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Exhibit 21.1
Subsidiaries of
NBTY, Inc. (Delaware)
De Tuinen, B.V. (Netherlands)
Food Supplement Company Limited (United Kingdom)
Health & Diet Centres Limited (United Kingdom)
Health & Diet Food Company Limited (United Kingdom)
Holland & Barrett Retail Limited (United Kingdom)
Knox (a fictitious name of NBTY, Inc.)
Met-Rx Nutrition, Inc. (Delaware)
Met-Rx USA, Inc. (Nevada)
Nature's Bounty, Inc. (New York), d/b/a:
Arco Pharmaceuticals
Hudson Co.
Nature's Way Limited (Republic of Ireland)
NBTY Manufacturing, LLC (Delaware), d/b/a:
D&F Industries
NBTY Manufacturing Colorado
NBTY Manufacturing Florida
NBTY Manufacturing Illinois
NBTY Manufacturing New Jersey
NBTY Manufacturing New York
NBTY Manufacturing West
Nutro Laboratories
Omni-Pak Industries
Raven Industries
NBTY Europe Limited (United Kingdom)
Puritan's Pride, Inc. (New York)
Rexall Sundown, Inc. (Florida)
Sundown, Inc. (Florida)
United States Nutrition, Inc. (Delaware), d/b/a:
Carb Wise (USA)
US Nutrition
Vitamin World Limited (United Kingdom)
Vitamin World, Inc. (Delaware)
Worldwide Sport Nutritional Supplements, Inc. (New York)
Subsidiaries of NBTY, Inc. (Delaware)