Nature of Business

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2013

Nature of Business

Nature of Business

1.    Nature of Business

        NBTY, Inc. ("NBTY", and together with its subsidiaries, the "Company," "we," or "us") is the leading global vertically integrated manufacturer, marketer, distributor and retailer of a broad line of high-quality vitamins, nutritional supplements and related products in the United States, with operations worldwide. We market over 25,000 individual stock keeping units ("SKUs") under numerous owned and private-label brands, including Nature's Bounty®, Ester-C®, Balance Bar®, Solgar®, MET-Rx®, American Health®, Osteo Bi-Flex®, Flex-A-Min®, SISU®, Knox®, Sundown®, Pure Protein®, Body Fortress®, WORLDWIDE Sport Nutrition®, Natural Wealth®, Puritan's Pride®, Holland & Barrett®, GNC® (UK), Physiologics®, De Tuinen®, Essenza® and Vitamin World®.