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===Health and beauty=== Amway's health and beauty brands include Artistry, Satinique, Hymm, Body Series, Glister, Moiskin (South America),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amway.com.br/ |title=Amway do Brasil |publisher=Amway.com.br |access-date=July 9, 2011| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110706150728/http://www.amway.com.br/| archive-date= July 6, 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref> Nutrilite, Nutriway (Scandinavia and Australia/New Zealand), Attitude (India), eSpring, Atmosphere and iCook as well as XL and XS [[Energy drinks]]. Other Amway brands that were discontinued or replaced include Tolsom, Eddie Funkhouser New York, or beautycycle (Eastern Europe). ====Artistry==== {{Main|Artistry (cosmetics)}} Amway's Artistry products include skin care, cosmetics, and [[anti-aging cream]]s and serums. In 2011, Artistry brand reached sales of $2.8 billion.<ref name="grbj-20120227" /> ====Nutrilite==== {{Main|Nutrilite}} Amway's largest-selling brand is the Nutrilite range of health supplements (marketed as Nutriway in some countries), and in 2008 Nutrilite sales exceeded $3 billion globally.<ref>{{cite web|author=e-point SA |url=http://www.amway.ua/cms/visitor_news_new/Newsroom?news_id=10819 |title=Nutrilite passes $3 billion mark in annual sales |publisher=Amway.ua |access-date=July 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110903233610/http://www.amway.ua/cms/visitor_news_new/Newsroom?news_id=10819 |archive-date=September 3, 2011 |df=mdy }}</ref> In 2001, [[NSF International]] issued its first five dietary supplement certifications to Nutrilite.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nsf.org/business/newsroom/soe01-3/dietary.html |title=NSF International Announces Dietary Supplements Certification Program |date=December 14, 2008 |access-date=July 9, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081214123716/http://www.nsf.org/business/newsroom/soe01-3/dietary.html |archive-date=December 14, 2008 }}</ref> In 2011, Nutrilite brand of vitamins and dietary supplements led Amway's sales, totaling almost $4.7 billion.<ref name="grbj-20120227">{{cite news|last1=Daly|first1=Pete|title=Amway grew in almost all regions in 2011|url=http://www.grbj.com/articles/73925|access-date=25 March 2016|website=[[Grand Rapids Business Journal]]|date=27 February 2012|url-access=limited|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160404193530/http://www.grbj.com/articles/73925|archive-date=April 4, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> According to Euromonitor International, in 2014, Nutrilite was the world's No. 1 selling vitamins and dietary supplements brand.<ref name="euromonitor-amway-claims">{{cite web|title=Amway Claims|url=http://www.euromonitor.com/amway-claims|website=www.euromonitor.com|access-date=26 March 2016|archive-date=January 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112010419/https://www.euromonitor.com/amway-claims|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, it was reported that according to Euromonitor International, Amway was the largest vitamin and dietary supplement vendor in China, with 11% of a market that generated 100 billion yuan ($15.6 billion) in annual sales.<ref name="twsj-20150818">{{cite news|last1=Loretta|first1=Chao|title=Amway's Made in America Strategy Scores with Asian Customers|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/amways-made-in-america-strategy-scores-with-asian-customers-1439912608|access-date=25 March 2016|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|date=18 August 2015|archive-date=March 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309205129/https://www.wsj.com/articles/amways-made-in-america-strategy-scores-with-asian-customers-1439912608|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, it was reported that according to China Confidential consumer brands survey, Amway Nutrilite was the most popular vitamin and dietary supplement brand in China.<ref name="ft-20150514">{{cite news|last1=Plowright|first1=Matthew|title=China's vitamin market harder to crack for western companies|url=http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f1c82b58-fa2c-11e4-b432-00144feab7de.html#axzz42wLkveBF|access-date=25 March 2016|newspaper=[[Financial Times]]|date=14 May 2015|archive-date=August 8, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808035042/http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/f1c82b58-fa2c-11e4-b432-00144feab7de.html#axzz42wLkveBF|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2009, Amway announced a voluntary [[Product recall|recall]] of Nutrilite and XS Energy Bars after learning that they had possibly been manufactured with [[Salmonella]]-contaminated ingredients from [[Peanut Corporation of America]]. The company indicated that it had not received any reports of illness in connection with the products.<ref name=Nutriliterecall1>{{cite web| title = Amway Global Announces Nationwide Recall Of XS® Energy Bar Chocolate Nut Roll And Expansion Of Nutrilite® Energy Bars Recall Because Of Possible Health Risk| publisher = [[US Food and Drug Administration]]| date = February 4, 2009| url = https://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ArchiveRecalls/2009/ucm128349.htm| access-date = May 13, 2011| archive-date = August 20, 2011| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110820101307/http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ArchiveRecalls/2009/ucm128349.htm| url-status = live}}</ref> In 2012, the [[Center for Science in the Public Interest]] (CSPI), accused Amway of making unsubstantiated and illegal claims about Nutrilite Fruits & Vegetables 2GO Twist Tubes and threatened to launch a class action lawsuit against the company unless it took remedial action.<ref name="CSPI_022812">{{cite web|title=Amway Makes Illegal Deceptive Claims for its Nutrilite Twist Tubes|url=http://www.cspinet.org/new/201202281.html|publisher=[[Center for Science in the Public Interest]]|access-date=March 25, 2016|date=February 28, 2012|archive-date=June 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616095129/http://www.cspinet.org/new/201202281.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="UPI_022812">{{cite news|title=Group alleges Amway deception|url=http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2012/02/28/Group-alleges-Amway-deception/73941330487788/|access-date=March 25, 2016|publisher=[[United Press International]]|date=February 28, 2012|archive-date=February 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225063405/https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2012/02/28/Group-alleges-Amway-deception/73941330487788/|url-status=live}}</ref> Amway responded that the claims made about the products were properly substantiated and that they did not plan to change the product's labeling but nevertheless would review the statements that CSPI has questioned.<ref>{{cite web|title=CSPI Threatens Amway with Lawsuit|url=http://www.nutraceuticalsworld.com/contents/view_online-exclusives/2012-04-05/cspi-threatens-amway-with-lawsuit|date=April 5, 2012|access-date=March 25, 2016|archive-date=February 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226001035/https://www.nutraceuticalsworld.com/contents/view_online-exclusives/2012-04-05/cspi-threatens-amway-with-lawsuit|url-status=live}}</ref> CSPI later reported that Amway had agreed to changing product labels by the end of 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Litigation Project – Current Docket|url=https://www.cspinet.org/litigation/current.html|publisher=Center for Science in the Public Interest|access-date=26 March 2016|archive-date=June 21, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160621085543/http://www.cspinet.org/litigation/current.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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