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Launch of SlimBiome in leading US brand
Launch of SlimBiome in leading US brand.
About this update from Optibiotix Health Plc
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n14 August 2025\n \nOptiBiotix Health plc\n(\"OptiBiotix\" or the \"Company\")\n \nLaunch of SlimBiome® in leading US brand\n \nOptiBiotix Health plc (AIM: OPTI), a life sciences business developing products which reduce hunger and food cravings, enhance the gut microbiome, and sweet fibres as healthy sugar substitutes announces the launch of a product containing its award-winning appetite reducing SlimBiome® in Hydroxycut, which markets itself as the No. 1 selling weight loss supplement brand in the United States of America (\"USA\").\n \nThis announcement confirms the launch of the first product under the brand name 'Hydroxycut Hunger Control', and follows on from the first order announcement on 15 April 2025. The product is sold through online outlets and retail outlets such as Walmart (as shown here), and product marketing includes two studies carried out by OptiBiotix which demonstrate reduction in hunger of 74% and 83%. Orders for a second product application have been received and expected to be launched later this year.\n \nHydroxycut is America's No.1 selling weight loss supplement brand and has sold over 100 million bottles of its product over the last two decades*. Hydroxycut products are sold online and via major retail outlets across the USA such as Walmart, Kroger, Target, GNC, Kmart, Albertsons, CVS Pharmacies and more. The brand has high customer awareness and in recent years has become increasingly known for its science backed products. The introduction of SlimBiome®, with its scientifically substantiated health claims of hunger control, helps to differentiate these products from other weight management products on the market.\n \nThis news is significant for the Company as it represents the inclusion of SlimBiome® in the products of one of the USA's most popular weight management brands which has led to orders totalling just under five metric tonnes for SlimBiome® in 2025. The Board believes that the opportunity has potential for future development and will provide further updates in due course.\n \nStephen O'Hara, CEO of OptiBiotix, commented: \"We are pleased to announce the launch of products containing our patented award winning SlimBiome® in the USA. The Company has been working with Hydroxycut for almost two years to carry out human studies which allows the bran...