GLUC Glucose Health Inc (PK)

RISK FACTORS

An investment in our securities involves a high degree of risk. Before making a decision to invest in our securities, you should carefully consider the risks that are described in this section and elsewhere in this prospectus. Additional risks not presently known or that we currently deem immaterial could also materially and adversely affect us. You should consult your own financial and legal advisors as to the risks entailed by an investment in our securities and the suitability of investing in our securities in light of your particular circumstances. If any of the risks contained in this prospectus develop into actual events, our assets, business, cash flows, condition (financial or otherwise), credit quality, financial performance, liquidity, long-term performance goals, prospects, and/or results of operations could be materially and adversely affected, the trading price of our Common Stock could decline, and you may lose all or part of your investment. Some statements in this prospectus, including statements in the following risk factors, constitute forward-looking statements. See “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements.”

Risks Related to Our Company and Business

We have a limited operating history and may not be able to operate our business successfully.

On November 19, 2014, we changed our name to Glucose Health, Inc., and our business to that of an own-label distributor of nutritional beverages. Our business has a relatively limited operating history. Historical results are not indicative of, and may be substantially different than, the results we achieve in the future. We cannot assure you that we will be able to operate our business successfully or implement our operating policies and strategies. The results of our operations depend on several factors, our success in attracting and retaining motivated and qualified personnel, the availability of adequate short and long-term financing, conditions in the financial markets, and general economic conditions. In addition, our future operating results and financial data may vary materially from the historical operating results and financial data as well as the pro forma operating results and financial data because of a number of factors, including costs and expenses associated with being a public company.

We have limited capital resources, and we will need to raise additional capital through additional funding raises. Such funding, if obtained, could result in substantial dilution or significant debt service obligations. We may not be able to obtain additional capital on commercially reasonable terms in a timely manner, which could adversely affect our liquidity, financial position, and ability to continue operations.

As of June 30, 2022, we had a cash balance of $569,391. We thus have limited capital resources and require the funds from this offering to continue and grow our business. Even if we substantially increase revenue and reduce operating expenses, we will need to raise additional capital. In order to continue operating, we may need to obtain additional financing, either through borrowings, private offerings, public offerings, or some type of business combination, such as a merger, or buyout, and there can be no assurance that we will be successful in such pursuits. We may be unable to acquire the additional funding necessary to continue operating. Accordingly, if we are unable to generate adequate cash from operations, and if we are unable to find sources of funding, it may be necessary for us to sell one or more lines of business or all or a portion of our assets, enter into a business combination, or reduce or eliminate operations. These possibilities, to the extent available, may be on terms that result in significant dilution to our shareholders or that result in our investors losing all of their investment in our company.

If we are able to raise additional capital, we do not know what the terms of any such capital raising would be. In addition, any future sale of our equity securities would dilute the ownership and control of your shares and could be at prices substantially below prices at which our shares currently trade. Our inability to raise capital could require us to significantly curtail or terminate our operations. We may seek to increase our cash reserves through the sale of additional equity. The sale of additional equity securities could result in additional and potentially substantial dilution to our shareholders. In addition, our ability to obtain additional capital on acceptable terms is subject to a variety of uncertainties. We cannot assure you that financing will be available in amounts or on terms acceptable to us, if at all. Any failure to raise additional funds on favorable terms could have a material adverse effect on our liquidity and financial condition.

The loss of key officers, executives or personnel, or the inability of replacements to quickly and successfully perform in their new roles could adversely affect our business.

We depend on the leadership and experience of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Murray Fleming. The loss of his services could have a material adverse effect on our business and prospects, as we may not be able to find suitable individuals to replace our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer on a timely basis or without incurring increased costs, or at all. Furthermore, if in the future, we lose or terminate the services of one or more of our key employees or if one or more of our current or former executives or key employees joins a competitor or otherwise competes with us, it could impair our business and our ability to successfully implement our business plan. Additionally, if in the future, we are unable to hire qualified replacements for our executive and other key positions in a timely fashion, our ability to execute our business plan would be harmed. Even if we can quickly hire qualified replacements, we would expect to experience operational disruptions and inefficiencies during any transition. We believe that our future success will depend on our continued ability to attract and retain highly skilled and qualified personnel. There is a high level of competition for experienced, successful personnel in our industry. Our inability to meet our executive staffing requirements in the future could impair our growth and harm our business.

We are dependent on our ability to attract and retain qualified technical, sales and managerial personnel.

Our future success depends in part on our ability to attract and retain highly qualified technical, sales and managerial personnel. Competition for such personnel in the beverage industry is intense and we may not be able to attract and retain additional highly qualified technical, sales and managerial personnel in the future. Any inability to attract and retain the necessary technical, sales and managerial personnel could materially adversely affect us.

Our financial statements may be materially affected if our estimates prove to be inaccurate as a result of our limited experience in making critical accounting estimates.

Financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP require the use of estimates, judgments, and assumptions that affect the reported amounts. Actual results may differ materially from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. These estimates, judgments, and assumptions are inherently uncertain, and, if they prove to be wrong, then we face the risk that charges to income will be required. In addition, because we have limited operating history and limited experience in making these estimates, judgments, and assumptions, the risk of future charges to income may be greater than if we had more experience in these areas. Any such charges could significantly harm our financial condition, results of operations, and the price of our securities.

Our operating results may fluctuate significantly as a result of a variety of factors, many of which are outside of our control, which could cause fluctuations in the price of our securities. 

We are subject to the following factors that may negatively affect our operating results:

As a result of our limited operating history and the nature of the markets in which we compete, it is difficult for us to forecast our revenues or earnings accurately. As a strategic response to changes in our competitive environment, we may from time to time make certain decisions concerning production, marketing and distribution of our products that could have a material and adverse effect on our business, results of operations, and financial condition. Due to the foregoing factors, our quarterly revenues and operating results are difficult to forecast. 

We are increasingly dependent on information technology, and potential cyberattacks, security problems, or other disruption and expanding social media vehicles present new risks.

We rely on information technology networks such as EDI (electronic data interchange), and the internet, to process, transmit, and store electronic information, and to manage or support a variety of business processes, including financial transactions and records, billing, and operating data. We may purchase some of our information technology from vendors, on whom our systems will depend, and we rely on commercially available systems, software, tools, and monitoring to provide security for processing, transmission, and storage of confidential operator and other customer information. We depend upon the secure transmission of this information over public networks. Our networks and storage applications could be subject to unauthorized access by hackers or others through cyberattacks, which are rapidly evolving and becoming increasingly sophisticated, or by other means, or may be breached due to operator error, malfeasance, or other system disruptions. In some cases, it will be difficult to anticipate or immediately detect such incidents and the damage they cause. Any significant breakdown, invasion, destruction, interruption, or leakage of information from our systems could harm our reputation and business.

Further, in the normal course of our business, we collect, store, and transmit proprietary and confidential information regarding our customers, employees, suppliers, and others, including personally identifiable information. An operational failure or breach of security from increasingly sophisticated cyber threats could lead to loss, misuse, or unauthorized disclosure of this information about our customers, employees, suppliers, and others, which may result in regulatory or other legal proceedings, and have a material adverse effect on our business and reputation. We also may not have the resources or technical sophistication to anticipate or prevent rapidly evolving types of cyber-attacks. Any such attacks or precautionary measures taken to prevent anticipated attacks may result in increasing costs, including costs for additional technologies, training, and third-party consultants. The losses incurred from a breach of data security and operational failures as well as the precautionary measures required to address this evolving risk may adversely impact our financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

We are subject to significant competition from large multinational companies.

The business of making and distributing nutritional beverages is highly competitive. The principal areas of competition include pricing, packaging, distribution channel penetration, development of new products and line extensions and marketing campaigns. Our products compete with a wide range of nutritional beverages produced principally by very large multinational companies, which have substantially greater financial, marketing and distribution resources and brand name recognition than we do. 

Our planned FIBER UP® brand may be subject to significant competition from small companies and large companies.

FIBER UP® will likely compete with fiber infused healthier beverages which smaller companies appear to be developing and/or marketing. We have limited knowledge of their formulations (including form of dietary fiber), their brand awareness and marketing and their distribution success.  This makes it difficult to assess the extent of these brands competitive threat, if any. While we believe the leading beverage companies are not currently developing fiber infused healthier beverages for North America, they do market and distribute such beverages overseas, and we may face significant competition which could negatively impact our business, if they choose to market these same beverages or other fiber infused beverages they develop in North America.

We compete in an industry that is brand-conscious, so brand name recognition and acceptance of our products are critical to our success and significant marketing and advertising will be needed to achieve and sustain brand recognition.

The business of making and distributing nutritional beverages is substantially dependent upon brand awareness and market acceptance of our products by consumers. The development of brand awareness and market acceptance is likely to require significant marketing and advertising expenditures. Even if we are able to engage in such marketing and advertising efforts, there can be no assurance that we will achieve and maintain satisfactory levels of brand awareness and market acceptance by consumers. Any failure of our brands to achieve brand awareness and market acceptance would likely have a material adverse effect on business, financial condition, and results of operations.

We are dependent on a limited number of raw materials suppliers and a limited number of tolling and contract manufacturers, which may affect our ability to procure our inputs and produce our products in a timely manner. If we are not able to ensure timely product deliveries, our customers may not order our products, and our revenues may decrease.

We rely on a limited number of specialized companies to supply certain of our raw materials, including Archer Daniels Midland/Matsutani, Jiaherb, DSM Fortitech ,Virginia Dare and AVT Tea, and a limited number of tolling and contract manufacturing companies, including Balchem, that have the necessary expertise to manufacture our products. Tolling means we ship primary ingredients to a third-party manufacturing facility for processing, in accordance with our master specifications, into a secondary ingredient, which is then shipped to another third-party manufacturing facility for assembly into a finished good, in accordance with our master specifications. Contract manufacturing means we ship primary and/or secondary ingredients, plus packaging, to a third-party manufacturing facility for assembly into a finished good, in accordance with our master specifications. These suppliers and tolling and contract manufacturers may be unable to satisfy our requirements, on a timely basis.

Because we cannot easily source our raw materials or our tolling/contract manufacturing to other providers, we are susceptible to delays, which can cause us to not have sufficient inventory to meet our customer’s demands.  Not only can this adversely affect our revenues, it may jeopardize our relationships with our customers. In the event any of our suppliers and tolling and contract manufacturers were to become unable or unwilling to continue to serve us, we would be required to identify and obtain acceptable alternatives. There is no assurance that we would be able to find such alternatives on a timely basis, or at all. An extended interruption in the supply of our products would result in decreased product sales and our revenues would likely decline.

We depend upon our tolling and contract manufacturers to warehouse our raw materials

We have no facilities of our own to warehouse our raw materials. Instead, we rely on our tolling and contract manufacturers to provide space to us and stage our raw materials for production. While we have negotiated favorable fees for this, there can be no certainty these costs won’t rise and reduce our gross margins. If our tolling and contract manufacturers were to decide not to warehouse and stage our raw materials, this would have a very significant impact on our ability to manufacture any product at all in a cost-effective manner, and our business would materially suffer.

Some of the ingredients we use are only available from a single supplier or a limited group of suppliers.  If the single supplier is unable to source raw materials, it could cause production delays and significantly disrupt our business.

We depend upon single suppliers for some of our key ingredients such as our soluble fiber. Unforeseen discontinuation or unavailability of certain ingredients, each of which we currently primarily source from single supplier, could cause backorders. If we were to experience a significant or prolonged shortage of critical ingredients from any of our suppliers and could not procure the components from other sources, we would be unable to manufacture our products and ship them to our customers in a timely fashion, or at all, which would cause production delays and adversely affect our sales, margins and customer relations.

If our sole source supplier was to go out of business or suspend services, we might be unable to find a replacement for such source in a timely manner or at all. Similarly, if any future sole source supplier were to be acquired by a competitor, that competitor may elect not to sell to the Company in the future. Any inability to secure required supplies and services or to do so on appropriate terms could cause production delays and have a materially adverse impact on our business, financial condition and operating results.

Increases in cost or shortages of raw materials could harm our business.

Increases in costs of our raw materials produced by shortages or inflation will result in increased costs of production. We are uncertain whether we will be able to pass any of such increases on to our customers. We do not use hedging agreements or alternative instruments to manage the risks associated with securing our raw materials. In addition, some of our raw materials are only available from a single or a limited number of suppliers. As alternative sources of supply may not be available, any increase in costs or interruption in the supply of such raw materials might materially harm us.

To mitigate the effect on our business of supply chain disruptions, we need to substantially increase inventory. 

We believe that raw materials shipment and manufacturing delays are now effectively routine. To avoid product outages and loss of revenue, which are a consequence of these delays, we need hold substantially more finished goods inventory. We presently do not have available capital to substantially increase our finished goods inventory, which may impact our product availability and revenues for the remainder of the fiscal year.

Our failure to accurately estimate demand for our products could adversely affect our business.

We may not correctly estimate demand for our products. If we materially underestimate demand for our products and are unable to secure sufficient raw materials, we might not be able to satisfy consumer demand for our nutritional beverages, on a short-term basis, when we run out of inventory to sell, in which case our business, financial condition and results of operations could be adversely affected.

We may not be able to develop successful new products, which could impede our growth and cause us to sustain future losses.

Part of our business strategy is to increase our sales through the development of new products and line extensions. We cannot assure you that we will be able to develop, market, sell and distribute new products and line extensions that will enjoy consumer or retailer buyer acceptance. The failure to develop new products or line extensions that gain consumer or retailer buyer acceptance could have an adverse impact on our growth and materially adversely affect our financial condition.

Our lack of product diversification and inability to timely introduce new or alternative products could cause us to cease operations. 

Our business is focused on GLUCODOWN® and our second brand FIBER UP® is only in early development and not yet commercialized. The risks associated with focusing on such a limited product line are substantial. If consumers do not accept our products or if there is a general decline in market demand for, or any significant decrease in, the consumption of nutritional beverages, we are not financially or operationally capable of introducing alternative products within a short time frame. As a result, such lack of acceptance or market demand decline could cause us to cease operations.

Low demand for new products and the inability to develop and introduce new products at favorable margins could adversely impact our performance and prospects for future growth. 

The uncertainties associated with developing and introducing new products, such as market demand and costs of development and production, may impede the successful development and introduction of new products on a consistent basis. Introduction of new technology may result in higher costs to us than that of the technology replaced. That increase in costs, which may continue indefinitely or until increased demand and greater availability in the sources of the new technology drive down its cost, could adversely affect our results of operations. Market acceptance of the new products introduced in recent years and scheduled for introduction in future years may not meet sales expectations due to various factors, such as the failure to accurately predict market demand, end-user preferences, evolving industry standards, or the emergence of new or disruptive technologies. Moreover, the ultimate success and profitability of the new products may depend on our ability to resolve technical and technological challenges in a timely and cost-effective manner. Our investments in productive capacity and commitments to fund advertising and product promotions in connection with these new products could erode profits if those expectations are not met.

If we are unable to maintain good relationships with retailers and maintain good standing in online marketplaces, our business could suffer.

Our access to the customers of retailers and our access to online marketplaces are both material to our success. If we are unable to maintain our good relationships with retailers and maintain our good standing in online marketplaces, our revenues could decline significantly. Unilateral decisions could be taken by the buyers at retailers, or by the policy-makers at our online marketplaces, to discontinue carrying any or all of our products, at any time, which could cause our business to suffer.

Even if we maintain good relationships with retailers, they might not approve our cost increases.

We are effectively limited to proposing annual price increases at our retailer customers, because we generally only meet annually with product buyers at our retailer customers.  Buyers have not in the past and may not in the future, agree with our proposed price increases. As a result, we may earn less gross profit margin over time, the longer we serve a retailer customer. 

We may incur material losses as a result of product recall and product liability.

We may be liable if the consumption of any of our products causes injury, illness, or death. We also may be required to recall some of our products if they become contaminated or are damaged or mislabeled. A significant product liability judgment against us, or a widespread product recall, could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations. The amount of the insurance we carry is limited, and that insurance is subject to certain exclusions and may or may not be adequate.

Litigation may adversely affect our business.

From time to time in the normal course of our business operations, we may become subject to litigation involving intellectual property, data privacy and security, consumer protection, commercial disputes and other matters that may negatively affect our operating results if changes to our business operation are required. We may also be subject to a variety of claims including product liability, and consumer protection claims, among other litigation. The cost to defend such litigation may be significant and may require a diversion of our resources. There also may be adverse publicity associated with litigation that could negatively affect customer perception of our business, regardless of whether the allegations are valid or whether we are ultimately found liable. As a result, litigation may adversely affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations. In addition, insurance may not cover existing or future claims, be sufficient to fully compensate us for one or more of such claims or continue to be available on terms acceptable to us. A claim brought against us that is uninsured or underinsured could result in unanticipated costs, thereby adversely affecting our results of operations and resulting in a reduction in the trading price of our stock.

We face risks related to Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) which could significantly disrupt our business. 

Our business has been and may continue to be adversely impacted by the effects of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19). In addition to global macroeconomic effects, the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and any other related adverse public health developments has and may continue to cause disruption to our operations and sales activities. Our third-party vendors, third-party distributors, and our customers have been and will be disrupted by worker absenteeism, quarantines, and restrictions on employees’ ability to work, office and factory closures, disruptions to ports and other shipping infrastructure, border closures, or other travel or health-related restrictions. Depending on the magnitude of such effects on our activities or the operations of our third-party vendors and third-party distributors, the supply of our products will be delayed, which could adversely affect our business, operations, and customer relationships. In addition, the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) or other disease outbreak will in the short-run and may over the longer term adversely affect the economies and financial markets of many countries, resulting in an economic downturn that will affect demand for our products and services and impact our operating results. There can be no assurance that any decrease in sales resulting from the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) will be offset by increased sales in subsequent periods. Although the magnitude of the impact of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on our business and operations remains uncertain, the continued spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) or the occurrence of other epidemics and the imposition of related public health measures and travel and business restrictions will adversely impact our business, financial condition, operating results, and cash flows. In addition, we have experienced and will experience disruptions to our business operations resulting from quarantines, self-isolations, or other movement and restrictions on the ability of our employees to perform their jobs that may impact our ability to develop and design our products and services in a timely manner or meet required milestones or customer commitments.

Prolonged economic downturn, particularly in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and international conflicts, could adversely affect our business.

Uncertain global economic conditions, in particular in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and international conflicts, could adversely affect our business. Negative global and national economic trends, such as decreased consumer and business spending, high unemployment levels and declining consumer and business confidence, pose challenges to our business and could result in declining revenues, profitability, and cash flow. Although we continue to devote significant resources to support our brands, unfavorable economic conditions may negatively affect demand for our products. 

Risks related to our Intellectual Property

If we fail to protect our compositions and methods with patents, competitors may be able to use our compositions and methods, to weaken our competitive position, reduce our net revenue, and increase our costs.

Our commercial success will depend in part on obtaining and maintaining patent protection to help prevent compositions and methods that we have developed, or may develop or acquire in the future, from being used by our competitors to weaken our competitive position. We have a patent pending before the United States Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”). But patent applications can take many years to issue, and there is no assurance that our current patent application, or any future patent applications, will be granted. If we are unable to obtain patent protection for our current or future applications, we may not be able to successfully prevent our competitors from imitating or copying our products or using some or all of the processes that are the subject of such patent application(s). Such imitation, or copying, may lead to increased competition within the finite market for products such as ours. Even if our patent application was granted, our intellectual property rights may not be sufficiently comprehensive to prevent our competitors from developing similar competitive products.

There are multiple risks inherent in patent litigation. In patent litigation in the U.S., defendant counterclaims alleging invalidity and/or unenforceability are commonplace, as are validity challenges by the defendant against the subject patent or other patents before the USPTO. Grounds for a validity challenge could be an alleged failure to meet any of several statutory requirements, including lack of novelty, obviousness or non-enablement, failure to meet the written description requirement, indefiniteness, and/or failure to claim patent eligible subject matter. Grounds for an unenforceability assertion could be an allegation that someone connected with prosecution of the patent intentionally withheld material information from the USPTO, or made a misleading statement, during prosecution. Third parties may also raise similar claims before the USPTO even outside the context of litigation, in for example, post-grant review proceedings and inter partes review proceedings. The outcome is unpredictable following any legal assertions of invalidity and unenforceability. With respect to the validity question, for example, we cannot be certain that no invalidating prior art existed of which we and the patent examiner were unaware during prosecution. These assertions may also be based on information known to us or the USPTO. If a defendant or third party were to prevail on a legal assertion of invalidity and/or unenforceability, we would lose at least part, and perhaps all, of the claims of the challenged patent. Such a loss of patent protection would or could have a material adverse impact on our business.

Even if the validity of our patent rights is upheld by a court, a court may not prevent the alleged infringement of our patent rights on the grounds that such activity is not covered by our patent claims. Although we may aggressively pursue anyone whom we reasonably believe is infringing upon our intellectual property rights, initiating, and maintaining suits against third parties that may infringe upon our intellectual property rights will require substantial financial resources. We may not have the financial resources to bring such suits, and if we do bring such suits, we may not prevail. Regardless of our success in any such actions, we could incur significant expenses in connection with such suits.

If our trademarks and brand names are not adequately protected, that could adversely impact our ability to build name recognition in certain markets.

We rely on trademarks, service marks, trade names and brand names to distinguish our nutritional beverages from those of competitors and have registered these trademarks. Our registered or unregistered trademarks, service marks, trade names and brand names may be challenged, infringed, diluted, circumvented, or declared generic or determined to be infringing on other marks. Additionally, we cannot assure you that our future trademark applications will be approved. During trademark registration proceedings, we may receive rejections. Although we are given an opportunity to respond to those rejections, we may be unable to overcome such rejections. In addition, in proceedings before the USPTO third parties are given an opportunity to oppose pending trademark applications and to seek to cancel registered trademarks. Opposition or cancellation proceedings may be filed against our trademarks, and our trademarks may not survive such proceedings. In the event that our trademarks are successfully challenged, we could be forced to rebrand our products, which could result in loss of brand recognition and could require us to devote resources towards advertising and marketing new brands. At times, competitors may adopt trade names or trademarks similar to ours, which could harm our brand identity and lead to market confusion. Certain of our current or future trademarks may become so well known by the public that their use becomes generic and they lose trademark protection. Over the long term, if we are unable to establish name recognition through our trademarks and trade names, then we may not be able to compete effectively and our business, financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.

If we cannot keep our trade secrets, which includes our formulas, compositions and methods, and knowledge capital (know-how), confidential, that could adversely impact our competitive position and reduce our revenue.

We rely on trade secrets and other proprietary information. We seek to protect this confidential information, in part, through the use of confidentiality agreements with employees, consultants, advisors and others. Nonetheless, we cannot assure you that those agreements will provide adequate protection and prevent their unauthorized use or disclosure. To the extent that consultants, key employees or other third parties apply trade secrets independently developed by them or by others to our proposed products, disputes may arise as to the proprietary rights to such products which may not be resolved in our favor. There is a risk that other parties may breach confidentiality agreements or that our trade secrets and other proprietary information become known or independently discovered by competitors, which could adversely affect our revenue.

Third-party claims of infringement against us could adversely affect our ability to market our products and require us to reformulate our products or seek licenses from third parties.

We are susceptible to intellectual property lawsuits that could cause us to incur substantial costs, pay substantial damages, or prohibit us from distributing our products. Whether a product infringes a patent involves complex legal and factual issues, the determination of which is often uncertain. In addition, because patent applications can take many years to issue, there may be applications now pending of which we are unaware, which later may result in issued patents that our products may infringe. If any of our products infringe a valid patent, we could be prevented from distributing that product unless and until we can obtain a license or reformulate it to avoid infringement. A license may not be available or may require us to pay substantial royalties. We also may not be successful in any attempt to reformulate the product to avoid any infringement. Infringement and other intellectual property claims, with or without merit, can be expensive and time-consuming to litigate, and we may not have the financial and human resources to defend ourselves against any infringement suits that may be brought against us.

We may employ individuals who were previously employed by companies that are developing beverage products, including our competitors or potential competitors. To the extent our employees are involved in research areas which are similar to those areas in which they were involved at their former employers, we may be subject to claims that such employees and/or we have inadvertently or otherwise used or disclosed the alleged trade secrets or other proprietary information of the former employers. Litigation may be necessary to defend against such claims, which could result in substantial costs and be a distraction to management and which may have a material adverse effect on us, even if we are successful in defending such claims.

Risks related to Government Regulation

We are affected by extensive laws, governmental regulations, administrative determinations, court decisions and similar constraints, which can make compliance costly and subject us to enforcement actions by governmental agencies.

Formulation, manufacturing, packaging, labeling, holding, storage, distribution, advertising, and sale of our products are affected by extensive laws, governmental regulations and policies, administrative determinations, court decisions and similar constraints at the federal, state, and local levels. There can be no assurance that we will be in compliance with all of these regulations. A failure by us to comply with these laws and regulations could lead to governmental investigations, civil and criminal prosecutions, administrative hearings and court proceedings, civil and criminal penalties, injunctions against product sales or advertising, civil and criminal liability for the Company and/or its principals, bad publicity, and tort claims arising out of governmental or judicial findings of fact or conclusions of law adverse to the Company or its principals. In addition, the adoption of new regulations and policies or changes in the interpretations of existing regulations and policies may result in significant new compliance costs or discontinuation of product sales, and may adversely affect the marketing of our products, resulting in decreases in revenues.

Our principal regulator, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not passed on the efficacy of our products or the accuracy of any claim we make related to our products.

FDA does not, and has not, reviewed or passed on the efficacy of any of our products, which are classified as conventional foods, nor has it reviewed or approved any nutritional claims of support we make related to our conventional food beverages.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducts unannounced on-premises inspections of our facilities and records.

We are subject to periodic unannounced visits by FDA officers who inspect our facilities and records. Even though we are an own-label distributor and utilize tolling and contract manufactures to produce our products, we still must maintain extensive records including certificates of analysis for all ingredients we use, master specifications for our products and certain batch production and testing records. Keeping such records is time-consuming and costly and if our record-keeping is deemed deficient, we could receive warning letters or other more serious administrative actions could take place that could harm our business and reputation with customers.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) prohibits use of any consumer testimonials in our marketing

In December 2009, the FTC substantially revised its Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising, or “Endorsement Guides,” to eliminate a safe harbor principle that formerly recognized that Companies like ours could publish consumer testimonials that conveyed truthful but extraordinary results from using our products as long as we clearly and conspicuously disclosed that the endorser’s results were not typical. This change makes it more difficult to communicate the benefits of our nutritional beverages to consumers and our revenues may not grow if we can’t find other compliant means to reach our customers.

Risks Related to this Offering

Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Murray Fleming, holds all our Series A Voting Preferred Stock and maintains the ability to control substantially all matters submitted to shareholders for approval.

Our Series A Voting Preferred Stock voting shares may, if exercised, control the election of directors and approval of any merger, consolidation, or sale of all or substantially all of our assets. Our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Murray Fleming, holds all shares of our Series A Voting Preferred Stock and has the right to vote the number of votes equal to all shares of Common Stock which are then issued and outstanding, plus an additional 10,000 shares. Therefore, Mr. Fleming maintains the ability to control substantially all matters submitted to shareholders for approval due to the voting rights features of the Series A Voting Preferred Stock. This concentration of voting power could delay or prevent an acquisition of us on terms that other shareholders may desire. As a result, currently, and after this offering, Mr. Fleming will possess significant influence and can elect a majority of our Board and authorize or prevent proposed significant corporate transactions without the votes of any other stockholders. Mr. Fleming is expected to have significant influence over a decision to enter into any corporate transaction and have the ability to prevent any transaction that requires the approval of stockholders, regardless of whether or not our other stockholders believe that such transaction is in our best interests. Such concentration of voting power could have the effect of delaying, deterring, or preventing a change of control or other business combination, which could, in turn, have an adverse effect on the market price of our Common Stock or prevent our shareholders from realizing a premium over the then-prevailing market price for their Common Stock.

Shares eligible for future sale may have adverse effects on our share price.

Sales of substantial amounts of shares or the perception that such sales could occur may adversely affect the prevailing market price for our shares. We may issue additional shares in subsequent public offerings or private placements to make new investments or for other purposes. We are not required to offer any such shares to existing shareholders on a pre-emptive basis. Therefore, it may not be possible for existing shareholders to participate in such future share issuances, which may dilute the existing shareholders’ interests in us.

Our planned reverse stock split may decrease the liquidity of the shares of our Common Stock.

The liquidity of the shares of our Common Stock may be affected adversely by our planned reverse stock split given the reduced number of shares that will be outstanding following the reverse stock split, especially if the market price of our Common Stock does not increase as a result of the reverse stock split. In addition, the reverse stock split may increase the number of stockholders who own odd lots (less than 100 shares) of our Common Stock, creating the potential for such stockholders to experience an increase in the cost of selling their shares and greater difficulty effecting such sales.

Following a reverse stock split, the resulting market price of our Common Stock may not attract new investors, including institutional investors, and may not satisfy the investing requirements of those investors. Consequently, the trading liquidity of our Common Stock may not improve.

Although we believe that a higher market price of our Common Stock may help generate greater or broader investor interest, there can be no assurance that the reverse stock split will result in a share price that will attract new investors, including institutional investors. In addition, there can be no assurance that the market price of our Common Stock will satisfy the investing requirements of those investors. As a result, the trading liquidity of our Common Stock may not necessarily improve.

If we fail to comply with the rules and regulations under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, our operating results, our ability to operate our business and investors’ views of us may be harmed.

Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act requires public companies to conduct an annual review and evaluation of their internal controls. Ensuring that we have adequate internal financial and accounting controls and procedures in place so that we can produce accurate financial statements on a timely basis is a costly and time-consuming effort that will need to be evaluated frequently. Our failure to maintain the effectiveness of our internal controls in accordance with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act could have a material adverse effect on our business. We could lose investor confidence in the accuracy and completeness of our financial reports, which could have an adverse effect on the price of our Common Stock. In addition, our efforts to comply with the rules and regulations under the Sarbanes-Oxley or new or changed laws, regulations, and standards may differ from the activities intended by regulatory or governing bodies due to ambiguities related to practice. Regulatory authorities may investigate transactions disclosed in our “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and if legal proceedings are initiated against us, it may harm our business.

We do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our shares of common stock in the foreseeable future.

We currently intend to retain most future earnings (if any) to finance the growth and development of our business, and therefore, we do not anticipate paying any cash dividends on our shares of common stock in the foreseeable future. We believe it is likely that our Board will continue to conclude, that it is in the best interests of the Company and its shareholders to retain most earnings (if any) for the development of our business. As a result, capital appreciation, if any, of our Common Stock will be your sole source of gain for the foreseeable future.

Investors in this offering will experience immediate and substantial dilution in net tangible book value.

The public offering price per Unit is substantially higher than the net tangible book value per share of our outstanding shares of Common Stock. As a result, investors in this offering will incur immediate dilution of $[*] per share, based on the assumed public offering price of $[*] per Unit. Investors in this offering will pay a price per Unit that substantially exceeds the book value of our assets after subtracting our liabilities. See “Dilution” for a more complete description of how the value of your investment will be diluted upon the completion of this offering.

Our Common Stock may not be approved for listing on the Nasdaq or on any other trading market and you may not be able to resell your Common Stock at a price above the price you paid, if at all.

We intend to apply to list the shares of our Common Stock on the Nasdaq, under the symbol “GLUC.” An approval of our listing application by the Nasdaq will be subject to, among other things, our fulfilling all of the listing requirements of the Nasdaq. No assurances can be given, however, that the application will be approved or that our Common Stock will ever be traded on the Nasdaq or listed or quoted on any other trading market. If for any reason our Common Stock is not listed on the Nasdaq, or any other trading market, or a public trading market does not develop, purchasers of our Common Stock may have difficulty selling their Common Stock should they desire to do so. Moreover, there is a risk that our Common Stock could be delisted from any trading market on which it may be listed or quoted. The lack of an active trading market may also impair our ability to raise capital to continue to fund operations by selling securities and may impair our ability to acquire additional intellectual property assets by using our securities as consideration.

There can be no assurances that if our Common Stock is listed on the Nasdaq we will be able to meet the Nasdaq’s continued listing requirements which will result in the delisting of our Common Stock from the Nasdaq. 

The Nasdaq has rules for continued listing, including, without limitation, minimum market capitalization and other requirements. Failure to maintain our listing (i.e., being de-listed from the Nasdaq), would make it more difficult for shareholders to sell our Common Stock and more difficult to obtain accurate price quotations on our Common Stock. This could have an adverse effect on the price of our Common Stock. Our ability to issue additional securities for financing or other purposes, or otherwise to arrange for any financing we may need in the future, may also be materially and adversely affected if our Common Stock is not traded on a national securities exchange. 

Holders of our Warrants will have no rights as a common stockholder until they acquire our Common Stock.

The Warrants included in the Units in this offering do not confer any rights of Common Stock ownership on their holders, such as voting rights or the right to receive dividends, but rather merely represent the right to acquire shares of our Common Stock at a fixed price for a limited period of time. Specifically, commencing on the date of issuance, holders of the Warrants may exercise their right to acquire the Common Stock and pay the exercise price per share, prior to [*] years from the date of issuance, after which date any unexercised Warrants will expire and have no further value. Until holders of the Warrants acquire Common Stock upon exercise of the Warrants, the holders will have no rights with respect to the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. Upon exercise of the Warrants, the holder will be entitled to exercise the rights of a stockholder as to the security exercised only as to matters for which the record date occurs after the exercise. There can be no assurance that the market price of the Common Stock will ever equal or exceed the exercise price of the Warrants, and consequently, whether it will ever be profitable for holders of the Warrants to exercise the Warrants.

Provisions of the Warrants offered by this prospectus could discourage an acquisition of us by a third party.

In addition to the discussion of the provisions of our governing organizational documents, certain provisions of the Warrants offered by this prospectus could make it more difficult or expensive for a third party to acquire us. The Warrants prohibit us from engaging in certain transactions constituting “fundamental transactions” unless, among other things, the surviving entity assumes our obligations under the Warrants. These and other provisions of the Warrants offered by this prospectus could prevent or deter a third party from acquiring us even where the acquisition could be beneficial to you.

The Warrants offered by this prospectus may not have any value.

The Warrants offered by this prospectus will be exercisable for five years from the date of issuance. There can be no assurance that the market price of our common stock will ever exceed the exercise price of the Warrants. In the event that our common stock price does not exceed the exercise price of the Warrants during the term of the Warrants, the Warrants may not have any value.

We are a smaller reporting company within the meaning of the Securities Act, and if we take advantage of certain exemptions from disclosure requirements available to smaller reporting companies, this could make our securities less attractive to investors and may make it more difficult to compare our performance with other public companies.

Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act defines a “smaller reporting company” as an issuer that is not an investment company, an asset-backed issuer, or a majority-owned subsidiary of a parent that is not a smaller reporting company and that:

As a smaller reporting company, we will not be required and may not include a Compensation Discussion and Analysis section in our proxy statements; we will provide only two years of financial statements; and we need not provide the table of selected financial data. We also will have other “scaled” disclosure requirements that are less comprehensive than issuers that are not smaller reporting companies which could make our Common Stock less attractive to potential investors, which could make it more difficult for our stockholders to sell their shares.

Because the Company is a “smaller reporting company” we may take advantage of certain scaled disclosures available to us, resulting in holders of our securities receiving less Company information than they would receive from a public company that is not a smaller reporting company.

We are a “smaller reporting company” as defined in the Exchange Act. As a smaller reporting company, we may take advantage of certain of the scaled disclosures available to smaller reporting companies and will be able to take advantage of these scaled disclosures for so long as (i) our common shares held by non-affiliates is less than $250 million measured on the last business day of our second fiscal quarter, or (ii) our annual revenue is less than $100 million during the most recently completed fiscal year and our common shares held by non-affiliates is less than $700 million measured on the last business day of our second fiscal quarter. To the extent we take advantage of any reduced disclosure obligations, it may make it harder for investors to analyze the Company’s results of operations and financial prospectus in comparison with other public companies.

As a smaller reporting company, we are permitted to comply with scaled-back disclosure obligations in our SEC filings compared to other issuers, including with respect to disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in our periodic reports and proxy statements. We have elected to adopt the accommodations available to smaller reporting companies. Until we cease to be a smaller reporting company, the scaled-back disclosure in our SEC filings will result in less information about our company being available than for other public companies.

If investors consider our common shares less attractive as a result of our election to use the scaled-back disclosure permitted for smaller reporting companies, there may be a less active trading market for our common shares and our share price may be more volatile.

We are an emerging growth company, and we cannot be certain if the reduced reporting requirements applicable to emerging growth companies will make our Common Stock less attractive to investors.

We are an “emerging growth company,” as defined in the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the JOBS Act). For as long as we continue to be an emerging growth company, we may take advantage of exemptions from various reporting requirements that are applicable to other public companies that are not emerging growth companies, including not being required to comply with the auditor attestation requirements of Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reduced disclosure obligations regarding executive compensation in this prospectus and our periodic reports and proxy statements and exemptions from the requirements of holding nonbinding advisory votes on executive compensation and stockholder approval of any golden parachute payments not previously approved. We could be an emerging growth company for up to five years following the year in which we complete this offering, although circumstances could cause us to lose that status earlier. We will remain an emerging growth company until the earlier of (i) the last day of the fiscal year (a) following the fifth anniversary of the completion of the first sale of shares covered by this prospectus, (b) in which we have total annual gross revenue of at least $1.07 billion or (c) in which we are deemed to be a large accelerated filer, which requires the market value of our Common Stock that is held by non-affiliates to exceed $700.0 million as of the prior September 30^th, and (ii) the date on which we have issued more than $1.0 billion in non-convertible debt during the prior three-year period.

In the event that we are still considered a smaller reporting company, at such time are we cease being an “emerging growth company”, the disclosure we will be required to provide in our SEC filings will increase, but will still be less than it would be if we were not considered either an emerging growth company or a smaller reporting company.

In the event that we are still considered a smaller reporting company, at such time are we cease being an emerging growth company, the disclosure we will be required to provide in our SEC filings will increase, but will still be less than it would be if we were not considered either an emerging growth company or a smaller reporting company. Should we cease to be an “emerging growth company” but remain a “smaller reporting company”, we would be required to: (1) comply with new or revised US GAAP accounting standards applicable to public companies, (2) comply with new Public Company Accounting Oversight Board requirements applicable to the audits of public companies, and (3) to make additional disclosures with respect to related party transactions, namely Item 404(d).

We have broad discretion in the use of the net proceeds from this offering and may not use them effectively.

Our management will have broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds from this offering including for any of the purposes described in the section entitled “Use of Proceeds” and you will not have the opportunity as part of your investment decision to assess whether the net proceeds will be used appropriately. Because of the number and variability of factors that will determine our use of the net proceeds from this offering, their ultimate use may vary substantially from their currently intended use. Our management might not apply our net proceeds in ways that ultimately increase the value of your investment. We currently intend to use the net proceeds of this offering primarily for general corporate purposes, including working capital, expanded sales and marketing activities, increased research and development expenditures and funding our growth strategies.

Our expected use of net proceeds from this offering represents our current intentions based upon our present plans and business condition. As of the date of this prospectus, we cannot predict with certainty all of the particular uses for the net proceeds to be received upon the completion of this offering, or the amounts that we will actually spend on the uses set forth above. The amounts and timing of our actual use of the net proceeds will vary depending on numerous factors, including the commercial success of our systems and the costs of our research and development activities, as well as the amount of cash used in our operations. As a result, our management will have broad discretion in the application of the net proceeds, and investors will be relying on our judgment regarding the application of the net proceeds of this offering.

The failure by our management to apply these funds effectively could harm our business. Pending their use, we may invest the net proceeds from this offering in short-term, investment-grade, interest-bearing securities. These investments may not yield a favorable return to our stockholders. If we do not invest or apply the net proceeds from this offering in ways that enhance stockholder value, we may fail to achieve expected financial results, which could cause our stock price to decline.

As a “controlled company” under the rules of Nasdaq, we may choose to exempt our company from certain corporate governance requirements that could have an adverse effect on our public stockholders.

Under Nasdaq’s rules, a company of which more than 50% of the voting power is held by an individual, group or another company is a “controlled company” and may elect not to comply with certain corporate governance requirements, including, without limitation, (i) the requirement that a majority of the board of directors consist of independent directors, (ii) the requirement that the compensation of our officers be determined or recommended to our board of directors by a compensation committee that is comprised solely of independent directors, and (iii) the requirement that director nominees be selected or recommended to the board of directors by a majority of independent directors or a nominating committee comprised solely of independent directors. Although we currently do not intend to rely on the “controlled company” exemption, we could elect to rely on this exemption in the future if we are a controlled company after this offering. If we elected to rely on the “controlled company” exemption, a majority of the members of our board of directors might not be independent directors and our nominating and corporate governance and compensation committees might not consist entirely of independent directors.  Our status as a controlled company could cause our common stock to look less attractive to certain investors or otherwise harm our trading price. 

If securities or industry analysts do not publish research or publish inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, our stock price and trading volume could decline.

The trading market for our Common Stock will depend in part on the research and reports that securities or industry analysts publish about us or our business. Securities and industry analysts do not currently, and may never, publish research on our company. If no securities or industry analysts commence coverage of our company, the trading price for our stock would likely be negatively impacted. In the event securities or industry analysts initiate coverage, if one or more of the analysts who covers us downgrades our stock or publishes inaccurate or unfavorable research about our business, our stock price may decline. If one or more of these analysts ceases coverage of our company or fails to publish reports on us regularly, demand for our stock could decrease, which might cause our stock price and trading volume to decline.

Our shares of Common Stock are subject to the penny stock rules, which makes shares of our Common Stock more difficult to trade.

We are currently subject to the SEC’s “penny stock” rules as our shares of Common Stock sell below $5.00 per share. Penny stocks generally are equity securities with a price of less than $5.00. The penny stock rules require broker-dealers to deliver a standardized risk disclosure document prepared by the SEC which provides information about penny stocks and the nature and level of risks in the penny stock market. The broker-dealer must also provide the customer with current bid and offer quotations for the penny stock, the compensation of the broker-dealer and its salesperson, and monthly account statements showing the market value of each penny stock held in the customer’s account. The bid and offer quotations, and the broker-dealer and salesperson compensation information must be given to the customer orally or in writing prior to completing the transaction and must be given to the customer in writing before or with the customer’s confirmation.

In addition, the penny stock rules require that, prior to a transaction, the broker-dealer must make a special written determination that the penny stock is a suitable investment for the purchaser and receive the purchaser’s written agreement to the transaction. The penny stock rules are burdensome and may reduce purchases of any offerings and reduce the trading activity for shares of our common stock. As long as our shares of Common Stock are subject to the penny stock rules, the holders of such shares of Common Stock may find it more difficult to sell their securities.

The financial and operational projections that we may make from time to time are subject to inherent risks.

The projections that our management may provide from time to time reflect numerous assumptions made by management, including assumptions with respect to our specific as well as general business, economic, market and financial conditions and other matters, all of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. Accordingly, there is a risk that the assumptions made in preparing the projections, or the projections themselves, will prove inaccurate. There will be differences between actual and projected results, and actual results may be materially different from those contained in the projections. The inclusion of the projections in this prospectus should not be regarded as an indication that we or our management or representatives considered or consider the projections to be a reliable prediction of future events, and the projections should not be relied upon as such.

If we were to dissolve, the holders of our securities may lose all or substantial amounts of their investments.

If we were to dissolve as a corporation, as part of ceasing to do business or otherwise, we may be required to pay all amounts owed to any creditors before distributing any assets to the investors. There is a risk that in the event of such a dissolution, there will be insufficient funds to repay amounts owed to holders of any of our indebtedness and insufficient assets to distribute to our other investors, in which case investors could lose their entire investment.

Forum selection provisions in our charter documents may be unenforceable, resulting in federal court jurisdiction over claims arising under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act. 

Provisions in our Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation that purport to provide the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (referring to Delaware State Courts) as the exclusive forum for certain actions, including derivative actions, may be determined to be unenforceable in certain instances, including with respect to claims arising under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, which would result in federal courts instead having jurisdiction over such claims. The Company does not intend for such exclusive forum provision to apply to claims arising under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act. The Company plans to amend its Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation upon effectiveness of this registration statement to unambiguously provide that such exclusive forum provisions would not apply to claims arising under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act  and until such time as such amendment has become effective, to provide its investors of notice to this effect, the Company will continue to include disclosure indicating that the Company does not intend for such exclusive forum provisions to apply to claims arising under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act. With respect to claims arising under the Securities Act, note that that investor cannot waive compliance with the federal securities laws and rules and regulations thereunder.