Introduction to SiS

Our Mission is to be the #1 Premium Performance Nutrition Business in the World. Science in Sport PLC develops, manufactures and markets innovative active nutrition products for professional athletes, sports, and health and fitness enthusiasts.

Born from science, the company’s brands are PhD, a premium active nutrition brand targeting people who are serious about their health and fitness, and Science in Sport, a brand trusted by over 330 elite athletes and professional sports teams globally.

Sold internationally through multiple retail channels, Science in Sport plc and its brands address the full breadth of the performance nutrition market currently estimated at approximately £11 billion worldwide.

Renowned for high quality, great tasting products, PhD has grown rapidly since its launch in 2005. SiS PLC acquired PhD Nutrition from Walgreen Boots in December 2018. The brand has evolved to become a premium active lifestyle brand, having the category leading Diet Protein range along with the fast growing high protein and low sugar range, PhD Smart.

Founded in 1992, SiS provides innovative fuelling solutions for endurance athletes, with a range of products scientifically developed to optimise performance across the nutritional need states of energy, hydration and recovery.

Science in Sport plc is headquartered in London. Its shares joined the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in August 2013 and trade under the ticker symbol SIS.

ABOUT US

Headquartered in London, Science in Sport plc is a leading sports nutrition business that develops, manufactures, and markets innovative nutrition products for professional athletes, sports and fitness enthusiasts and the active lifestyle community. The Company has two highly regarded brands, PhD Nutrition, a premium active-nutrition brand targeting the active lifestyle community, and SiS, a leading endurance nutrition brand among elite athletes and professional sports teams.

In 2022 the company opened a state of the art 160,000 square foot manufacturing and logistics facility in Blackburn, Lancashire. As well as giving the group a significant advantage in product costs and customer response time, this vertical integration allows for SiS to have the highest standards of quality, including the highest standard of banned substance testing in the sports nutrition sector.

The two brands sell through the Company’s phd.com and scienceinsport.com digital platforms, third-party online sites, including Amazon and Tmall, and extensive retail distribution in the UK and internationally, including major supermarkets, high street chains and specialist sports retailers. The company has strategic distribution partners in the USA, China, and Asia. This omnichannel footprint enables the Company to address the full breadth of the sports nutrition market, worth $43bn in 2022 and forecast to grow CAGR 7.4% from 2023 to 2030.

PhD has grown rapidly since its launch in 2005 having developed a reputation for high quality products and innovation. The range now comprises powders, bars, and supplements, including the high protein, low sugar range, PhD Smart. PhD brand ambassadors include leading endurance and strength athlete Ross Edgley and influencer Gabby Allen.

SiS, founded in 1992, has a core range comprising gels, powders and bars focused on energy, hydration, and recovery. SiS is an endurance nutrition supplier to over 320 professional teams, organisations, and national teams worldwide. SiS supplies more than 150 professional football clubs in the UK, Europe, and the USA. Brand ambassadors include the former track cyclist Sir Chris Hoy, an eleven-time world champion and six-time Olympic champion, and Eilish McColgan, who won gold in the 2022 Commonwealth Games 10,000 metres.

SiS is Performance Solutions partner to Ineos Grenadiers cycling team, Tottenham Hotspur, New York City and OGC Nice football clubs, as well as Official Nutrition Partner to the Milwaukee Bucks, 2021 National Basketball Association Champions. In 2023, winner of the women’s marathon at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, Gotytom Gebreslase, and the Elite Running Team joined other Performance Solutions partners that are benefitting from bespoke support and products developed with world leading science.

Our Science

We understand and harness the power of science to deliver products of the highest quality and taste that consumers can trust.

Through our world-leading research and innovation programme, we formulate evidence-based products that truly impact performance. We have a world-leading advisory panel that supports our “Win in Science” programme, ensuring that both PhD and Science in Sport remain at the forefront of evidence-based performance nutrition. Our sports scientists are embedded within elite sport, so that we can develop innovative nutritional solutions, tested on the very best athletes in the world.

You don’t just have to take our word for it. SiS fuelled 74 Olympic medals at Tokyo 2020. We are the premium nutrition company that elite athletes trust to fuel winning performances.

Our Science

Everything we do at Science in Sport is led by World Class Science.

We are the worlds leading endurance nutrition brand and our products are supported by world class science providing scientific claims and clear consumer messaging.

This positions us as global leaders in energy, hydration and recovery. Our innovation is always mapped to GO, HYDRO, REGO and BETA and that wins in science, formulation, taste and usage occasion.

Led by Professor James Morton, who to date has authored over 170 research publications in the field of sports nutrition, our Science team operates at the forefront of global endurance sport. We have nutritionists providing real time insight embedded in some of the worlds most prominent sports teams including INEOS Grenadiers cycling team, Milwaukee Bucks and Tottenham Hotspur football club. This intimate relationship with the worlds best endurance sports teams enables us to innately understand core athletes challenges which informs the Science we conduct.

We have multi-year partnerships with both Liverpool John Moores University and Manchester Met. We conduct internal science to inform practice and efficacy of the products we create for our consumers and we also conduct world class science in collaboration with our key Performance partners to support endurance performance on the world stage.

Our People

Our people know the performance nutrition market like no one else. 

With a 240 strong workforce from over 29 countries around the world, we are proud of our diverse team and its vital role in our success as a leading international sports nutrition business.

Our people have grown the PhD brand to cater to people with an active lifestyle that want to be empowered by science. Why? Because we understand our audiences. Our people are our customers.

Our People

Our people know the performance nutrition market like no one else. 

With a 240 strong workforce from over 29 countries around the world, we are proud of our diverse team and its vital role in our success as a leading international sports nutrition business.

Our people have grown the PhD brand to cater to people with an active lifestyle that want to be empowered by science. Why? Because we understand our audiences. Our people are our customers. 

 

Our Elites

We’re regarded as the best, which is why over 330 elite teams and athletes from around the world use our products.

This includes over 170 professional soccer clubs worldwide and pioneering sports organisations such as the Milwaukee Bucks and the INEOS Grenadiers.

Our work within elite sport doesn’t end there. SiS is Performance Research Partner of world leading governing bodies, such as the English Football Association.

Our Elites

Science in Sport have been operating at the forefront of elite endurance sport since 1992.

Currently we are official supplier or partner to over 320 Professional sports teams and institutions globally.
We work with the majority of the World Tour Cycling teams, English Premier League and are one of the fastest growing brand in Major American Sports leagues.

We are the Official Partner to INEOS Grenadiers , Milwaukee Bucks (2021 NBA Champions), Tottenham Hotspur, Elite Running team and Gotytom Gebresealase and also have partnerships with OGC Nice and NYCFC football clubs.

No other endurance nutrition brand works with the depth or breadth of elite partners as Science in Sport.

Science in Sport has fuelled 9 Grand Tour Victories and 74 medals at Tokyo Olympics as well as multiple championships and world records.

ESG

Science in Sport plc reports on its Environmental, Social and Governance activities and performance annually.

Our ESG agenda is embedded within the business and our activities reflect the core values and behaviours of both our colleagues and our customers. 

We believe this gives investors a clear view on us and our activities as we work towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

ESG

Science in Sport plc reports on its Environmental, Social and Governance activities and performance annually.

Our ESG agenda is embedded within the business and our activities reflect the core values and behaviours of both our colleagues and our customers. 

We believe this gives investors a clear view on us and our activities as we work towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

In 2021, Science in Sport PLC became a Carbon Neutral Business as part of our ongoing commitment to tackling climate change. 

We have taken climate action to reduce our emissions, and offset the Company’s remaining Carbon Footprint with certified projects in Britain and around the world that reduce the amount of CO²e in the earth’s atmosphere.

Science in Sport PLC is committed to paying the real Living Wage to all of our colleagues. 

We are proud to be one of 9,000 UK businesses that believe our staff deserve a wage which meets their everyday needs.

Why? It’s good for society. It helps our colleagues and their families to enjoy a better quality of life and provides greater financial security. 

And it’s good for business. Increasing motivation, staff retention and improving relations.

We understand how important it is for our customers to know and trust what’s in our products.

Globally, Science in Sport is the only brand to hold both Informed Manufacturer & Informed Sport certifications.

This means that every single Science In Sport PLC product is triple screened against the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) list of banned substances. All product batches are sampled at the beginning, during and end of production to achieve Informed Sport certification. It’s not just for elite athletes. We invest in regularly testing our PhD products for everyday athletes too.

Through membership of the Informed Choice & Informed Protein schemes, our PhD range is tested & verified regularly for banned substances and validation of Protein content levels.

Carbon Neutral

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In 2021, Science in Sport PLC became a Carbon Neutral Business as part of our ongoing commitment to tackling climate change. 

We have taken climate action to reduce our emissions, and offset the Company’s remaining Carbon Footprint with certified projects in Britain and around the world that reduce the amount of CO²e in the earth’s atmosphere.

Living Wage

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Science in Sport PLC is committed to paying the real Living Wage to all of our colleagues. 

We are proud to be one of 9,000 UK businesses that believe our staff deserve a wage which meets their everyday needs.

Why? It’s good for society. It helps our colleagues and their families to enjoy a better quality of life and provides greater financial security. 

And it’s good for business. Increasing motivation, staff retention and improving relations.

Quality

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We understand how important it is for our customers to know and trust what’s in our products.

Globally, Science in Sport is the only brand to hold both Informed Manufacturer & Informed Sport certifications.

This means that every single Science in Sport PLC product is triple screened against the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) list of banned substances. All product batches are sampled at the beginning, during and end of production to achieve Informed Sport certification. It’s not just for elite athletes. We invest in regularly testing our PhD products for everyday athletes too.

Through membership of the Informed Choice & Informed Protein schemes, our PhD range is tested & verified regularly for banned substances and validation of Protein content levels.