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                                                                    EXHIBIT 23.1
 
              INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT AND REPORT ON SCHEDULE
 
Twinlab Corporation (formerly TLG Laboratories Holding Corp.)
Ronkonkoma, New York
 
   
     We consent to the use in this Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement No.
333-6781 of Twin Laboratories Inc. on Form S-4 of our report on the financial
statements of Twinlab Corporation (formerly TLG Laboratories Holding Corp.)
dated February 9, 1996 (May 7, 1996 as to Notes 1 and 16a, and August 7, 1996 as
to Notes 16b and 16c), appearing in the Prospectus, which is a part of such
Registration Statement, and to the references to us under the heading "Selected
Historical Financial Data" and "Experts" in such Prospectus.
    
 
     Our audits of the financial statements referred to in our aforementioned
report also included the financial statement schedule of Twinlab Corporation
listed in Part II at Item 21(b). This financial statement schedule is the
responsibility of the Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion based on our audits. In our opinion, such financial statement schedule,
when considered in relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole,
presents fairly in all material respects the information set forth therein.
 
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
 
Jericho, New York
   
September 17, 1996