Nature's Sunshine Products
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Nature's Sunshine Products, Incorporated , also known as "NSP," is a manufacturer and marketer of encapsulated natural health supplements, including herb
s, vitamin
s, mineral
s, Chinese, Ayurvedic and homeopathic
remedies, water filters, cookware, natural personal care & cleaning products, etc. It is based in Provo, Utah
with a manufacturing facility in Spanish Fork, Utah.
in their home kitchen. The company employs a direct marketing
, or multi-level marketing
, business model
in which their products are primarily sold to the consumer by independent distributors who receive commissions based on their own sales and management bonuses based upon the sales of any distributors they may have sponsored.
The company is divided into various segments in the U.S., including a U.S. Sales division, a Spanish language division, and an International division which oversees the corporation's foreign subsidiaries.
NSP also owns Synergy Worldwide, a direct marketing company that also sells nutritional supplements. Products for both companies are manufactured in a production and research facility located in Spanish Fork, Utah
.
Nature’s Sunshine manufactures all of the products they sell to monitor every step of the production including harvesting, testing and packaging of the finished product. Nature’s Sunshine runs some 600+ tests to ensure the safety and quality of their products. Some of these tests include processes such as High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Thin Layer Chromatography, Gas Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry and also Inductively Coupled Plasma.
Recently, Nature’s Sunshine has assisted Little Heroes with the renovation of a children’s hospital in Lyubertsy, Russia. The hospital is a treatment center and home for many sick, orphaned children. The renovation has successfully improved the lives of many underprivileged children.
Reaching out to a different continent, Nature’s Sunshine teamed with the foundation to establish the Little Heroes Academy in Mali, Africa. Mali falls among the world’s 25 poorest counties—with very limited educational opportunities. This new academy will serve as a resource for nearly 200 children each year to receive a standard education.
Continuing their efforts in Africa, Nature’s Sunshine, through the Little Heroes Foundation, has donated large quantities of an immune-building vitamin supplement called Silver Shield to children in Ghana. Millions living in this region of the world are plagued with disease because of inadequate immune systems due to a lack of vitamins. Nature’s Sunshine and Little Heroes hoped to relieve this epidemic by providing these people with a source of nutrients. Independently and in conjunction with the Little Heroes Foundation, they plan to continue improving the health of people around the world.
Herb
Except in botanical usage, an herb is "any plant with leaves, seeds, or flowers used for flavoring, food, medicine, or perfume" or "a part of such a plant as used in cooking"...
s, vitamin
Vitamin
A vitamin is an organic compound required as a nutrient in tiny amounts by an organism. In other words, an organic chemical compound is called a vitamin when it cannot be synthesized in sufficient quantities by an organism, and must be obtained from the diet. Thus, the term is conditional both on...
s, mineral
Dietary mineral
Dietary minerals are the chemical elements required by living organisms, other than the four elements carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen present in common organic molecules. Examples of mineral elements include calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, zinc, and iodine...
s, Chinese, Ayurvedic and homeopathic
Homeopathy
Homeopathy is a form of alternative medicine in which practitioners claim to treat patients using highly diluted preparations that are believed to cause healthy people to exhibit symptoms that are similar to those exhibited by the patient...
remedies, water filters, cookware, natural personal care & cleaning products, etc. It is based in Provo, Utah
Provo, Utah
Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south...
with a manufacturing facility in Spanish Fork, Utah.
History
Nature's Sunshine was founded in 1972 by the Hughes family, who started encapsulating capsicumCapsicum
Capsicum is a genus of flowering plants in the nightshade family, Solanaceae. Its species are native to the Americas where they have been cultivated for thousands of years, but they are now also cultivated worldwide, used as spices, vegetables, and medicines - and have become are a key element in...
in their home kitchen. The company employs a direct marketing
Direct marketing
Direct marketing is a channel-agnostic form of advertising that allows businesses and nonprofits to communicate straight to the customer, with advertising techniques such as mobile messaging, email, interactive consumer websites, online display ads, fliers, catalog distribution, promotional...
, or multi-level marketing
Multi-level marketing
Multi-level marketing is a marketing strategy in which the sales force is compensated not only for sales they personally generate, but also for the sales of others they recruit, creating a downline of distributors and a hierarchy of multiple levels of compensation...
, business model
Business model
A business model describes the rationale of how an organization creates, delivers, and captures value...
in which their products are primarily sold to the consumer by independent distributors who receive commissions based on their own sales and management bonuses based upon the sales of any distributors they may have sponsored.
The company is divided into various segments in the U.S., including a U.S. Sales division, a Spanish language division, and an International division which oversees the corporation's foreign subsidiaries.
NSP also owns Synergy Worldwide, a direct marketing company that also sells nutritional supplements. Products for both companies are manufactured in a production and research facility located in Spanish Fork, Utah
Spanish Fork, Utah
Spanish Fork is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 31,497 as of the 2008 census estimate.-History:Spanish Fork was settled by LDS pioneers in 1851...
.
Products and Manufacturing
The Nature’s Sunshine online shop provides health supplements for many health needs. Some of the product categories include:- Weight management
- Allergy remedies
- Body and colon cleansing
- Digestive health
- Energy and fitness
- Children’s health
- Stress management
Nature’s Sunshine manufactures all of the products they sell to monitor every step of the production including harvesting, testing and packaging of the finished product. Nature’s Sunshine runs some 600+ tests to ensure the safety and quality of their products. Some of these tests include processes such as High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Thin Layer Chromatography, Gas Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry and also Inductively Coupled Plasma.
Charitable Contributions
Nature’s Sunshine, one of The Little Heroes Foundation’s original sponsors, regularly donates time, money and supplements to the organization’s efforts. The foundation plans and carries out projects that improve educational, medical and living conditions for children. As an organization, their mission is to “create a better world.” Located in Provo, Utah, the foundation stretches beyond their immediate community by improving the lives of children across the globe. In the past, Little Heroes has actively made a difference by renovating a hospital for orphaned children, building a school in Africa, administering medical expeditions, organizing gift drives and providing scholarships for university students.Recently, Nature’s Sunshine has assisted Little Heroes with the renovation of a children’s hospital in Lyubertsy, Russia. The hospital is a treatment center and home for many sick, orphaned children. The renovation has successfully improved the lives of many underprivileged children.
Reaching out to a different continent, Nature’s Sunshine teamed with the foundation to establish the Little Heroes Academy in Mali, Africa. Mali falls among the world’s 25 poorest counties—with very limited educational opportunities. This new academy will serve as a resource for nearly 200 children each year to receive a standard education.
Continuing their efforts in Africa, Nature’s Sunshine, through the Little Heroes Foundation, has donated large quantities of an immune-building vitamin supplement called Silver Shield to children in Ghana. Millions living in this region of the world are plagued with disease because of inadequate immune systems due to a lack of vitamins. Nature’s Sunshine and Little Heroes hoped to relieve this epidemic by providing these people with a source of nutrients. Independently and in conjunction with the Little Heroes Foundation, they plan to continue improving the health of people around the world.