Quality of Life Labs4075Maypro:
When Maypro was founded in 1977 by the Japanese entrepreneur Steve Yamada, it was a small company with a big vision — to improve human health and happiness by importing the best-quality nutraceutical ingredients and fine chemicals to the US market from Asia.
At the time, the United States had the population to support massive growth of its fledgling dietary supplement industry, but suffered from a dearth of innovative ingredients. Japan, on the other hand, was developing groundbreaking nutraceuticals at breakneck speed, but its small population limited the ingredients’ growth potential. Maypro became the bridge between the two countries.
Many of today’s specialty blockbuster ingredients — such as CoQ10, glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate and alpha lipoic acid — were first introduced from Japan to the US market by Maypro. As the United States started to develop proprietary, patented nutraceutical ingredients in the 1990s, the bridge became two-way, with Maypro pioneering the introduction of Citrimax®, Pycnogenol®, Tonalin®, Neopuntia® and Liposan Ultra® and many other products to the Japanese market.
Today, Maypro has grown into one of the largest global suppliers of nutraceutical ingredients and fine chemicals, with six strategically located companies in the US, Japan and China and a global staff of over 100. We continue to build global bridges, expanding into Europe and Latin America, and now service hundreds of countries worldwide.
Quality of Life:
More than 20 years ago, our founding team attended a research symposium in Sapporo, Japan, where they learned about an amazing mushroom extract called AHCC®. This extract was widely used in Japan but was unheard of in the United States. As they listened to various scientific presentations on this ingredient, they kept hearing one sentence over and over: AHCC® improves people's quality of life. And so, an idea was born.
They set out on a mission to bring this unique ingredient into the United States and to educate Americans about its benefits. And what would they name their company? "Quality of Life" of course!
We've come a long way since those days, having brought over a dozen other innovative ingredients into the U.S. market from Japan and various other parts of the world. But one thing has stayed consistent: Our desire to improve your quality of life by manufacturing the most efficacious supplements on earth. Today, we remain the only company in the supplement industry that can make you the following promise:
Every single ingredient in every one of our products is backed by human studies and delivered in doses consistent with clinical research.
No exceptions, no compromises.
Clinically validated ingredients. Researched doses. That’s why our products work so well!
Throughout our journey, we’ve received prestigious awards and recognition for our efforts. But the greatest rewards are the emails, letters, and 5-star reviews we get from our customers telling us how we’ve changed their lives for the better. It is our sincerest hope that we improve yours too.
