Myprotein is a British on-line retailer based mostly in Cheshire, UK that manufactures sports activities diet merchandise and gymnasium clothes, together with dietary supplements, protein powders, nutritional vitamins and high-protein meals and snacks. It’s a subsidiary of The Hut Group.
It was first based in 2004 by Oliver Cookson,[2] however was later acquired by British e-commerce firm The Hut Group in June 2011. [3]
In December 2015, Myprotein introduced an settlement with Kentucky Cupboard for Financial Growth to construct their first manufacturing facility exterior the UK in Bullitt County, Kentucky. Myprotein (registered as Cend Restricted) invested $17 million to hire a manufacturing and distribution facility that deliberate to create 350 new jobs within the area.[4] In 2020, Myprotein received the Lausanne Index Prize – Silver Award.[5]
Sports activities partnerships[edit]
As a part of the sports activities diet business, Myprotein has partnered with numerous aggressive sports activities groups from throughout the UK and Canada.
At present, Myprotein has a partnership with the next sports activities groups:
Controversy[edit]
In April 2017, buyer Adam Brenton reportedly discovered a useless mouse in a 1.45kg bag of chocolate flavour whey protein that he had bought on the Myprotein website.[13] He claimed that he had been utilizing the protein powder for 3 weeks earlier than discovering the mouse carcass on the backside of the bag.[14] With Brenton’s consent, the bag of protein powder was examined by meals security specialists Ecolab as endorsed by the College of Liverpool. The outcomes confirmed that the mouse was not current within the protein powder throughout delivery and that it had died round 3 weeks after the protein batch had been finalised.[15] Consequently, Brenton was ordered to pay The Hut.com Ltd and Cend Ltd unspecified damages and authorized prices. Most of the information shops that coated the unique story subsequently posted an apology to the model concerning the beforehand revealed claims.[16]
In September 2020, a collection of Tweets appeared in Japanese media claiming that Myprotein protein bars contained bugs and worms. There are numerous movies with what seems to be very small white bugs transferring alongside Myprotein protein bars after they’re unwrapped by the video taker.[17]
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