Glycine 600mg capsules are the tidy-format version of the sweetest amino acid in the toolkit: L-glycine — named from the Greek glykys, “sweet” — in a plant-based pullulan capsule, 90 to the pack, with an ingredient list that ends after two items.

What glycine is

Glycine is the smallest of the amino acids proteins are built from — produced by the body itself and supplied by food, most famously by the collagen-rich cooking traditions of broths and slow braises. It moonlights across normal physiology, from protein construction to its role among the nervous system’s own signalling molecules, and it has become a fixture of modern evening and recovery routines in both powder and capsule form.

Capsules or powder — the honest comparison

Fits makes both, and the choice is pure lifestyle. The powder wins on price-per-gram and flexibility (and tastes pleasantly sweet in water); the capsules win on portability, precision and zero preparation — 600 mg per capsule, swallowed and done, wherever the day finds you. Travellers and desk-drawer stockers land here; kitchen-based routines usually pick the pouch.

What’s in each capsule

Glycine powder and a pullulan shell — plant-derived, allergen-free, suitable for vegan routines. No fillers, flow agents or blends; the supplement-facts line reads 600 mg glycine, and that is the entire story.

How to take it

One capsule daily per the label. Most users fold it into the evening glass-of-water ritual alongside magnesium; the post-training crowd takes it with the recovery shake. Do not exceed the stated dose. If pregnant, breastfeeding, on medication or managing a condition, ask your doctor first. Food supplements complement a varied, balanced diet — glycine’s own best sources remain the soup pot and the roasting tin.

Frequently asked questions

Why 600 mg? A convenient single-capsule step — those wanting powder-scale flexibility can stack per label or switch formats.

Does the capsule taste sweet? Swallowed whole, no — the famous sweetness belongs to the powder experience.

How long does the pack last? Ninety days at the label dose — a full season per purchase.

The travel-shelf argument

Powders are magnificent at home and miserable in transit — the capsule format exists for everywhere else. A strip of days in a pill organiser, a pack in the office drawer, the gym-bag pocket that powder pouches were never invited into: glycine’s gentle, unfussy nature makes it exactly the sort of routine that shouldn’t break for a weekend in Gozo or a work trip north. Pair the capsules-for-travel, powder-for-home split and the habit becomes genuinely continuous — which, with amino acids as with everything else in this cabinet, is the property that actually matters.

Can I open the capsules into a drink? Freely — pullulan shells twist apart, and the powder inside is the same sweet glycine as the pouch.

Glycine with collagen products — redundant? Complementary — collagen is glycine-rich by nature, so the capsule simply reinforces the same amino theme; keep doses sensible across both.

Morning use? Nothing forbids it — evening dominance is habit, not chemistry; shift workers take it whenever their day ends.

Building the quiet routine

Single amino acids reward the same discipline as everything else in the cabinet: one consistent slot, one honest multi-week trial, one variable at a time. The capsule’s contribution is removing every excuse — no mixing, no taste, no counter space — which makes it the format most likely to still be in use when the ninety days run out. Keep the pack where the evening actually happens, not where supplements theoretically live.

Delivery in Malta & Gozo

€6 delivery, free over €40 across Malta and Gozo, or collection from St Paul’s Bay.