Ocean’s Bounty Plays on Consumer Ignorance with Aggressive Marketing

Ocean’s Bounty doesn’t reveal their ingredients unless you go through entering your personal information that will then be used for the company to solicit marketing materials to you. Does that seem transparent? They also make many glamorous claims on various websites. The most ludicrous, by far, is that their product is able to physically reverse the signs of aging. They even go so far as showing a split screen picture of a woman with a heavily wrinkled face on one side, and smooth face on the other side, as if their product will put you in a time machine set back 20 years. This left a bad taste in my mouth.

After the initial bad impression, I took a look at the ingredients Ocean’s Bounty contains. Of all the fucoidan supplements I’ve researched, Ocean’s Bounty provides the least information. After thoroughly searching, I was unable to locate any supplement facts listed on any of their websites. However, I did find a string of bad reviews mentioning everything from bad customer service to no health benefits.

So, with such little information to go on, I was forced to base this review off the only image of the product I could find. The front of their bottle indicates the type of seaweed as “brown kombu” and claims that each capsule contains “40% fucoidan”. However, without a supplement data label the description is meaningless! There is no way to know if the product contains standardized fucoidan extract, and if so how much actual fucoidan you are getting. For all I know, this product only contains shredded seaweed.

There is no information as to the source of their ‘fucoidan”, but since they prominently reference the benefits of Okinawa seaweed, I can only assume they use a Pacific source of kombu. Wakame is not farmed near Okinawa. Since the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, the Pacific Ocean has been exposed to a continuous leakage of radioactive water off the coast of Japan. A major 5 year review conducted by international scientists and authors working together as the Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research (SCOR), reports as of July 2016 that major contamination still exists in the harbor areas around Fukushima where the plant continues to release radioactive waste into the ocean. Buyer beware.

Kombu has the highest iodine content of seaweeds. Too much iodine can cause a number of adverse effects, including thyroid problems. Like other species of seaweed, kombu is also a blood thinner, but is much more potent than its counterparts. If you’re already taking prescription blood thinners, avoid Ocean’s Bounty at all costs.  You clearly have a better choice with Fucoidan Force™

Fucoidan Force™ derives their fucoidan from 100% wakame, which is both low in sodium and iodine, while being the most studied source of fucoidan.

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Conclusion: After examining several of Ocean’s Bounty’s websites, I came to the conclusion that they are touting all of the benefits of fucoidan (and ruthlessly exaggerating some) with no evidence of any standardized fucoidan content in their product! Bad reviews and unhappy customers are a warning sign that something isn’t right here.  It’s critical that supplement companies provide you with honest, supported information, so you know what you’re getting for the money.  Check out what their customers are saying for yourself:

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