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Quality King Distributors, a private company, specializes as a drug wholesaler based in Ronkonkoma, N.Y. Quality King Distributors has grown from a small shop in Queens, N.Y., to a large distributor of pharmaceuticals and health and beauty care products. Clients include drugstore and supermarket chains, grocery distributors, wholesale clubs and mass-merchant discounters. In 2006, the family-owned Quality King was listed by Forbes as the 155th-largest private company.

Established in 1986, NBTY is one of the leading manufacturers and distributors of nutritional supplements. The company offers more than 22,000 products, including vitamins, amino acids, minerals, herbs, sport nutrition products, diet aids and health supplements. It markets products under various brand names, including Nature's Bounty, Vitamin World, Puritan's Pride, Good N Natural, Holland & Barrett, Rexall, Sundown, MET-Rx, and Worldwide Sport Nutrition. It also offers American Health, GNC, DeTuinen, LeNaturiste, SISU, Solgar, Carb Solutions, Natural Wealth, Osteo-Bi-Flex, and Flex-A-Min brands of supplements. The company sells its products through pharmacies, wholesalers, supermarkets, and health food stores located throughout the United States. NBTY is headquartered in Bohemia, N.Y.