It is fire. The Citrulline
"It is fire. The Citrulline and caffeine are great for pumps and wake you up."
Scorch is the second collaboration between BlackMarket Labs and Anabolic Warfare — an ultra-thermogenic pre-workout that combines two supplement categories in a single formula: a fully dosed performance and pump pre-workout alongside a nine-ingredient thermogenic fat-burning complex. Launched May 2025, Scorch is positioned as the product for athletes who want their training fuel and their metabolic support to arrive in the same scoop. 8g of L-Citrulline. 450mg total caffeine. 1.5g of Metabolyte. Nine thermogenic ingredients including ProGBB, evodiamine, synephrine, carnitine, dandelion extract, and grapefruit extract. One scoop (~19.2g). 20 servings per container. For healthy adults 18 and older only. Do not exceed one serving per 24-hour period. Consult your sports governing body before use. California Prop 65 Warning applies.†
WARNING: This product contains 450mg of total caffeine per scoop — 350mg caffeine anhydrous plus 100mg natural caffeine. Do not combine with any additional caffeine or stimulant-containing products. Do not exceed 1 scoop per day.
Most pre-workouts and most fat burners are separate products that athletes run simultaneously — a pre-workout for energy, pumps, and performance, and a thermogenic for metabolic support, carnitine-based fat mobilization, and the sweat-inducing thermogenic compounds that raise core temperature during training. Scorch consolidates both categories into one scoop. For athletes in a cut or who are training for body composition improvements alongside performance goals, this is a practical reduction in daily supplement complexity — one product instead of two, taken at the same time for the same session.†
The formula structure favors the thermogenic side more than most hybrid products, which typically bolt a token thermogenic addition onto a standard pre-workout formula. Scorch includes nine thermogenic ingredients — Metabolyte, Acetyl L-Carnitine HCl, Dandelion Extract, Grapefruit Extract, ProGBB, Evodiamine, Synephrine, and the caffeine matrix that doubles as thermogenic stimulus — alongside a performance backbone that is not compromised for the hybrid concept. 8g of pure L-Citrulline and a full 3.2g of Beta-Alanine match or exceed what most standalone performance pre-workouts include.†
At 8g of pure L-Citrulline — not Citrulline Malate 2:1 — Scorch's pump component is at the top of the clinical research range. Pure L-Citrulline is the more potent form for nitric oxide production: Citrulline Malate 2:1 at 8g delivers approximately 5.3g of actual citrulline alongside malic acid, while 8g of pure L-Citrulline delivers all 8g to the urea cycle for arginine production and NO synthesis. The research consensus on L-Citrulline places 6-8g as the clinical range for maximum performance and pump effects — Scorch sits at the upper boundary of that range, putting it on par with dedicated pump pre-workouts in its citrulline dosing despite the thermogenic additions filling the rest of the formula.†
At 3.2g, Scorch delivers the exact dose used in the majority of clinical research on carnosine loading — the daily dose established by the International Society of Sports Nutrition as the effective threshold for increasing intramuscular carnosine and producing improvements in exercise capacity in the 60-240 second effort range. This is the full clinical dose, matching dedicated performance pre-workouts rather than the sub-clinical 1.5-2g doses common in hybrid products that sacrifice performance ingredient dosing for formula complexity. Most users will experience beta-alanine paresthesia (harmless skin tingling) within 15-30 minutes of consumption.†
Choline Bitartrate provides the cholinergic focus dimension of Scorch's cognitive matrix — choline is the precursor to acetylcholine, the neurotransmitter of the neuromuscular junction and the primary cognitive neurotransmitter governing attention, focus, and the mind-muscle connection. At 300mg, Scorch includes choline at a dose that contributes meaningfully to acetylcholine availability during the training session, supporting the focused, precise training execution that separates productive sessions from unfocused volume accumulation.†
The dual-caffeine approach — 350mg of fast-absorbing anhydrous caffeine alongside 100mg of natural caffeine (from a plant source, typically green coffee bean or green tea) — is not simply two caffeine sources stacked for marketing. The two forms have different absorption kinetics: anhydrous caffeine absorbs more rapidly, producing a faster, sharper onset of CNS stimulation, while natural caffeine's food matrix context produces a slightly more gradual release. The combined 450mg total caffeine means the peak serum caffeine concentration is high, but the onset is somewhat more spread across 15-30 minutes than a single 450mg anhydrous dose would be. At 450mg total, Scorch is among the most highly caffeinated pre-workouts commercially available — substantially above the 300-350mg range considered high-stimulant and at the upper end of what the FDA's daily caffeine ceiling (400mg) allows for supplemental use alone. This dose is appropriate only for individuals with established high caffeine tolerance who consume no other caffeinated products on the day of use.†
Metabolyte is a newer patented ingredient that binds butyric acid to electrolytes — specifically magnesium and calcium — in a stable compound. Butyric acid is a short-chain fatty acid that serves as the primary fuel source for colonocytes (intestinal cells), supports gut barrier integrity, modulates inflammation in the GI tract, and has emerging research supporting its role in energy metabolism and metabolic health. In the exercise context, Metabolyte's proposed mechanisms include improved gut epithelial health (reducing exercise-induced gut permeability), electrolyte delivery via the magnesium and calcium mineral component, and energy metabolism support through butyrate's role as a mitochondrial substrate.†
Metabolyte is a genuinely novel ingredient — it is not a repackaged familiar compound. Its inclusion in Scorch reflects BlackMarket and Anabolic Warfare's positioning toward frontier formulation ingredients that distinguish their collaborative products from conventional supplement stacks. At 1.5g, Scorch uses Metabolyte at a dose consistent with the amounts used in the ingredient's early performance research.†
ProGBB is a patented form of GBB — gamma-butyrobetaine — which is the direct metabolic precursor to L-Carnitine in the body's carnitine biosynthesis pathway. When GBB is supplemented, the enzyme gamma-butyrobetaine hydroxylase converts it to L-Carnitine, effectively increasing the body's carnitine production from within rather than delivering exogenous carnitine directly. The practical effect is a potent thermogenic response — GBB supplementation reliably produces significant sweating and elevated body temperature as a direct consequence of the carnitine synthesis increase and the metabolic activation it drives. At 20mg, ProGBB is at the standard effective dose where its thermogenic effects are reliably experienced — users new to GBB should expect a noticeable increase in sweating during training that goes beyond what caffeine alone produces.†
Acetyl L-Carnitine (ALCAR) provides direct carnitine delivery alongside the endogenous production stimulated by ProGBB. ALCAR is the acetylated form of carnitine that crosses the blood-brain barrier, providing both peripheral fat transport functionality (moving long-chain fatty acids into mitochondria for beta-oxidation) and central cholinergic activity (the acetyl group contributes to acetylcholine synthesis, adding a cognitive focus dimension to the carnitine inclusion). As a fat-burning ingredient, carnitine's role in fatty acid transport is most relevant in a caloric deficit or a training context where fat oxidation is elevated — both conditions consistent with Scorch's positioning as a cut-phase training product.†
Synephrine (from Bitter Orange / Citrus aurantium) is a sympathomimetic alkaloid that stimulates beta-3 adrenergic receptors — producing thermogenesis, lipolysis (fat cell breakdown), and mild CNS stimulation through a mechanism similar to but pharmacologically distinct from ephedrine. It adds direct adrenergic thermogenic activity alongside the ProGBB-driven carnitine synthesis and the caffeine-mediated sympathetic activation. Evodiamine is an alkaloid extracted from the Evodia rutaecarpa plant with documented thermogenic properties — it activates TRPV1 (capsaicin) receptors that regulate body temperature, producing heat generation similar to capsaicin (the active compound in hot peppers) without the GI irritation associated with capsaicin itself. Together, synephrine and evodiamine cover two distinct thermogenic receptor pathways — adrenergic and TRPV1 — for a multi-mechanism heat-generating effect.†
Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale) extract functions as a natural diuretic — promoting water excretion through the kidneys and reducing subcutaneous water retention. In a body composition context, this produces the visual hardness, dryness, and vascularity that athletes cutting body fat want to see. It is particularly relevant in contest prep applications where visible definition is the goal. Grapefruit extract contains naringenin and hesperidin — flavonoids that inhibit cytochrome P450 3A4 and P-glycoprotein, enzyme systems responsible for metabolizing many compounds including caffeine. This inhibition effectively increases the bioavailability and extends the duration of caffeine and certain other stimulants in Scorch's formula, making the 450mg caffeine work more efficiently and for a longer period without requiring additional caffeine dose.†
Scorch is the second product from this inter-brand collaboration — the first being the original Black Market x Anabolic Warfare pre-workout launched in 2023, a high-stimulant performance formula that became one of the most discussed collaborative products that year. The brands chose to return with Scorch rather than a V2 update, deliberately targeting a different product category — the thermogenic-pre-workout hybrid — with the Scorch concept. The two brands have distinct but complementary identities in the market: BlackMarket Labs built its reputation on underground, hardcore stimulant formulas (the Adrenolyn line), while Anabolic Warfare is known for prohormone-adjacent and natural anabolic products. Their combined brand equity covers both the hardcore stimulant user and the body composition athlete — exactly the dual audience Scorch is positioned to serve.†
Mix up to 1 scoop with 8-10oz of water 15-20 minutes before training. Shake well. Do not exceed 1 serving per 24-hour period. Consume no additional caffeine on the day of use. Drink additional water throughout training — the thermogenic ingredients increase sweating and electrolyte demand. New users sensitive to stimulants should assess tolerance carefully before committing to a full scoop. Do not take within 6 hours of bedtime. For healthy adults 18 and older only. Athlete Disclosure: Consult your governing body before use. California Prop 65 Warning applies.†
†These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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"It is fire. The Citrulline and caffeine are great for pumps and wake you up."