text: History The company was founded in 1971 by Arthur Rudolph, as a mail order company named Nature's Bounty.
  The company was publicly traded until 2010, when the Carlyle Group acquired it for $3.8 billion.
  As of 2015, the company reported total sales of $3 billion, with $1.9 billion Consumer Products Group, $891 million Holland & Barrett International and $247 million Direct-to-Consumer. It considered selling the company amid growing interests from China, or an IPO early 2017.
  In 2017, the Carlyle Group sold a majority stake in the company to Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
  In 2021, the company was acquired by Nestlé for $5.75 billion.
  Brands
  The Bountiful Company owns a wide variety of brands including:
  American Health
  Balance Bar
  Best Bar Ever, Inc.
  Body Fortress
  DeTuinen
  Dr.Organic (Organic Doctor in the U.S.)
  Ester-C
  Good 'n Natural
  Home Health
  MET-Rx
  Natural Wealth
  Nature's Bounty
  Osteo Bi-Flex
  Physiologics
  Pure Protein
  Puritan's Pride
  Rexall
  SiSU
  Solgar
  Sundown Naturals
  2011 Consumer Reports investigation
  A 2011 Consumer Reports investigation found fish-oil supplements that contained, "total PCBs in amounts that could require warning labels under California’s Proposition 65, a consumer right-to-know law, in one sample of the CVS, GNC, and Sundown products, and in two samples of Nature’s Bounty."