NBTY to be Featured on the FOX Business Program FOXBusiness.com LIVE

NBTY to be Featured on the FOX Business Program FOXBusiness.com LIVE

RONKONKOMA, N.Y., Dec. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NBTY, Inc. (NYSE:NTY) (www.NBTY.com), a leading global manufacturer and marketer of nutritional supplements, today announced that Harvey Kamil, President and Chief Financial Officer will be interviewed live on FOXBusiness.com LIVE on Friday, December 11, 2009.

The program can be viewed at www.foxbusiness.com/live on Friday, December 11, 2009 between 12 and 1pm ET. FoxBusiness.com Live airs every weekday from 12-1 p.m. ET on FOXNews.com and FOXBusiness.com.

ABOUT NBTY

NBTY is a leading global vertically integrated manufacturer, marketer and distributor of a broad line of high-quality, value-priced nutritional supplements in the United States and throughout the world. Under a number of NBTY and third party brands, the Company offers over 25,000 products, including products marketed by the Company's Nature's Bounty(R) (www.NaturesBounty.com), Vitamin World(R) (www.VitaminWorld.com), Puritan's Pride(R) (www.Puritan.com), Holland & Barrett(R) (www.HollandAndBarrett.com), Rexall(R) (www.Rexall.com), Sundown(R) (www.SundownNutrition.com), MET-Rx(R) (www.MetRX.com), Worldwide Sport Nutrition(R) (www.SportNutrition.com), American Health(R) (www.AmericanHealthUS.com), GNC (UK)(R) (www.GNC.co.uk), DeTuinen(R) (www.DeTuinen.nl), LeNaturiste(TM) (www.LeNaturiste.com), SISU (R) (www.SISU.com), Solgar(R) (www.Solgar.com), Good 'n' Natural(R) (www.goodnnatural.com), Home Health(TM) (www.homehealthus.com), Julian Graves, and Ester-C (R)(www.Ester-C.com) brands. NBTY routinely posts information that may be important to investors on its web site.

   Contact:      Harvey Kamil                        Carl Hymans                 NBTY, Inc.                          G.S. Schwartz & Co.                  President & Chief Financial                  Officer                            212-725-4500                 631-200-2020                        carlh@schwartz.com  

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Source: NBTY, Inc.

CONTACT: Harvey Kamil, NBTY, Inc., President & Chief Financial Officer,
+1-631-200-2020; Carl Hymans, G.S. Schwartz & Co., +1-212-725-4500,
carlh@schwartz.com

Web Site: http://www.nbty.com/

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