OptiATP™

Now Formulate Ready-to-Drink Beverages Containing ATP

The need for energy-supporting beverage, supplement and food products has never been more relevant than now for consumers who seek these products out for various needs, such as to proactively sustain energy or to reactively refuel or recover. Until now, formulating beverages containing energy-boosting and muscle-supporting ATP has been a challenge. Standard sources of ATP degrade rapidly under typical high-heat beverage processing conditions and over the shelf-life of the finished beverage. OptiATP provides an optimized form of ATP that remains stable in beverages, allowing you to explore product line expansion into the energy and sports beverage markets.

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What is Adenosine 5-Triphosphate (ATP)?

ATP is the primary source of cellular energy for all living things.

• Energy-carrying molecule - Provides energy to drive many processes and functions
• Signaling molecule - Released by cells to send messages to nearby nerves, muscles and blood vessels

ATP supports:

Proven Clinical Study Results 

Boosts Muscular Power Output⁷
May improve the muscle’s contractibility, force, and endurance properties.*

Increases Total Strength by 147% vs. Training Alone8
Supports an increase in weight lifted and the number of repetitions per set.*

Increases Power by 30% vs. Placebo⁸
Supports significant increases in vertical jump power.*

Increases Lean Body Mass by 100% vs. Placebo⁸
May support a significant increase in lean body mass and muscle thickness.*

Reduces Muscular Fatigue^9,10
May improve muscular endurance, increasing benefits as more repetitions are performed.*

May improve blood flow up to 54% as a result of increasing levels of ATP in red blood cells causing improved vasodilation and blood flow which aids the muscle recovery process.* 

Reduces Mental Fatigue & Improves Cognitive Performance¹¹
Helps to mitigate deficits in several cognitive tasks before and after high-intensity exercise.*

May improve reaction time by preventing the decline in proactive visuomotor reaction time following high-intensity exercise.*

1. Glanbia Nutritionals, Global Consumer U&A Study - US, 2023, 2.FMCG GURUS: Active Nutrition Q3 2023, 3. FMCG Gurus, Sports Nutrition Survey – USA, Q3 2023, 4. Glanbia Nutritionals Performance Nutrition U&A Study, 2022, 5. Kerksick CM, Roberts MD, Dalbo VJ, Sunderland KL. Intramuscular phosphagen status and the relationship to muscle performance across the age spectrum. Eur J Appl Physiol. 2016 Jan;116(1):115-27. doi: 10.1007/s00421-015-3246-1. Epub 2015 Aug 26. PMID: 26307531, 6. Glanbia Nutritionals Study. Data on file. Hot-fill run at 185-190°F for 3-5 seconds., 7. Rathmacher JA, et al. Adenosine-5’-triphosphate (ATP) supplementation improves low peak muscle torque and torque fatigue during repeated high-intensity exercise sets. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition 9:48, 2012., 8. Wilson JM, et al. Effects of oral adenosine-5’-triphosphate supplementation on athletic performance, skeletal muscle hypertrophy and recovery in resistance-trained men. Nutrition and Metabolism 10:57, 2013., 9. Jäger, et al. Oral adenosine-5’-triphosphate (ATP) administration increases blood flow following exercise in animals and humans. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition 11:28, 2014., 10. Frietas et al. A single dose of oral ATP supplementation improves performance and physiological response during lower-body resistance exercise in recreational resistance-trained males. Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, 33:3345-3352, 2019., 11. Moon JM, Dufner TJ, Wells AJ. Evaluating the effects of PeakATP® supplementation on visuomotor reaction time and cognitive function following high-intensity sprint exercise. Front Nutr. 2023 Aug 4;10:1237678. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1237678. PMID: 37599676; PMCID: PMC10436484.