FRIEDLOB SANDERSON RASKIN PAULSON & TOURTILLOTT, LLC
                         1400 Glenarm Place, Suite 300
                             Denver, Colorado 80202











                                                September 12, 1995


Amrion, Inc.
6565 Odell Place
Boulder, Colorado  80301

Re:      Form S-8 Registration Statement - Opinion of Counsel

Gentlemen:

         We are counsel to the Company.  This Opinion Letter is
provided at your request in connection with the filing of the
Company's registration statement on Form S-8 to register certain
shares of its common stock, $.0011 par value (the "Common Stock")
to be issued upon the exercise of options granted pursuant to the
Company's 1994 Non-Qualified Stock Option Plan (the "Plan") and the
Individual Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreements between the
Company and certain employees, officers and employee directors (the
"Non-Qualified Options")(the "Registration Statement").  Except as
otherwise indicated herein, capitalized terms used in this Opinion
Letter are defined in the Accord (as defined below).

         This Opinion Letter is governed by, and shall be interpreted
in accordance with, the Legal Opinion Accord (the "Accord") of the
ABA Section of Business Law (1991).  As a consequence, it is
subject to a number of qualifications, exceptions, definitions,
limitations on coverage and other limitations, all as more
particularly described in the Accord, and this Opinion Letter
should be read in conjunction therewith.  The law covered by  the
opinions expressed herein is limited to the Law of the State of
Colorado and federal bankruptcy and securities laws.

         Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion
that, subject to payment of the exercise price therefor and
compliance with the other provisions of the Plan, the options
granted thereunder, and each of the Non-Qualified Options, as the
case may be, the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the options
granted under the Plan and the Non-Qualified Options will be duly
and validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable shares of
Common Stock.


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September 12, 1995
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         This Opinion Letter may be relied upon by you only in
connection with the Registration Statement and may not be used or
relied upon by you or any other person for any purpose whatsoever,
except to the extent authorized in the Accord, without in each
instance a prior written consent.  

         In accordance with the foregoing paragraph, we hereby consent
to such use of our name in such Registration Statement and to the
filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5.1 thereto.  In giving this
consent, we do not thereby admit that we come within the category
of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the
Securities Act of 1933 or the Rules and Regulations of the
Securities and Exchange Commission promulgated thereunder.

                                          Very truly yours,

                                          Friedlob Sanderson Raskin Paulson &
                                          Tourtillott, LLC