Nature's Way as Industry Leader
Over the last four and a half decades, Nature's Way has pioneered more than just herbal and nutritional science. The company is a recognized leader among all of the nutritional and dietary supplement companies in America. Our list of "firsts" is extensive, and many of them pioneered the way retailers, consumers, industry, competitors, and even government viewed herbal and nutritional supplements. Here are a few of the things of which we are the most proud:
- First nutritional products manufacturer with a state-of-the-art, pharmaceutically licensed facility
- First major certified organic producer
- First to bring significant European phytomedicines (plant based medicines) to market
- First to spend more than a million dollars on legislative efforts to protect health freedoms
- First industry recognized GMP (good manufacturing processes) facility
- First to fund major third party organizations to responsibly disseminate health information and ensure quality
- 40 years in the industry
- Debt free
- NASDAQ traded/NYSE
- 500 product lines
- U.S.FDA, HALAL,KOSHER and BFAD
- 200 Medical Doctors, Herbalists and Scientists
- Development
- Clinical Studies
- Over the counter products
- No. 1 Food Supplement/Herbal Company
- Frost and Sullivan Award 2004
- Direct Processing/Plantation/Careful Harvest Method
- High ORAC (Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity) Value
An industry pioneer in many ways
When you’ve been pioneering natural health for over 40 years, you develop an impressive list of “firsts” among major dietary supplement companies. Many of these innovations initiated by Nature’s Way have shaped how America thinks about natural medicine. Here are just a few:
- We have a state-of-the-art, pharmaceutically licensed, industry-recognized GMP manufacturing facility, and invested in it well before it became more common to do so.
- We were the first major supplement company to be certified as an organic food processor, an important distinction as we focus on being caretakers of our resources, as well as natural medicine providers.
- We were the first to bring clinically proven, European phytomedicines to the U.S. market that had long been recognized as effective, but were new to many in this country.
- We fund major third-party organizations to responsibly disseminate trustworthy health information and ensure quality in the field at large.
- We believe that health freedoms aren’t something to take for granted. As such, we champion and fund legislative efforts to guard our health.
More than Just a Business
Nature's Way has a rich tradition of giving back. The company's business success has translated to success outside of the day-to-day operation. Over the years, it has been done in various ways and in varying amounts, but the fundamental belief has not changed. The company is fortunate to operate in essentially a "green" industry, and causes from environmental protection to local community programs have been an important part of Nature's Way's mission. The projects over the years have included:
Founding donor of groups to protect the world's rain forests, with most of the successful work in Samoa and Southeast Asia.
- Vitamins for the poor in developing nations.
- Donations to fund raisers for breast cancer and other chronic diseases.
- Support for self reliance programs for the homeless in select western U.S. cities.
- Sponsorship effort to provide complete holiday support for local Latino children.
- Support for local youth and adult athletic leagues, including the Nature's Way women's soccer team.
