MyPillow Brands MyPillow TINA.org investigated My Pillow, a Minnesota company that has sold millions of foam-filled bed pillows across the country, and found that the company was making deceptive and unsubstantiated disease-treatment claims…
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Balance of Nature Brands Balance of Nature TINA.org investigated Balance of Nature, Inc., a Utah-based dietary supplement company founded by Dr. Douglas Howard, and found that the company and its founder deceptively claimed that taking Balance of…
Goop Brands Goop TINA.org investigated Goop, a New York and California-based “lifestyle” company founded by Gwyneth Paltrow that sells a wide range of products, including supplements, natural “remedies,” oils, crystals, beauty products, clothing,…
Jeunesse Brands Jeunesse TINA.org investigated Jeunesse Global, a Florida-based multilevel marketing company that sells skin care products and supplements, and found that the company used unsubstantiated disease-treatment claims to market its products, and…
Mary Kay Brands Mary Kay TINA.org found well-known cosmetics MLM used deceptive income claims to lure in recruits.
Plexus Worldwide Brands Plexus Worldwide TINA.org investigated Plexus Worldwide, an Arizona-based multilevel marketing company that sells nutritional supplements and weight-loss and personal care products, and found that the company has used unsubstantiated disease-treatment claims to…
Prevagen Brands Prevagen TINA.org investigated the marketing of Prevagen, a supplement aimed at people suffering from memory loss, and found that Quincy Bioscience — the marketer and manufacturer of Prevagen — deceptively claimed…