Nature’s Sunshine Products, Inc., a leading natural health and wellness company engaged in the manufacture and direct selling of nutritional and personal care products, recently celebrated their 45th anniversary.
Founded by the Hughes family in 1972, Nature’s Sunshine has grown from a small, family-run company to a multi-brand, multi-channel international business with hundreds of thousands of independent distributors across the globe.
Nature’s Sunshine began when Gene Hughes took capsicum (cayenne pepper) by the spoonful as an herbal remedy for a nagging stomach condition. He felt better and tried to get his wife to take it, but she insisted on taking it in a capsule.
Upon discovering that no one offered encapsulated herbal products, the Hugheses revolutionized the supplement industry with easy-to-take, encapsulated herbal supplements. This simple innovation has helped shape the modern supplement