Back in the early 1970s, Gene Hughes, a school teacher from Utah, USA, was troubled with a nagging stomach condition. He took the advice of a neighbour who suggested cayenne pepper for his discomfort, and it worked! Gene began to feel much better, but swallowing a spoonful of cayenne pepper was quite a challenge.
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Gene and his wife Kristine needed to find a better way to consume the powdered herb, and came up with the idea of putting the powder into easy-to-swallow gelatin capsules. It was revolutionary! However, it was painfully slow. |
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With the support of their family they began a small family business, selling encapsulated cayenne and other herbs and supplements. They wanted to help more and more people with their natural products, and share the benefits of their knowledge. |
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And so Nature’s Sunshine began. Nature's Sunshine was the first company to encapsulate herbs, and their commitment to offering only the finest-quality herbal supplements has never wavered. |
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Today, Nature’s Sunshine has eight encapsulating machines in its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Utah USA, each one producing up to 2,500 capsules every minute. A far cry from the early days! |
Nature’s Sunshine Products (NSP) now has operations in many countries worldwide, represented by nearly 600,000 distributors. The Company has become a world leader in manufacturing natural nutritional products, and has truly earned its world wide reputation for outstanding manufacturing and product quality, service and integrity.
