Sunrider and Dr. Tei-Fu Chen - An American Health Food Manufacturing Success Story

Online, July 13, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Dr. Tei-Fu Chen, an American immigrant from Taiwan and his wife, Dr. Oi-Lin Chen from Hong Kong, created Sunrider in 1982. Today, Sunrider International, headquartered in Los Angeles, California is a leading manufacturer of premium herbal health food and high quality, natural household products. Sunrider's new, state-of-the-art U.S. manufacturing plant boasts an impressive 1 million square feet on some of the world's most expensive real estate in Torrance, California.

Sunrider's unique manufacturing processes are raising the bar in the health food industry. The company self produces over 415 natural, plant based products that utilize ancient Chinese formulas combined with remarkable technological advances. Possessing extraordinary owner expertise, Dr. Chen is not only one of the world's foremost authorities on herbs; he is also a licensed pharmacist, while his counterpart, Oi-Lin Chen, is a Western trained Medical Doctor. Together they lead a team of scientists to blend the herbal traditions of the East with modern technology of the West in order to produce the safest, most effective herbal health food products available today.

In his new Sunrider manufacturing facility, Dr. Tei-Fu Chen has made it a priority to eradicate toxic, heavy metals, such as mercury and radiation from the raw herbs his company uses. His manufacturing processes reach far beyond what most American companies adhere to for testing of bacteria and heavy metals in their raw ingredients. No other health food manufacturer in the world is taking the enormous steps that Sunrider is to make certain that their products are safe and effective.

In addition to numerous awards received by Sunrider for health food manufacturing, Dr. Chen was honored by Forbes Asia as one of the 25 most notable Chinese-Americans in 2010. His philanthropic efforts have been recognized by Unicef, The American Cancer Society, and the American Red Cross, among others. Some might say that Dr. Chen is lucky to have built a health food empire generating hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue and enjoying such tremendous success. He says that "luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity". This is why Sunrider will soon be celebrating 30 years as an American health food manufacturing success story and why they continue to be the exclusive manufacturer for http://www.BestHealthFoodStore.net.