Jennifer Hodges - Founder & CEO Hero Nutritionals |
Established in 1995, Hero Nutritionals is the leader in creating innovative &
unique delivery systems in the natural products industry. Hero made vitamin
history by being the first company to put vitamins & minerals into a gummy
delivery system.
Ms. Hodges, Founder & CEO, landed on the idea of formulating high quality,
nutritionally sound children’s supplements in the mid-90’s as she
observed her nieces & other children gobbling up candies, particularly multi-flavored
gummy bears. Ms. Hodges also observed her sister’s need to constantly
remind her children to “take your vitamins”. Conventional
supplements were not very appealing to the children because of their crunchy
bite, chalkiness & unpleasant after-taste.
Concerned about the health & well-being of children, Ms. Hodges began
consulting with children’s nutritionists, food chemists & production
experts. The challenge was to create a new children’s nutritional
delivery system incorporating the delightful taste of gummy bears without
sacrificing nutritional value. Two years later, the first all natural gummy
vitamin was ready for market & has since become the #1 selling children’s
vitamin in the industry.
Due to the overwhelming success of the Yummi Bears line & to the thousands
of calls from moms & dads saying they too wanted an easier way to take their
vitamins every day, Hero recently launched Slice of Life, a full line of all
natural, citrus slice gummy vitamins for adults. For more information on Hero’s
nutritional products, please visit our products
page.
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