But some consumer advocates and doctors worry that those supplements don't have as many benefits as people think.
"Our gummy vitamins have been on fire," CEO Matt Farrell told investors in a July earnings call.
He said that Hero Nutritionals, founded in 1995, created the first gummy vitamin for the American market.
A Perrigo representative said it no longer manufactured gummy vitamins, and it did not respond to further inquiries.)
But the doctor had something to admit: He takes a gummy vitamin every day.
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