Schiff, a leader in the natural supplement industry since its beginnings more than 65 years ago, is one of the most trusted and respected brands due to its focus on research, innovations and delivery of high quality dietary supplements. Schiff emphasizes the use of only the finest ingredients to ensure every product meets strict standards for identity, purity and stability. The Schiff brand is owned by Salt Lake City-based Schiff Nutrition Group, which develops, manufactures, markets and sells branded and private label vitamins and nutritional supplements in the United States and throughout the world.

In 1921, at the age of 19, Eugene Schiff immigrated to the United States from Hungary and entered the College of Pharmacy (now Wayne University) in Detroit, Mich., where he majored in pharmaceutics. Upon becoming a pharmacist, Schiff opened a drug store in Detroit, but soon realized his real interest was in foods with special health features.

In the late 1930s, Schiff pioneered the use of whey for human consumption and formed Schiff Bio-Foods, a whey packaging company. He began selling packaged whey at his own drug store and to a few other local drug stores. A year later, he gave up his store and decided to focus on the manufacturing and packaging of health foods.

Realizing that health food stores were selling synthetic vitamins rather than supplements made from natural products, Schiff began to study and experiment with whole foods such as brown rice, brewer’s yeast,