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Thorne

Practitioner-channel supplements. The one brand in the category whose verification held its value.

Status: Watchlist
Founded
1984
Website
thorne.com
HQ
USA
Manufacturing
USA
Ownership type
PE-owned
Parent
L Catterton (P&G acquisition signed 2026-08-04, NOT yet closed)
Acquired
2023-10-16
Status since
2026-08-25

Ownership

IPO 2021 at $10.00. L Catterton take-private Oct 2023 ~$680m. P&G agreed Aug 2026 to buy for $3.8bn cash - roughly 5.6x in 34 months. Deal signed, not completed.

Why Watchlist

Vertical integration is real and disclosed under securities-law liability, but the brand is mid-transfer from a PE owner to a mass-market CPG conglomerate. NSF Certified for Sport covers only around 44 US products against 300+ SKUs.

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