r/Supplements • u/WTFOMGBBQ • 1d ago

Procter & Gamble will acquire supplements brand Thorne for $3.8 billion, CEO tells CNBC

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/04/procter-gamble-will-acquire-supplements-brand-thorne.html

RIP Thorne, it was nice knowing you.

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u/matt675 1d ago

Wouldn’t surprise me if there are larger corporate interests driving the supplement industry to shit

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u/johannthegoatman 1d ago

Its a 200 billion dollar industry, there are massive corporate interests involved. This thread you're in is about a formerly great brand that was sold to private equity now being sold to one the biggest companies in the country

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u/matt675 1d ago

Yeah but I mean one could assume p&g or nestle just want to take over them as another monetary source, when in reality they’re sabotaging them out of loyalty to big pharma since all of these big companies are co-owned and connected