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Mannatech warned over multiple FDA violations

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.


Mannatech Compensation Plan Review 3.0

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…]


Mannatech Compensation Plan Review v2.0

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…]


Mannatech distance themselves from EmSquared

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 Review: Glycobiology & $3800 sugar packs

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…]


Sugarmums.com.au – Who’s behind the business?

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…]