A chewing gum nootropic? And why not, so long as it works… but does it? We thought we’d look beyond the labeling and TV pitch and see for ourselves how good it is. Our Neuro Gum review gives an honest and comprehensive verdict.
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Want to know whether Neuro Gum can really do what it claims it can do? You may have heard that Neuro Gum claims to provide you with increased energy and focus. Afterall, it’s even written across the packaging. But you’re quite right in doing your research first, with this Neuro Gum review.
It’s also highly probable that you recognize the name of this company ─ Neuro became a bit of a household name when they appeared on the TV show Shark Tank. And they have gone from strength to strength from there.
In this review I am going to be taking a closer look at the company behind Neuro Gum, and what exactly they claim this product can do for you. I’ll also do some in-depth digging into the ingredients and why they are included, and then reveal my own personal experience using Neuro Gum.
Overall, I’ll help you make an educated decision on whether this is the right nootropic for you.
Quick Verdict
Neuro Gum is a quirky, innovative product ─ but there is more to it than that. The ingredient stack is good, and chewing gum worked for me (even if I was skeptical going in). It represents excellent value for money.
It works fast, and will keep you going for an hour or two but if you’re looking for a longer-lasting option, I love Mind Vitality Focus.
Neuro Gum ─ An Introduction
The story of Neuro Gum has got a bit of everything ─ tragedy, triumph, good friends and celebrity. I don’t always get to relay such a fascinating backstory when I write these nootropic reviews!
The founders of Neuro are two friends, Kent and Ryan, who met in college. They were both keen and talented athletes. Ryan was the high school Track Team Captain, while Kent had been training with the Japanese Olympic Judo team.
But then, aged 19, Ryan was in an accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down.
His energy didn’t subside, though, and he channeled it all into creating something new, using his background in neuroscience. Ryan had studied chemistry, and together they created Neuro Gum ─ made with all-natural, scientifically backed ingredients.
It’s all well and good creating a product; it’s a completely different ball game when it comes to selling it. And boy, did these two rise to the challenge. Four years in, by 2019 they weren’t exactly struggling, massing over $1 million in revenue.
But they didn’t want to stop there, and sought a little help. Or at the very least, gain some more exposure. So, they recorded a pitch and submitted it to Shark Tank, the ABC series.
They had offers. Huge offers, in fact. They were in with the Sharks for over two hours (cut down to seven minutes on the show), but they declined every offer. They left without a deal, but with full control of their company.
Their experience on the show certainly seemed to validate the company in the eyes of the public, which is why I include their story here. Very successful business people wanted a part of this company, and it’s gone from strength to strength since then.
So, let’s focus on the product now ─ what can it offer you? Well, here is another way in which they differ from much of the competition ─ they don’t really go into too much detail as to what you can expect, other than ‘Energy and focus’.
Neuro do not make promise after promise on how amazing and smart you are going to be after you start taking them ─ just that you should have more energy and focus.
I like this. Their ‘less is more’ policy, which is replicated by the minimalist design of the packaging, is refreshing in an industry that seems to want to shout in your face about how great the various products are. Sometimes you just want to be spoken to by an adult.
This is reinforced by the fact that they spend longer talking about each ingredient than they do about what impact the product will have. Again, I like this, because this is exactly what I do in all of my nootropics reviews ─ look at the science behind the product, rather than just the intended results.
And that’s exactly what we’re going to be doing in our next section.
Watch our founder Jason review Neuro Gum in this YouTube video:
The Ingredients Behind Neuro Gum
Before we get into the specific ingredients that are included in Neuro Gum, I think that it’s important to point out that all Neuro Gum products go through processes to ensure that they are safe and compliant with US regulations.
This means that they are all NSF approved, WADA compliant and FDA compliant. Whatever the effectiveness of Neuro Gum, you can be sure that it is safe ─ which is the bare minimum for a nootropic, admittedly, but it’s still good to know that this is a product that you can trust.
On top of that, Neuro Gum is vegan friendly, gluten free, sugar free and aspartame free.
With the more standard nootropics, which are usually in the form of a capsule, all of the ingredients contribute to the desired result, other than the capsule itself.
This is slightly different for Neuro Gum, as they have to make the gum as well. For the purposes of this review, we’re not going to run through these ingredients as they won’t impact the effectiveness of the product ─ other than how pleasant it is to actually consume, which we