Ovrload owner Johnny Lye has halted sales amid claims his creatine gummies contain little to no creatine at all.
Ovrload Owner Johnny Lye Halts Sales Amid Creatine Gummies Scandal
The young entrepreneur, who launched the business at 18 years old, has been hit with accusations of false advertising following an exposé video from James Smith last week.
Smith—who almost invested in the brand not too long ago—sent samples of Ovrload’s creatine gummies to Eurofins for testing.
Results confirmed that instead of the advertised 1.5g of creatine per gummy, there was, in fact, just 0.0848g.
“Looking at this, we can assume there was once creatine in the whole of China, where the factory exists – it’s that little,” Smith said.
Lye’s headache was compounded when industry peers Known Nutrition ran separate tests as part of their own product research and development process.
Ovrload Creatine Test Results
The data, posted on the brand’s Instagram account, showed that a 3g sample of Ovrload’s Sour Watermelon-flavoured gummies contained just 0.756mg of creatine, while the Blue Raspberry flavour contained no detectable trace at all.
Ovrload has since frozen sales while it conducts “an immediate and thorough investigation.” A statement from the supplement brand read:
“At Ovrload, we place customer satisfaction at the heart of our business.
“It is as a result of this that we have taken the decision to temporarily pause all sales of our products.
“It follows claims by a third-party competitor over the levels of creatine they contain.
“We take such allegations extremely seriously and have written to the third-party competitor in question to urgently demand further information as to the basis of their claims.
“Simultaneously, and out of an abundance of caution, we have launched an immediate and thorough investigation with our manufacturing partner and appointed an external industry-accredited testing laboratory to determine the facts.”
In the meantime, Ovrload says it has found an alternative supply chain partner in mainland Europe, which has begun production of an updated formulation of the gummies.
“We will be in touch with subscribers separately, and they can rest assured that no further payments will be taken until our new stock is in place,” the statement continued.
“Producing high-quality products and providing excellent levels of customer service and satisfaction are at the heart of our business, and we are committed to this for the long term.
“We apologise for any inconvenience caused and will keep customers informed as we have more news.”
Smith is waiting for three more tests to return on Ovrload’s creatine gummies.
“Now, it’s worth noting that I highly doubt the founder of Ovrload, who I think was 18 at the time of launching the business, created some master plan to rip people off,” he added.
“The chances are this is a factory in China selling sweets as supplements.
“But as a business owner, who is running over 900 ads on Meta—many of which are ripping off my YouTube videos—you should be doing your due diligence to ensure efficacy; to ensure your thousands of customers are getting what they pay for.”
