Bio-Engineered Supplements & Nutrition

Bio-Engineered Supplements & Nutrition, Inc. (BSN)

Type	Private
Industry	Supplements, Bodybuilding
Founded	Boca Raton, Florida, USA September 2001
Founder(s)	Chris Ferguson Scott James
Headquarters	, Boca Raton, Florida, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Chris Ferguson (President & CEO) Scott James (Vice-President)
Website	BSNonline.net

Bio-Engineered Supplements & Nutrition (BSN) is an American nutritional supplement company. Founded in 2001, the company is currently based in Boca Raton, Florida, and its products are distributed in over 90 countries worldwide.^{[citation needed]}

History

Bio-Engineered Supplements and Nutrition, Inc. (BSN) was founded in 2001, and employs over 120 individuals at its headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida and its warehouse in Tennessee.^{[1][verification needed]} In 2007 Inc 500 ranked BSN No. 27 among the fastest-growing privately held companies in America , No. 2 among the fastest-growing privately held companies in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL, No. 4 among the fastest-growing companies in the Health industry & No. 6 among the fastest-growing companies in the Southeast.^[2]

In 2003, BSN was issued an Ephedra and misclaim warning letter for their weight-management supplement, Thermonex.^[3]

In 2007 a federal district court in California certified a class action against the company. In the lawsuit, the company was charged with fraud for selling products that falsely claim to contain a new and improved form of creatine called CEM3 or Creatine Ethyl Ester Malate.^[4]

In August 2006, BSN launched a clothing line, Train Like a Freak Apparel.^{[citation needed][original research?]}

In July 2008, BSN became the Official Nutritional Supplement Provider of the UFC.^[5]

Products

BSN products can be found at health/supplement stores and online retailers.

Awards

At the 2009 Bodybuilding.com Supplement Awards, BSN won a record eight awards, among them "Brand of the Year," "Ad Campaign of the Year," and a fifth consecutive "Muscle-Builder of the Year" win for its flagship product N.O.-Xplode.^[6]

See also

• UFC
• Bodybuilding
• Bodybuilding supplement

Associated athletes

• Forrest Griffin
• Ronnie Coleman
• Cain Velasquez
• Brandon Curry
• Jennifer Nicole Lee
• Ty Loomis
• Anthony Johnson (fighter)
• Amanda Latona
• Josh Ford
• Joakim Noah
• Bob Cicherillo
• Triple H

Notes

1. ^ "BSN". IncBizNet. http://www.incbiznet.com/companies/bsn. Retrieved 2009-10-20. 
2. ^ "BSN - Health, inc5000 Article". Inc. Article. 2007-01-11. http://www.inc.com/inc5000/2007/company-profile.html?id=200700270. Retrieved 2009-10-20. 
3. ^ http://www.casewatch.org/fdawarning/prod/2003/bioengineeredsupplements.shtml
4. ^ http://nutrisuplaw.zoomshare.com/files/BSN.pdf
5. ^ url=http://www.ufc.com/index.cfm?fa=news.Detail&gid=13296
6. ^ [1]

External links

• Official website