Most focus supplements are caffeine pills dressed up with a long ingredient list. That is not a cynical read. It is just accurate. The nootropic market filled up with 30-ingredient stacks where each component is dosed at a fraction of what any study ever used, and the caffeine at the bottom of the label is still doing all the actual work. HP-1 was built in direct response to that problem.
HP-1 is a science-backed cognitive focus supplement with 13 active ingredients, peer-reviewed by Coventry University and certified by Informed Sport. Sixty capsules for £34.99. One month's supply at two capsules per day. The more interesting question is how it got here and why that origin matters.
The People Behind HP-1
Jeremy Lynch created the brand. Lynch is one of the UK's most recognised freestyle football content creators and raised close to £1 million to bring HP-1 to scale. The formulation was developed in partnership with Daniel Herman, CEO of Bio-Synergy, who has 27 years of experience in sport and clinical nutrition. That pairing is not the standard creator-supplement arrangement. Most brands in this space work the other way: a manufacturer produces a white-label formula, a public figure puts their name on the packaging, and the marketing does the rest.
Lynch started with a problem. Creating content at that level demands sustained cognitive output across filming, editing, content strategy, and audience management on multiple platforms simultaneously. That is a different cognitive demand to lifting weights, and the existing supplement market did not have something purpose-built for it. The brief went to Bio-Synergy.
What HP-1 Actually Contains
The formula is structured around a clear logic. Caffeine at 150mg provides the baseline stimulation, conservative enough that most people will not experience anxiety but strong enough to produce a real effect. L-Theanine at 25mg sits alongside it. The caffeine-theanine pairing is one of the most studied combinations in cognitive nutrition research. The consistent finding across controlled trials is that theanine modifies the stimulant effect, producing alert and calm focus rather than the edgy, jittery energy that caffeine produces on its own.
Creatine monohydrate at 1,000mg is the ingredient most people do not expect. Creatine is associated with strength sport. But the evidence for its cognitive applications is growing. A 2023 systematic review in Nutrients found that creatine supplementation improved working memory and processing speed in healthy adults, with the largest effects observed under sleep deprivation and high cognitive load. Bacopa monnieri and ginkgo biloba both sit at 25mg. Neither produces an immediate effect. Both build over weeks of consistent use. Choline at 50mg completes the core stack, supporting the cholinergic pathway that governs attention and neuromuscular coordination.
What Is HP-1 Designed to Help With
HP-1 was built for study, deep work, creative output, and training with a real cognitive component. It is not a pre-workout in the traditional sense. The energy profile is controlled and sustained, not a thirty-minute spike followed by a drop. The formula was constructed on the premise that caffeine alone does not adequately address most high-output cognitive demands, and that most supplements in this space are not honest about that.
For a full breakdown of the individual ingredients and the research behind each one, the HP-1 ingredients guide covers the complete stack.
Is HP-1 Available on Subscription
HP-1 Focus Capsules are available on a recurring subscription through HP-1's website, at a reduced price below the standard £34.99 retail. One month is 60 capsules at two per day. The subscription can be cancelled or paused at any time.
The peer review by Coventry University and the Informed Sport certification are both voluntary steps. Most brands in this category skip both because they cost money and create external accountability. HP-1 pursued both. At 4.48 out of 5 from 40 verified customer reviews at this stage of the brand, the formula is holding up.
