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Nutrition Facts Scam: Dose Low, Round Down, & Multiply!

Nutritional Label Rounding Scam

“Supplement math”.

That’s the phrase we love to use when we see a label that’s just not adding up.

We find ourselves saying it when a label’s active ingredients cannot possibly add up to what the serving size states, an […]

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BEWARE: Antinobotan Solution is Spamming (and Scamming?) The Web

Antinobotan Solution

Warning: On September 22, 2017, our YouTube channel began receiving absurd amounts of comment spam asking about something known as Antinobotan Solution.

These comments are clearly fraudulent and have been made using fake Google accounts with no other activity. […]

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Body Fortress LAWSUIT: Amino Acid Spiking Class Action UPDATED

It has begun: The Body Fortress Amino Acid Spiking Class Action Lawsuit!

Update November 2016: This was the first amino acid spiking case, and it’s ever-slowly progressing. Click here to read the November 2016 case updates. This article was originally posted on July 2, 2014.

IT HAS BEGUN.

Last […]

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Duracap Labs Owners INDICTED

Duracap Labs

January 12, 2018 Update: New indictments have been handed down.[4]

On June 21, 2016, a Federal Grand Jury in Georgia issued an indictment against Beny Mesika and John Wesley Houser IV, the founders and co-owners of Duracap Labs, […]

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BSN Amino-X Ingredients Questioned: Canadian Label Exposed

BSN Amino-X Ingredients

When reading a label, you have to be extremely careful, as you’re going to see today.

Usually on the PricePlow blog we cover the newest products, interesting studies, or fun reviews. Today, we turn our attention to the Canadian and […]

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CVS Lawsuit! CVS Whey Protein Accused of “Amino Spiking”

Updated March 16, 2016: This case was dismissed and then re-filed. A judge has dismissed CVS’ motion to dismiss the refiled case, and the case will move forward. Click here to skip to the 2016 update and read the judge’s […]

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Iovate Amino Acid Spiking Class Action (Settled from 2015)

MuscleTech Amino Acid Spiking Lawsuit Settlement

Let’s cut to the chase here, get you to the class action forms, and then get into the longer story later:

Who Qualifies?

Per the court documents, those that are eligible for reimbursement are:

“Persons who purchased one or more […]

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Picamilon Banned by FDA: More than Meets the Eye?

Picamilon FDA

UPDATE: We now have a copy of the FDA’s official declaration against Picamilon, and we have one last industry response to it. The imminent “ban” seems to be as good as done, regardless of the debate and discussion below.[…]

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Ubervita W700: The Amazon Rip of the Century

Ubervita W700

The Ubervita W700 fat burner caught our attention long ago because it’s been tearing up the sales charts on Amazon — last time we checked, it’s #3 overall in the “fat burner” category, #5 for “appetite suppressants” and the #9 […]

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Soylent LAWSUIT: High Levels of Lead and Cadmium Found?

Soylent Lawsuit

It’s been quite some time since we talked about Soylent, the awfully-named “meal replacement” created by silicon valley startup engineers, often sold to other silicon valley startup engineers.

We’ve been due for an update to that past, as a […]

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