TrimSpa

TrimSpa started sales in 2001. After hiring spokeswoman Anna Nicole Smith, sales jumped to $43 million by 2004. Sales fell to $19.5 million by 2006.{{Cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2007/02/08/smbusiness/trimspa_annanicole/index.htm|title=Is there a TrimSpa after Anna Nicole Smith? - Feb. 8, 2007|last=writer|first=By Jessica Dickler, CNNMoney.com staff|website=money.cnn.com|access-date=2017-08-29}}

In September 2008, it was decided by a judge to turn the case into Chapter 7 liquidation. At its peak, TrimSpa brought in $141 million in sales, with $17 million operating profits.{{Cite news|url=http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2008/10/goodbye_anna_nicole_trimspa_pa.html|title=Goodbye, Anna Nicole: TrimSpa parent to be liquidated|work=NJ.com|access-date=2017-08-29|language=en-US}}

TrimSpa's key ingredient was ephedra and caffeine. The government expressed health concerns, advising against the use of ephedra in 2003, causing the company to seek a new formula.{{Cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/12/30/ephedra/|title=CNN.com - Government announces ban on ephedra - Dec. 31, 2003|website=CNN|access-date=2017-08-29}} The company changed its formula, making hoodia gordonii the prominent ingredient. The formula was rebranded as TrimSpa X32. In 2007, a class-action lawsuit came forward seeking an injunction against the company from advertising its formula as an effective weight loss product.{{Cite web|url=http://calorielab.com/news/2007/02/09/nibbles-trimspa-in-class-action-suit/|title=CalorieLab » Nibbles: TrimSpa in class-action suit|website=calorielab.com|language=en|access-date=2017-08-29}}

On January 4, 2007, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission announced that the marketers of TrimSpa had agreed to pay a settlement of $1.5 million in response to an FTC complaint of making unsupported claims in advertisements and were prohibited "from making any claims about the health benefits, performance, efficacy, safety, or side effects of TrimSpa, Hoodia gordonii, or any dietary supplement, food, drug, or health-related service or program, unless the claims are true, not misleading, and substantiated by competent and reliable scientific evidence." The FTC also announced similar settlements with the marketers of Xenadrine EFX, CortiSlim, and One-A-Day WeightSmart.Federal Trade Commission. [http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2007/01/weightloss.htm Federal Trade Commission reaches “New Year’s” resolutions with four major weight-control pill marketers] (4 January 2007).

The original TrimSpa and the new TrimSpa X32 are dietary supplements, regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA regulates dietary supplements under different rules than those governing prescription medicines and other over-the-counter products.United States Food & Drug Administration. [https://web.archive.org/web/19990117021247/http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/%7Edms/supplmnt.html "Dietary Supplements."] Last updated July 6, 2007. Last accessed July 13, 2007. Under these regulatory rules, TrimSpa products' safety and effectiveness are not reviewed by the FDA. Rather, TrimSpa's original parent company, Nutramerica Corp., and its original marketer and manufacturer, Goen Technologies Corp., were responsible for ensuring that their products were safe for public consumption. These same rules apply to the new owners.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}

Anna Nicole Smith and Melissa D. Gordon were spokesmodels for the product.{{Citation needed|date=April 2022}}

TrimSpa was the primary sponsor for Greg Ray during the 2003 Indianapolis 500. Ray finished eighth, his career best finish in the 500.

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