NAD-Power — niacinamide, the plain and cheap form of B3
Niacinamide is a direct NAD+ precursor, does not cause the niacin flush, and costs a fraction of the fashionable alternatives. Here is what is in the bottle.
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What it is
Niacinamide — the amide form of vitamin B3 — in a 90-capsule bottle. One ingredient.
Why people consider it
Two reasons, and they are both practical.
It does not cause the flush. Vitamin B3 comes in two common forms. Nicotinic acid produces the familiar flushing reaction: skin reddening, warmth, sometimes itching, twenty minutes after a dose. Niacinamide does not. For anyone who has tried B3 once and given up because of it, that is the whole decision.
It is a direct NAD+ precursor. NAD+ is a coenzyme that turns up throughout cellular energy metabolism — this is textbook biochemistry rather than a claim about the product. Niacinamide is one of the routes the body uses to make it, and it is by a wide margin the cheapest and longest-studied of those routes.
What makes this one worth a look
Honestly? That it is plain, and that it is $25.
The interesting fact about this corner of the market is how much the same job costs depending on what it is called. NMN and NR are sold at many times the price of niacinamide on the strength of being newer. Niacinamide has been in the pharmacopoeia for decades and is inexpensive to make.
This product is 90 capsules of it for about 28 cents each, with nothing else in the bottle. The thing we cannot tell you is how many milligrams that is — the listing does not say, and that is the one number worth asking for.
Key facts
| Price | $25 when last checked — not confirmed as current |
|---|---|
| Count | 90 per bottle |
| Cost per unit | Not quoted — depends on the current price, which we have not confirmed |
| Serving size | Not published on the listing |
| Contains | Niacinamide (vitamin B3) |
| Certificate of analysis | Not published |
| Availability | In stock when checked on 2026-09-04 — that reading is now out of date |
Who it may suit
- You want a B3 supplement without the flushing reaction that nicotinic acid causes.
- You have looked at NMN or NR prices and want to know what the inexpensive, long-established option is.
- You prefer single-ingredient products where you know exactly what you are taking.
Less of a fit if…
- You need to hit a specific milligram target. The amount per capsule is not published, so you cannot.
- You already take a B-complex. Adding a separate B3 on top is how people end up well past what they intended.
- You are here for the outcomes this category is usually marketed on. The evidence for those is not something we can stand behind, so this page does not argue them.
Worth knowing before you buy
What we verified
7 statements on this page are tiered and traced to a source. Manufacturer statements are labelled as manufacturer statements rather than repeated as findings.
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Where each claim on this page comes from
Every factual statement above is listed here with its source. Rows marked “manufacturer claim” are the manufacturer’s description of its own product, reported without endorsement.
| Tier | Claim | Kind | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| E | Niacinamide is the amide form of vitamin B3 and a precursor to nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, a coenzyme involved in cellular energy metabolism. | External source | NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, Niacin fact sheet for health professionals |
| E | Niacinamide does not produce the cutaneous flushing reaction associated with nicotinic acid. | External source | NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, Niacin fact sheet for health professionals |
| E | Vitamin B3 is an established nutrient with a defined recommended intake and a tolerable upper intake level for adults. | External source | NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, Niacin fact sheet for health professionals |
| B | The product is a single 90-capsule variant priced at $25.00 and available at the 2026-09-04 inventory check. | Specification | MitoLife storefront inventory endpoint, retrieved 2026-09-04 |
| B | At $25 for 90 capsules the unit cost is $0.28 per capsule. | Specification | Arithmetic from the verified storefront price |
| B | The milligram content of niacinamide per capsule is not published on the storefront listing. | Specification | MitoLife storefront inventory endpoint, retrieved 2026-09-04 |
| F | Our view: the practical case for niacinamide over the newer NAD+ precursors is that it is long-established and inexpensive, and the unpublished dose is the one figure that would make it easy to assess. | Our editorial view | Editorial assessment Our view: this is our editorial judgement, not a finding. |
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