Reader's Choice Awards 1998-99

Reader's Choice Awards 1998-99
The Best Selling Products of 1998 and the most praised companies, as voted by the readers of HSR: Health Supplement Retailer magazine.

1. Line of Dietary Supplements

1. Solaray
2. Solgar Vitamin & Herb Co.
3. Now Natural Foods
   Honorable Mention: Twinlab, Nature's Plus

2. Line of Herb Supplements

1. Nature's Way
2. Solaray
3. Nature's Sunshine
   Honorable Mention: Nature's Herbs

3. Line of Sports Nutrition Products

1. Twinlab
2. EAS
3. Optimum Nutrition

3. Line of Homeopathic Products

1. Boiron
2. Hyland's
3. Boericke & Tafel
   Honorable Mention: Natra-Bio

5. Line of Ayurvedic Products

1. Nature's Herbs
2. Solaray
3. Maharishi Ayur-Ved
   Honorable Mention: Nature Care, Ayurvedic Concepts

6. Line of Herbal Teas

1. Alvita Products
2. Traditional Medicinals
3. Celestial Seasonings
   Honorable Mention: Yogi Teas

7. Herb Supplement

1. St. John's wort (Solaray)
2. St. John's wort (Nature's Way)
3. Echinacea (Nature's Way)

8. Multivitamin Product

1. Source of Life (Nature's Plus)
2. VM-75 (Solgar Vitamin & Herb Co.)
3. Spectro (Solaray)
   Honorable Mention: Essential (Country Life Vitamins), Dr.'s Choice (Enzymatic Therapy)

9. Homeopathic Product

1. Calms Forté (Hyland's)
2. Arnica (Boiron)
3. Oscillococcinum (Boiron)

10. Women's Supplement

1. Remifemin (Enzymatic Therapy)
2. Pro-gest Cream (Emirita)
3. Phytoestrogen (Solaray)
   Honorable Mention: Maxine (Country Life Vitamins), Promensil (Novogen)

11. Ayurvedic Product

1. Triphala (Planetary Formulas)
2. Guggul Max (Nature's Herbs)
3. BRN-AV (Nature's Sunshine)

12. Diet/Weight-Loss Product

1. System Six (Irwin Naturals)
   Ultra Diet Pep (Pep Products) TIE
2. Diet Phen (Source Naturals)
3. Thermogenics (Silver Sage)
   Honorable Mention: Metabolift (Twinlab), Diet Fuel (Twinlab)

13. Sports Nutrition Product

1. Creatine Fuel (Twinlab)
2. Creatine (Now Natural Foods)
3. Ripped Fuel (Twinlab)

14. Cold/Flu Season Product

1. Insure Herbal (Zand)
2. Oscillococcinum (Boiron)
3. Echinacea (Solaray)
   Honorable Mention: Wellness Formula (Source Naturals)

15. Antioxidant Product

1. Carlson ACES (J.R. Carlson Laboratories)
2. Grape Seed Extract (Olympia)
3. Dr.'s Choice Antioxidants (Enzymatic Therapy)
   Honorable Mention: Commando (Nature's Plus), CoQ10 (Jarrow)

16. New Dietary Supplement Product

1. IP-6 (Enzymatic Therapy)
2. 5-HTP (Solaray)
3. Promensil (Novogen)
   Honorable Mention: MSM (Now), Chitosan (Source Naturals)

17. Energy Bar

1. Balance Bar (The Balance Bar Co.)
2. Pure Protein (Worldwide Nutrition)
3. Clif Bar (Clif Bar Inc.)
   Honorable Mention: PR Ironman (PR Nutrition)

18. Energy/Sports Drink

1. Spiru-Tein Shakes (Nature's Plus)
2. Ultra Fuel (Twinlab)
3. Recharge (Knudsen)

19. Most Popular Men's Product

1. Pygeum and Saw Palmetto (Solaray)
2. Saw Palmetto (Country Life)
3. Saw Palmetto (Nature's Way)

20. Most Popular Women's Product

1. Pro-Gest Cream (Emerita)
2. Phtyoestrogen (Solaray)
3. St John's wort (Solaray)

21. Advertising Support From a Supplement Company

1. Enzymatic Therapy
2. Nature's Plus
3. Country Life
   Honorable Mention: Natural Balance

22. In-Store Support from Supplement Company

1. Nature's Plus
2. Nutraceutical
3. Natural Balance
   Honorable Mention: Country Life Vitamins

23. Customer Service

1. Nutraceutical
2. Enzymatic Therapy
   Solaray TIE
3. Nature's Plus
   Honorable Mention: Solgar Vitamin & Herb Co.

24. Distributor of the Year

1. Super Nutrition
2. Tree of Life
3. Stow Mills
   Threshold TIE
   Honorable Mention: Independence, U.S. Health