The best hmb we track, ranked by real cost-per-dose — not paid placements. Across 14 brands, 1 are third-party tested in a public registry.
Updated September 2026prices checked what’s changed
HMB costs a median $0.17 per serving — the cheapest of the 17 we can price per dose is $0.06 per serving. Prices checked September 2026.
Ranked across 17 products · prices checked Sep 24, 2026

NSF Certified for Sport brand at $0.15 per serving.
How we rank
We rank by cost-per-dose — price ÷ servings, normalized to the daily dose — so bottle sizes and strengths compare fairly. Prices are scraped at publication and re-checked when the catalog refreshes (see the “Prices checked” stamp above). There is no paid placement and no kickback for ordering. Full methodology · Editorial standards.
The cheapest bottle isn’t automatically the best value: a low per-bottle price usually just means fewer servings or a smaller dose per serving. That is exactly what cost per dose normalises, which is why the ranking above is ordered by it rather than by sticker price. A bigger bottle isn’t automatically cheaper per dose either — this list already ranks by cost per dose, so a larger count only wins if it truly costs less per serving. Compare HMB forms.
Our data on this: how much the big bottle saves per serving · the gummy tax · the form premium · the price spread.
Cost-per-serving normalizes price across bottle sizes — a 60-count and a 365-count compare fairly.
capsule · 1000mg · 240 servings · $13.99
capsule · 1000mg · 150 servings · $21.96
NSF Sportcapsule · 3000mg · 60 servings · $23.96
NSF SportSee also: HMB basics · all best-value rankings
1 of the 14 brands ranked above appear in an independent certifier's own public registry. A certification confirms the label matches the contents — it says nothing about how well the supplement works, and an uncertified brand is not automatically worse.
The cheapest hmb we track is $0.06 per serving ($13.99 for 240 servings), against a typical $0.17 per serving across the 17 we can price per dose — about $1.75 a month at the cheapest. That's real cost per dose from live Amazon US prices as of September 2026, not the sticker price.
FITO MEDIC'S Lab | hmb |240 Capsules |1000 mg| hmb Supplement | hmb Free Acid… — $0.06 per serving ($13.99 for 240 servings), the lowest cost-per-dose hmb in our Amazon US catalog as of September 2026.
The cheapest hmb we track works out to $0.06 per serving, against a typical $0.17 per serving across the 17 we can price per dose. Retailers and review sites list a price and a serving size but rarely divide it out — this is what a day actually costs, as of September 2026.
About $0.17 per serving across the 17 hmb products we can price per dose (combination products are left out — their single label dose belongs to whichever ingredient the product is built around) — the cheapest we track is $0.06 per serving, with most falling between $0.10 and $0.24.
Of the 14 hmb brands ranked here, 1 hold a third-party certification we could verify in a public registry: BulkSupplements.com (NSF Certified for Sport). Certification means an independent lab confirmed the label matches the contents and screened for contaminants — it does not rate how well the supplement works. The cheapest certified option is BulkSupplements.com HMB Capsules - as Calcium HMB Supplement at $0.15 per serving.
BulkSupplements.com — NSF Certified for Sport. We only count a brand as tested when it appears in the certifier's own public registry (USP Verified, NSF Certified for Sport, Informed Choice), never on a claim printed on the label. The remaining 13 brands on this page have no certification we could verify.
We don't republish marketplace star ratings — they belong to the retailer, they move constantly, and a 4.6 average tells you nothing about what is in the capsule. The two things you can verify are what a dose costs and whether an independent lab checked the label. On both counts, BulkSupplements.com HMB Capsules - as Calcium HMB Supplement stands out: NSF Certified for Sport certified at $0.15 per serving.
The hmb products we track range from 1000mg to 3000mg per serving. We rank by cost per serving so you can compare value across strengths — check the label for the dose that suits you.
1 of 14 tracked HMB brands here are flagged as carrying independent third-party testing — a voluntary check of a product's identity, potency and contaminants by an outside lab. It's a quality signal, not a value or efficacy claim. Confirm any brand's current status on the official registries:
Testing status is self-reported by the brand or drawn from public certification and may change — always verify on the official registry before purchase.
We link primary sources and paraphrase their findings — never copy their text, tables, or images. Cost-per-dose figures are our own first-party catalog data.