Exhibit 99.1

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:	Harvey Kamil	Carl Hymans
	NBTY, Inc.	G.S. Schwartz & Co.
	President & Chief Financial Officer	212-725-4500
	631-200-2020	carlh@schwartz.com

NBTY ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER PRELIMINARY UNAUDITED NET SALES RESULTS

BOHEMIA, N.Y. — January 16, 2007 - NBTY, Inc. (NYSE:NTY) (www.NBTY.com), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of nutritional supplements, today announced the following preliminary unaudited net sales results for the fiscal first quarter ended December 31, 2006 by segment:

NET SALES
(Preliminary and Unaudited)
FOR THE FISCAL FIRST QUARTER ENDED DECEMBER 31
($ In Millions)

	2006		2005		% Change
Wholesale / US Nutrition	$	247	$	224	10	%
North American Retail / Vitamin World	$	55	$	58	-6	%
European Retail / Holland & Barrett / GNC (UK)	$	153	$	140	10	%
Direct Response/ Puritan’s Pride	$	52	$	33	56	%
Total	$	506	$	455	11	%

European Retail net sales in local currency were unchanged from the prior like period.
Vitamin World same store sales increased 2% for the fiscal first quarter ended December 31, 2006.

ABOUT NBTY
NBTY is a global leading vertically integrated manufacturer, marketer and distributor of a broad line of high-quality, value-priced nutritional supplements in the United States and throughout the world.  Under a number of NBTY and third party brands, the Company offers over 22,000 products, including products marketed by the Company’s Nature’s Bountyâ, Vitamin Worldâ, Puritan’s Prideâ, Holland & Barrettâ, Rexallâ, Sundownâ, MET-Rx®, WORLDWIDE Sport Nutrition®, American Healthâ, GNC (UK)â, DeTuinen®, LeNaturisteä, SISU®, Solgar® and Ester-C® brands.