It depends....I make what the company wants me to make and have my flavor chemist team make the flavors they want if they desire some unique flavors.
I will say this....I have lost alot of respect for my fellow man in the supplement industry since Ive owned these businesses. Alot of people dont give a flying crap about putting a good product out there and will try to cut every corner ingredient wise for the sake of profit.
Doug and I have repeatedly given the "if you put out a A1 product even though its more expensive (and it will be), you will get a glowing reputation in this industry because it will work!" speech......the second half of that speech is "if you try to cut corners and put a crap product out there for the sake of ripping people off and lining your pockets with money....yea it will work for a short while with the people trying to save a buck, but you will ruin your reputation at one point and there is no coming back from that"
I've turned away every prohormone company who ever wanted me to make capsules for them (I have alot of pro football, baseball, and especially MMA fighters----lately its been like UFC fighter central in my offices) and I dont want to even touch the prohormone arena. Ive also turned away every company that would ask us to source "shite" raw ingredients like "offspec" whey concentrate that they wanted us to make retail products with. Sucks to say it but there have been alot of those kinds of people....and its disheatening to say the least.
You have to go to bed at night knowing you did your best toward your fellow man. When you get old and are close to the end of your living days, can you look back and say "hey I was a pretty good guy and I tried to do the right things"? Those things are important to me personally.....but Ive seen some very self absorbed, self involved, 'dont care who they step on to get rich and ahead of the game' people in this industry.....makes me cringe sometimes.
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