00+
Per 100mg of caffeineCheaper than 82% of tubs
$0.37
$0.27Typical $0.56$1.33+
Lowest price for 30 servings
$22.49 at The Vitamin Shoppe
Lowest recorded
$22.49, Nov 5, 2026
Highest recorded
$29.98, Oct 22, 2026
Change since Oct 22, 2026
Down $7.49

RAW Nutrition Essential Pre FAQ

How much caffeine is in RAW Nutrition Essential Pre?

Each serving of RAW Nutrition Essential Pre has 200mg of caffeine, more than 18% of the 122 pre-workout tubs we rank that list an amount. That makes it a medium-stim pre-workout (150-249mg), where it ranks #3 of 45.

What's on the RAW Nutrition Essential Pre label?

The doses we track are 4g of citrulline (more than 17% of the 91 that list it) and 3.2g of beta-alanine (more than 36% of the 107 that list it).

How much does RAW Nutrition Essential Pre cost per serving?

The lowest price we found is $22.49 for 30 servings at The Vitamin Shoppe, or $0.75 per serving. That's cheaper than 96% of the 158 pre-workout tubs we rank, where the typical one costs $1.50.

Where can you buy RAW Nutrition Essential Pre?

We checked 5 stores on Oct 26, 2026: RAW Nutrition, Amazon, Walmart, iHerb, and The Vitamin Shoppe. It comes in 15 flavors.

How do shoppers rate RAW Nutrition Essential Pre?

Shoppers give RAW Nutrition Essential Pre an average of 4.8 out of 5 across 2,121 reviews at RAW Nutrition, Walmart, and iHerb. Our Review Scan score for it is 8.6 out of 10.

Who makes RAW Nutrition Essential Pre?

RAW Nutrition makes Essential Pre. The brand was founded in 2019 and is based in Port St. Lucie, Florida. We rank 13 RAW Nutrition products, averaging 8.2 out of 10.

How does RAW Nutrition Essential Pre score?

We score it 8.4 out of 10, #11 of 199 pre-workouts. Its strongest rating is Brand Reputation 8.6 and its weakest is Ingredients & Blend 8.0.

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