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HSN or PromoFarma for BCAA: which is better value per kg
The short answer. For BCAA, HSN lists 10 products and PromoFarma another 13. By price per kg, HSN’s median is €24.20/kg and PromoFarma’s is €61.72/kg. The highest scoring across both catalogues is HSN Raw Series BCAA's instantáneo 2:1:1 2.0 1Kg from HSN, with 81 out of 100 at €20.00/kg. Neither has products at verification level 4: for BCAA the ceiling today is a lab report published by the brand itself, and that is not a certification.
Both stores measured on the same criterion: price per kg and certification verification level. There is no overall winner because there isn’t one: one can win on price and the other on certification, and here you see both separately.
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Both stores at a glance
10 BCAA products
€24.20/kgmedian
From €20.00/kg to €33.27/kg. 0 at verification level 4 and 0 at level 3.
Its best score: HSN Raw Series BCAA's instantáneo 2:1:1 2.0 1Kg, 81/100 at €20.00/kg.
13 BCAA products
€61.72/kgmedian
From €51.58/kg to €189.45/kg. 0 at verification level 4 and 0 at level 3.
Its best score: BEST PROTEIN Bcaa +Glutamine 6.1.1 Limón 500 g, 62/100 at €51.58/kg.
HSN against PromoFarma, figure by figure
The same numbers for both
| Figure | HSN | PromoFarma |
|---|---|---|
| Products compared | 10 | 13 |
| Median per kg | €24.20/kg | €61.72/kg |
| Cheapest per kg | €20.00/kg | €51.58/kg |
| Dearest per kg | €33.27/kg | €189.45/kg |
| Best score | 81 | 62 |
| Level 4 (certification backed by a third party) | 0 of 10 | 0 of 13 |
| Level 3 (the brand’s own lab report) | 0 of 10 | 0 of 13 |
The median is not the price you will pay. It is the midpoint of that store’s catalogue in this category, and it tells you whether a store is dear or cheap overall. For buying, the specific row in the table below is what counts.
What each tub contains
Median dose per serving
Price per kilo does not tell you how much active ingredient is inside the kilo. This table does: for each ingredient, the median dose per serving at each store and how many products reach the dose backed by studies (the same reference this site scores with).
| Ingredient | HSN | PromoFarma |
|---|---|---|
| BCAAEvidence-backed dose: from 5 g per serving | 5 g10 of 10 contain it · 10 reach the dose | —13 of 13 contain it · none publishes the dose |
The dose is per serving, not per tub. A big tub with a short dose forces you to take two scoops to get the same, and then it lasts half as long: that is why the price per dose in the next section does not match the price per kilo.
Why one is cheaper than the other
Factor by factor, with both stores’ data
PromoFarma costs 155 % more per kg than HSN (€61.72/kg against €24.20/kg, medians of both catalogues). That difference does not come out of nowhere. These are the data that explain it, with each store’s figure alongside: different brands in the catalogue, products with declared additives.
| Factor | HSN | PromoFarma |
|---|---|---|
| Cost of one effective dosePrice per kg and price per dose point to the same store, so the dose does not erase the label difference: HSN is cheaper both ways. | €0.121 | €0.309 |
| Different brands in the catalogueHSN mostly sells one brand, HSN Raw Series: 60 % of its catalogue in this category. PromoFarma spreads its own across 8 brands. A store selling its own brand skips the manufacturer’s margin and can cut the price without touching the formula; a reseller pays that margin and passes it on, and in exchange carries brands the other does not sell. | 2 (60 % HSN Raw Series) | 8 (31 % BEST PROTEIN) |
| Products with declared additivesWhat the pages of both declare: colourings, artificial sweeteners. An additive is not fraud, but it takes up grams that are not active ingredient and is cheaper than the active ingredient: where more additive is declared, the price per kg drops without the product being better. | 40 % | 0 % |
| Median rating at the storeBased on 5,275 reviews at HSN and 1 at PromoFarma. These are the store’s own ratings, which is judge and party: they help spot a product that arrives damaged or tastes awful, not decide which formula is better. | 4.7/5 | 4/5 |
None of these factors is an accusation. They are medians of what each store publishes on its pages on the day prices were collected: where a page does not declare a figure, that store does not count in that row instead of counting as a zero. A specific product can contradict its store’s median, and that is what the full table is for. How all of this is calculated.
All 23 products from both stores
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| # | Product | Store | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | HSN+€3.99 delivery | €20.00 | €20.00 /kg | 81 | |
| HSN+€3.99 delivery | €22.99 | €22.99 /kg | 76 | ||
| HSN+€3.99 delivery | €11.99 | €23.98 /kg | 75 | ||
| HSN+€3.99 delivery | €3.99 | €26.60 /kg | 73 | ||
| HSN+€3.99 delivery | €13.50 | €27.00 /kg | 73 | ||
| HSN+€3.99 delivery | €4.99 | €33.27 /kg | 68 | ||
| 02 | HSN Sport Series Evo 4:1:1 (BCAA's instantáneos) en polvo 1Kg · 2 flavours4.7★ (227) · 3/3 requirementslowest seen | HSN+€3.99 delivery | €20.66 | €20.66 /kg | 78 |
HSN Sport Series Evo 4:1:1 (BCAA's instantáneos) en polvo 500g · 8 flavours4.7★ (227) · 3/3 requirementslowest seen | HSN+€3.99 delivery | €12.10 | €24.20 /kg | 74 | |
| 03 | HSN Sport Series EvoBCAA's complex en polvo 500g · 3 flavours4.7★ (188) · 3/3 requirementslowest seen | HSN+€3.99 delivery | €11.45 | €22.90 /kg | 75 |
| 04 | HSN Sport Series EvoBCAA's 2.0 (BCAA's 12:1:1 + glutamina) 500g · 11 flavours4.7★ (2611) · 3/3 requirementslowest seen | HSN+€3.99 delivery | €12.45 | €24.90 /kg | 73 |
| 05 | BEST PROTEIN Bcaa +Glutamine 6.1.1 Limón 500 g · 2/2 requirements | PromoFarma | €25.79 | €51.58 /kg | 62 |
| 06 | BEST PROTEIN Bcaa + glutamine 6.1.1 Sandía 500 g · 2/2 requirements | PromoFarma | €26.05 | €52.10 /kg | 61 |
| 07 | PromoFarma | €27.33 | €54.66 /kg | 61 | |
BEST PROTEIN Bcaa+ glutamina 6.1.1 Sin Sabor 250 g · 2/2 requirements | PromoFarma | €25.06 | €100.24 /kg | 56 | |
| 08 | PromoFarma | €27.20 | €54.40 /kg | 60 | |
| 09 | PromoFarma | €28.05 | €56.10 /kg | 60 | |
| 10 | PromoFarma | €28.49 | €56.98 /kg | 60 | |
| 11 | PromoFarma | €21.00 | €66.67 /kg | 58 | |
| 12 | PromoFarma | €27.69 | €76.92 /kg | 57 | |
| 13 | Eafit Bcaa 8:1:1 275 g · 2/2 requirements | PromoFarma | €30.59 | €111.24 /kg | 55 |
| 14 | Eric Favre Bcaa 811 Zero Piña Colada 500 g · 1/2 requirements | PromoFarma | €30.86 | €61.72 /kg | 55 |
| 15 | INFISPORT Bcaa's Leucina+ 200 g · 2/2 requirements | PromoFarma | €37.89 | €189.45 /kg | 53 |
| 16 | VitoBest Glutamine + Bcaa Cola 200 g · 1/2 requirements | PromoFarma | €18.83 | €94.15 /kg | 51 |
No product makes that cut
Out of the 23 in this table, none meets every filter that is currently set at the same time.
23 products in this table
Questions about HSN and PromoFarma for BCAA
Answered with the data on this page
- HSN or PromoFarma for BCAA?
- On price per kg, HSN: its median is €24.20/kg against €61.72/kg at PromoFarma, which is 155 % dearer. The median does not decide on its own: most of the rest of the mark is certification, and there HSN has 0 products at level 4 and PromoFarma has 0.
- Which is the cheapest BCAA across the two stores?
- HSN Raw Series BCAA's instantáneo 2:1:1 2.0 1Kg from HSN, at €20.00/kg (1000 g pack for €20.00), at verification level 1 out of 4.
- Why don’t HSN and PromoFarma cost the same?
- PromoFarma costs 155 % more per kg than HSN (€61.72/kg against €24.20/kg, medians of both catalogues). That difference does not come out of nowhere. These are the data that explain it, with each store’s figure alongside: different brands in the catalogue, products with declared additives. Price per kg and price per dose point to the same store, so the dose does not erase the label difference: HSN is cheaper both ways. HSN mostly sells one brand, HSN Raw Series: 60 % of its catalogue in this category. PromoFarma spreads its own across 8 brands. A store selling its own brand skips the manufacturer’s margin and can cut the price without touching the formula; a reseller pays that margin and passes it on, and in exchange carries brands the other does not sell.
- Which of the two stores scores better?
- HSN Raw Series BCAA's instantáneo 2:1:1 2.0 1Kg from HSN, with 81 out of 100. The score is 35 % price per kg against the cheapest in the category, 35 % verifiable quality (certification, purity and additives), 20 % the category's own requirements and 10 % the buyers' rating at the store, and it is computed without looking at affiliate links. Prices from October 15, 2026.
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