Mannatech @ BehindMLM

The FDA has warned Mannatech of witnessed manufacturing and labeling violations. In a November 14th letter addressed to CEO and President Alfredo Bala, the FDA reveals it inspected Mannatech’s manufacturing facility for roughly a fortnight beginning December 28th, 2016. The regulator also reviewed the labeling of Mannatech products in May, 2017.

BehindMLM first reviewed Mannatech back in 2011. Key areas of improvement I identified were the headache-inducing complexity of Mannatech’s compensation plan, mandatory affiliate autoship and high start-up costs ($3800!). A 2015 compensation revision saw Mannatech scrap the high start-up cost but overall retain a lot of what made the original compensation plan confusing. A lot of the confusion [Continue reading…]

BehindMLM first reviewed Mannatech back in 2011. Key areas of improvement I identified were the headache-inducing complexity of Mannatech’s compensation plan, mandatory affiliate autoship and high start-up costs ($3800!). Earlier this year a Mannatech affiliate left a comment on our review, advising that there was no longer a $3800 affiliate membership. The compensation plan has been [Continue reading…]

Part of EmSquared review last week saw me call out EmSquared for their claimed “100% transparency”, but then failure to disclose that founder Sam Castor/Caster also founded their charity partner, MannaRelief. As such the article was titled EMSquared Review: Mannatech charity opp spinoff? I thought that was pretty straight forward, seeing as Mannatech use the same charity. This [Continue reading…]

Mannatech is an established player within the MLM industry and with that experience comes the weight of a company that is nearly two decades old. Primarily trading in glyconutrient based products (plant sugars) and existing in an age where longevity is fast becoming a scarce commodity in the MLM world, today we take a look at [Continue reading…]

I received an email recently from a BehindMLM reader asking about the company SugarMums; Hi there, I am enjoying your new blog. I have had an enquiry about Sugar Mums. From what I am aware, they sell vitamins/diet shakes/the whole range of ‘health’ products with apparently some revolutionary ingredient. Do you have any further information, [Continue reading…]