Hello! Thanks for your review. This is Greg the owner. To be upfront, I am quite direct and brash in my talking style. I hope you can appreciate it! I know not everyone will.
First. I will say there is nothing wrong with the batch. We have sold a few hundred bottles of this batch and I have two here at my home that I use! They are perfectly fine. We have had no negative feedback. Just lots of reorders!
FLAVOR | I will first note - why would you ever assume it would taste amazing? The product is loaded with horrifically bitter herbs and it is 100% naturally flavored. We do not use use sucralose. if you tasted the formula unflavored, you would understand it was an incredible feat to naturally get the taste as good as it is with no synthetics and no sugar, I would rank it as “easily drinkable but not particularly enjoyable”.
Our number one goal is quality, our number two goal is function. That means no synthetic sweeteners.
With sucralose, you can make dirt taste good! It is 600x sweeter than sugar. But again, this goes against what we do here and our primary principles. Our market and who we cater too understands it’s not a cocktail! It’s a tool. The taste is somewhat irrelevant so long as it is of the highest quality and it does what it promises ;) But even then, we did our best with the flavor without sacrificing quality and dosages.
NEGATIVE EFFECT | As I first mentioned. The batch is good! But it still is totally possible to have a bad reaction to any supplement. In fact some people can’t even have Reishi without getting an upset stomach. Some people can’t handle spicy food. Etc.
We are all different and there is no one same reaction. It is totally possible that you could take that combination of herbs, and we dose correct and high, and feel uneasy - especially if on a very empty stomach. You just never know until you try. This is the first we have ever heard of that for this product however! So at least the success rate is very very high.
Obviously, we really wish it wasn’t the case! We wish you could enjoy what we think is the cleanest pre workout to exist. We do have a 90 day return policy! So please reach out to customer service and they will get you taken care of.
Because we are not too involved in the sports world, Potenza is not our biggest seller, however, it is probably our most reordered product. With an extremely loyal following. The customers that buy it, buy lots more.
I really wish you were able to enjoy the benefits. I have and try almost every pre workout on the market, and we created Potenza to be the most perfect and really feel we got there.
I will give you one tip. In terms of nausea, the more empty stomach you are, the higher the chance of experiencing upset stomach. This can actually be even from the vitamin B alone in the formula.
Anyways, I hope some of this information helps!
Thanks and sorry it didn’t work out the best this time!