We figured we would have to address this shortly after our introduction. So, I will address this thoroughly and will not be mentioning anything of JuiceApe after this…
We knew it wouldn’t take a detective to spot the similarities between MuscleCandy & JuiceApe. Our intention was not to fool the mods into accepting us back on the forum, although we probably should have mentioned this in our application. When JuiceApe imploded, we got permission to rebrand and reapply when we were ready to do so. We have since clarified this with the mods, and it was our fault they weren’t aware of this. They weren’t purposely lying or trying to cover this up in any way.
We want to separate ourselves from JuiceApe; we are not the same business we once were and we’ll be doing things differently moving forward.
Allow me to apologize to the community for letting you down with JuiceApe. Our team was just as disappointed (if not, more so) after what happened. You are free to believe whatever you want and shop with whatever source you decide, and although we do hope that is with us, we cannot blame you for being skeptical.
At that time, I personally reached out to the mods to explain everything that was going on internally with our team.. they know all the details and I don’t blame them for shutting it down. As a matter of fact, I completely agreed with the decision. As unfortunate as this was, it allowed us to learn a lot so we can do things much better this time around.
When rebranding as MuscleCandy, we hired a new, trustworthy brewer who does indeed have years of experience. He’s been serving his local community for a long time and we could tell his attention to detail was stellar.
We sent in 50+ products for testing, these included products that were brewed in the past for JuiceApe.
Results showed that there was indeed cross contamination in some compounds. Products have since been tossed and new batches were made. Notice, we’ve completely removed several products from our past list until we can rebrew new batches and get them right this time around. We assure you, everything will be tested before it gets added back to our list. But for the most part, testing showed ideal results and we have adjusted our product list accordingly.
As we said in our initial post, we intend on remaining transparent with the community. That is our promise, and I hope this shows just how dedicated we are to that commitment. We know that our reputation means everything in this business and we are taking this very seriously. This is why we have chosen to stand in front of all the drama and be completely open and honest.
We understand that it will take some time to build trust, but we hope this clears everything up and we can move forward.