The science
We show our working.
There are two things that matter on any supplement label: what is in it, and how much. Most brands will only tell you the first.
The formulations
Every dose, printed on the front.
These are the numbers on the front of each sachet, at the amount the research used. Focus contains 80mg of caffeine per stick, Perform 120mg. Recover is caffeine free.
Focus
3g stickPerform
5g stickRecover
7g stickAmounts shown are the actives. Minerals are delivered as salts, so the raw weight is higher: 187.5mg of magnesium citrate yields 56.25mg of magnesium. The raw weights come to exactly 3,000mg, 5,000mg and 7,000mg.
Three worth explaining
Three ingredients worth explaining.
The dose used in a randomised, placebo-controlled trial at the University of Utah. Sixty women took 250mg a day for 28 days. The group taking Cognizin made significantly fewer errors on a standard test of attention than the group taking placebo.
A mango leaf extract standardised to 60% mangiferin. In a placebo-controlled crossover trial, seventy adults took a single 300mg dose. They scored significantly more accurately across a battery of cognitive tasks, measured at 30 minutes, three hours and five hours.
Perform carries 120mg of caffeine alongside 100mg of L-theanine, rather than caffeine on its own. Caffeine helps to increase alertness, and helps to improve concentration. The theanine is listed at its dose and paired with the caffeine the way the research pairs them.
What we left out
What is not in it, and what that means.
No sweeteners, no flavourings, no preservatives. No artificial additives of any kind. Which is why each product tastes of its own ingredients.
Focus is faintly bitter, from the ginseng and ginkgo. Perform is a little salty, from the electrolytes. Recover is slightly sweet, from the glycine. That taste is the evidence that something is in there. It is not a fault to apologise for.
The carrier
Inulin.
Inulin is half of the Focus stick. It costs three times more than maltodextrin, the usual bulking agent, and it is a prebiotic fibre rather than inert bulk.
The rule the range was built on is simple. If an ingredient cannot justify its place, it does not get one.
What we are not shipping
Recover is finished. It is going to nobody.
It is formulated, made and paid for. The betaine dose sits above the level currently authorised for use. Until that is resolved, Recover ships to no one.
