please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . may 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message vitabiotics is a global nutraceutical company that specializes in vitamin and mineral based food supplements focused in various health categories lacking any evidence base to support their contribution to one s health . in july 2013 vitabiotics became the largest vitamin company in uk by value sales . 1 the company was founded in 1971 by professor kartar lalvani who is the chairman of vitabiotics . 2 3 4 he was later joined by his former tutor professor arnold beckett 5 and the company is now run by his son tej who is the ceo . 6 7 vitabiotics brand includes supplements in various health categories such as perfectil supplement for skin hair and nails pregnacare menopace wellkid wellbaby wellman and wellwoman . in 2013 vitabiotics received a queen s award for innovation in vitamin research . awards edit boots award for no. 1 overall supplier of the year 2013 the queen s award for innovation in 2013 the jp morgan family business award 2009 8 the queen s award for international trade in 2003 and 2008 the dti innovation award 2005 references edit uk iri independent sales value data iri 52 w e 13 jul 13 ernst & young entrepreneur of the year award 2008 staying vital with vitabiotics . kartar lalvani zoominfo business people information . childs martin march 29 2010 . professor arnold beckett sports doping expert who later changed sides and supported those accused of drug use . the independent . retrieved november 28 2013 . beckett went on to enjoy a successful business career linking up with a former student the founder of vitabiotics dr kartar lalvani and becoming a non executive chairman of the company for 18 years . together they worked on a number of natural healthcare innovations in nutraceuticals which are used by professional sportsmen and sports teams . the asian business awards 2012 . dailymail.co.uk . retrieved 2 april 2012 . the tie uk awards 2013 . creativetimes.co.uk . retrieved 21 march 2013 . hunter mark 2009 06 10 . times online beating the recession by keeping in the family . the times . london . retrieved 2010 05 27 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title vitabiotics & oldid 728584883 categories companies of the united kingdomcompanies established in 1971vitamin companieshidden categories articles needing additional references from may 2016all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 6 july 2016 at 08 27 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view