Who owns Nature Made?
Nature Made is owned by Otsuka (Japan, TSE: 4578).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Otsuka Holdings Annual Report 2025, Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd, 27 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇯🇵 Japan, Tokyo
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1971
- Category
- Food › Nutrition & supplements › Vitamins & supplements
- Parent ticker
- TSE: 4578
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Nature Made
Nature Made is one of the largest vitamin and supplement brands in the United States and was the first to carry United States Pharmacopeia verification on its labels. Otsuka acquired it with Pharmavite, and it is the group's principal American consumer business.
Ownership timeline of Nature Made
Where Nature Made sits in Otsuka
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Otsuka
Otsuka controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 2 of them in food.
Also in food
- Calorie Mate (1983)
Other brands in vitamins & supplements, and who owns them
The 45 brands in vitamins & supplements on Brandtree belong to 30 owners. The largest is Krka, with 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Bilobil | Krka | 🇸🇮 Slovenia |
| Berocca | Bayer | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| AXIO | LifeVantage | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Ambrotose | Mannatech | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Abecedin | Birzeit Pharmaceutical | 🇵🇸 Palestine |
| Nature's Sunshine Products | Nature's Sunshine | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Beauty Focus | Nu Skin | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Hiya | USANA | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Otsuka
Otsuka is a publicly listed company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, founded in 1921. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSE: 4578.
Otsuka is a Japanese group spanning pharmaceuticals and consumer products, unusual in running both at scale under one roof. Its drug business developed the antipsychotic aripiprazole, and its nutraceutical arm sells sports drinks and food products that are household names across Japan and much of Asia.
🇺🇸 Nature Made and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Nature Made among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Nature Made?
The parent company of Nature Made is Otsuka, a publicly listed company headquartered in Japan.
Is Nature Made American or Japanese?
Nature Made originated in the United States in 1971, but it is owned today by Otsuka, which is headquartered in Japan. So Nature Made is an American-origin brand under Japanese ownership.
Is Nature Made still owned by Otsuka?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Nature Made is still owned by Otsuka. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Otsuka Holdings Annual Report 2025 — Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd., Annual report, published 27 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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