How are Herbalife products developed?
Product research and development is directed by Chief Scientific Officer Steve Henig, Ph.D. Herbalife’s R&D organization combines the experience of our own product development specialists with a team of highly accomplished consulting scientists. At our new 10,000 square-foot Product and Science Center in Los Angeles, we conduct product development, ingredient testing and development of the process for food commercialization. Herbalife uses a stage-gate product development process to take new products from ideation through to stable commercial manufacturing. Research operations include: scientific monitoring of the industry for product and ingredient advancements; formulation development with extensive use of prototyping; sensory and clinical testing; and product testing to assess product efficacy, uniformity and stability. In the course of product design and development, Herbalife researches the functionality and chemistry of botanical, vitamin, mineral and food ingredients; techniques
