Extra-Strength Mint Suppliment

In January 2022, it was revealed that Wibbles had previously been in the process of developing an unusually potent mint suppliment, which was planned to be launched as part of the official Mint Leaf FM merchandise line in partnership with Crest™. The suppliment was dubbed in Wibbles' own words to be a '*revolutionary new mint powered super pill to make you live forever'.*

There were many irregularites associated with the development of the suppliment and records indicate a complete absence of oversight by the UK's Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency, likely due to the homemade, DIY nature of Wibbles' development approach.

Perhaps the most unorthodox aspect of development was in regards to safety testing. All pre-human phases were skipped entirely, with the very first and only trial being conducted on healthy human subjects. Other than being grossly unethical and dangerous, the trial was poorly designed and lacked scientific rigor due to a number of factors, including there being no control group allocated, a lack of strict dosing protocol and a sample size of insufficient power to yield statistically significant results or to detect rare adverse events.

Despite the absence of regulatory oversight and glaring ethical and scientific problems with the study design, Crest™ agreed to participate and put forward test subjects from the ranks of their own employees. This decision would eventually lead to the first signs of strain between Mint Leaf FM and Crest™, who had thus far been engaged in a highly successful advertising arrangement.

The toxicological profile of the suppliment was deemed unacceptable shortly after the study commenced due to the alarming rate and severity of adverse events experienced by the participants. The study was ultimately terminated by Crest™ on the second day of what was initally planned to be a three month study.

Despite mint having an excellent safety profile and thousands of years of use in humans, the sheer potency of the formulation is thought to be the source of the suppliments toxicity. A staggering 783kg of pure mint extract was concentrated and condensed into every single pill, a feat which viloates our current understanding of the laws of physics. The technology and methodology Wibbles used to achieve this seemingly impossible level of concentration is not known to mankind.

A full list of recorded adverse events was leaked by an anonymous source, speculated to be a Crest™ employee involved in the study. The adverse events include:

* fatigue
* faintness
* increased heart rate
* hypertension
* sense of smell permanently overwhelmed by mint
* sense of taste permanently overwhlemed by mint
* sence of vision permanently overwhelmed by mint
* sense of touch permanently overwhelmed by mint
* sense of hearing permanently overwhelmed by mint
* excessive and uncontrollable perspiration, of which the secretion smelled strongly of mint
* drastic and sudden change of personality
* full body paralysis
* severe paranoia
* restless leg syndrome
* visual and auditory hallucinations (notably similar to that of LSD or Psilocybin)
* severe delirium
* delusions of grandeur
* mild and temporary itchy nose
* smallpox

One member of the study and former Crest™ employee who experienced many of the recorded adverse effects released a distressing public statement, that was later published in The Sunday Times, describing his experience:

*"When Crest™ offered me the chance to test out a 'revolutionary new mint powered super pill that will make you live forever', I was instantly wary and declined the offer. However, I changed my mind after returning to my desk to find a strange, preternaturally luminous green* *pill, along with a note that simply read: 'take the pill or ur*[sic] *fired loser idiot'.*

*The pill instantly dissolved on my tongue before I could even swallow it, and straight away i felt an intense wave of euphoria wash over my body and my soul, a feeling stronger than anything I have ever experienced. Just when I thought I had reached Heaven, reached Nirvana, the euphoria sudsided and quickly gave way to the unbearably overpowering sensation of mint engulfing the totallity of my sesnes, the very essence of my being, in a burning fire storm of hellish intensity.*

*To have your sense of taste and smell overwhelmed by mint is perhaps something that some people could begin to imagine, even if the power of the sensation is beyond the capacity of the average mans mind. But the part thats truly isolating, thats truly tormenting is having your sense of vision, touch and even hearing constantly overwhelmed by mint. It's a sensation that cannot be described, cannot be communicated with our feeble language, it's like trying to describe the colour red to a blind person. My life is unending, untold burning pain.*

*It's not all bad though, on the positive side my breath is always minty fresh, and I never suffer from BO thanks to my sweat now smelling like mint, thanks Wibbles!"*

The employee's contract with Crest™ was terminated following the publication of the statement, as he had broken the terms of a non-disclosure agreement that he had signed. An offical Crest™ spokesperson later addressed the press on the matter and commented that '*[they] were a dumb idiot loser anyway so it was not a hard decision to fire them... idiot loser'.*

Wibbles was convinced that the adverse events were really caused by the weak constitution and puniness of the test subjects, despite the fact that they were all healthy, full grown adults. In an attempt to vindicate his product, which would ultimately fail to sway the tide of public opinion, Wibbles decided to take a dose of his suppliment personally. Intruigingly, he noted no strong effects and only a *'mild taste of mint which faded after a few minutes'* and concluded that *'more mint extract is needed, this thing is weaksause dawg'.*

Crest™ ultimately agreed to not pursue Wibbles or Mint Leaf FM with legal action following the incident, in light of the continuing success of the lucrative commercial arrangement which was still yielding excellent profits for both parties.

The final death toll has not been made public, but is estimated that between 93 - 97.896% of all human beings who ingested the mint suppliment died.

Development and further testing of the suppliment has been abandoned, however development of a second iteration has been hinted at by Wibbles, although he has never confirmed this on record.