Meanwhile, many companies are producing slim xtreme original Pills, capsules or tincture. There is a lot of demand for this product. Many suppliers are harvesting the wild plants and exporting to USA. Compared to the demand, the supply is not enough, and there are a lot of suspicions that the manufacturers of these products are cheating the consumers.
Since Phytopharm has purchased the patent taken by CSIR of Hoodia Gordonii as a weight-loss medication, other companies are very cautious. They do not market it as a weight-loss medicine but just as meizitang advance formula Pills or capsules, without any other claim. Their advertising about the appetite-suppressing effects of Hoodia is more than enough to make the consumer understand that Hoodia is an aid for a weight-loss program. Phytopharm has tied up with Unilever, a food product giant, to market Hoodia shakes and bars. But that would not be available until 2008.