{"id":256809,"date":"2025-07-11T18:07:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T18:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/256809\/"},"modified":"2025-07-11T18:07:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T18:07:15","slug":"push-gummies-halts-sales-amid-creatine-content-level-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/256809\/","title":{"rendered":"Push Gummies halts sales amid creatine content-level controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Push Gummies products are meant to contain 1670mg of creatine monohydrate per gummy.<\/p>\n

But in videos posted to YouTube on July 7 and July 10 British fitness influencer James Smith called into question the level of creatine after getting the product tested at the same lab the company used.<\/p>\n

He claims the results showed nearly no creatine monohydrate was present within the product.<\/p>\n

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\u201cSo Push Gummies out there, if you\u2019re watching this, I ask you to publicly explain that to me and everyone else that\u2019s buying your product. <\/p>\n

\u201cIf this certain type of testing does not work with pectin-based creatine gummies, then why is it we were able to detect creatine in the other pectin-based gummies incredibly easily using the method you state that doesn\u2019t work?\u201d<\/p>\n

\"BrittanyBrittany Allan, founder of Push Gummies, started the business after learning more about creatine and what its benefits are.<\/p>\n

Allan said in response to the claims that since it had launched it had made independent third-party testing a cornerstone of its business.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a step we\u2019ve embedded into our manufacturing and quality control process to ensure the integrity of our creatine monohydrate gummies.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said initial testing was conducted with Eurofins in June 2024 and again in August 2024. <\/p>\n

\u201cIn February 2025, we significantly increased our testing protocols by initiating ongoing third-party testing through Eurofins of every single batch before our product reaches the market. <\/p>\n

\u201cAll verified results to date have confirmed that each Push gummy meets or exceeds our stated label claim of 1670mg of creatine monohydrate per gummy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eurofins is one of New Zealand\u2019s largest independent laboratory networks. It offers testing across the food, water, agricultural, environmental, and pharmaceutical industries.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s part of Eurofins Scientific, an international life sciences company with 950 facilities in 60 countries.<\/p>\n

\" Push Gummies’ website listed all of its products as “Sold out”, however the business has confirmed it has paused the sale of all of its products while it conducts an investigation.Online reaction<\/p>\n

Smith\u2019s video posts have already drawn a strong reaction from customers on Push Gummies\u2019 social media channels.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow do we get a refund for the past 12 months that we have been buying these?\u201d one user commented on Push Gummies\u2019 Instagram.<\/p>\n

\u201cPretty disappointed after spending hundreds on these things. I hope there is a refund process in NZ,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n

Many also said that the comments they had made had been deleted by moderators of Push Gummies\u2019 Instagram page.<\/p>\n

Push Gummies\u2019 Allan confirmed this was the case, and said, \u201cWe did remove abusive\/malicious comments from our Instagram posts.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said the company was fully committed to responding to the issue and would share further updates as soon as its investigation progresses.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will share more information when it becomes available.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tom Raynel is a multimedia business journalist for the <\/b>Herald<\/b>, covering small business, retail and tourism.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Push Gummies products are meant to contain 1670mg of creatine monohydrate per gummy. But in videos posted to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256810,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4318],"tags":[25043,98538,26489,98541,98535,39278,9759,98540,98533,98534,105,25781,13685,47147,68857,98536,98537,4434,98539,7468,98542,56874,493,26546,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-256809","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nutrition","8":"tag-amid","9":"tag-chewy","10":"tag-claims","11":"tag-contain","12":"tag-contentlevel","13":"tag-controversy","14":"tag-creatine","15":"tag-doesnt","16":"tag-gummies","17":"tag-halts","18":"tag-health","19":"tag-investigation","20":"tag-kiwi","21":"tag-launched","22":"tag-level","23":"tag-manufacturer","24":"tag-muscleenhancing","25":"tag-nutrition","26":"tag-paused","27":"tag-product","28":"tag-promised","29":"tag-push","30":"tag-sales","31":"tag-supplement","32":"tag-uk","33":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114835937364094226","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256809\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}