Sa Natural
Health in Bothas Hill

Welcome to SA Natural Products, proud importers and distributors of top-class health products - and promoters of the Living Naturally lifestyle.

SA Natural Products is one of the country's most successful companies in the field of health product marketing and distribution. With product ranges drawn from all quarters of the world, SANP is responsible for bringing top quality herbal and homeopathic remedies, gluten-free foods, tea tree bodycare and nutritional supplements to the South African health consumer. And the SANP success story is also that of a family that found itself drawn onto the path to natural healing; one that it has embraced with a personal and professional passion and a commitment to excellence and quality. The story began with a healing crisis for Irma Schutte. Life had felt uncomplicated on the family farm on the edge of the Valley of a 1000 Hills. There were five growing children, animals and the occasional crop of vegetables to care for. Head of the family, Louis, had his hands full running a local textile company. But then, in the early 1980s, Irma's health failed her. She encountered her first homoeopath who prescribed a remedy and changed Irma's diet. At first she did not feel any better, although following strictly the diet of vegetables (raw and steamed), brown rice, a little fruit, and lots of water. Ten days into the treatment, she went through a healing crisis of fever, nausea and weakness. After recovering the use of her voice, Irma succumbed to a kidney ailment that took her back into hospital. Little did Irma know that she would one day bring this wholesome supplement to the people of South Africa. Another encounter with hospitals and doctors came three years later when an injection to relieve muscle spasm in her back caused a painful inflammation of the spine that lasted six months. While living with her inflamed spine, Irma started to use A.Vogel’s Dormeasan Herbal sleeping and stress relief drops and was very impressed with the rapid relief they provided her. She left with an armful of Alfred Vogel’s books to read, and six weeks later was back on their doorstep, determined to become involved in spreading the A.Vogel message that nature was good. It was an ideal place to connect people with all things natural, organic and wholesome. The message took root in the Schutte family with the older daughters helping in the store and dad, Louis, moving from textiles to health foods. Given the name Natal Natural Products, it aimed to offer a service of excellence rooted in the Schutte's shared conviction in the rightness of their choice. Things started small in a farm cottage with a few boxes of goods; parcels being packed in the kitchen. At present this is the leading range of medicinal quality tea tree products in South Africa. In 2002 it was relinquished to a breakaway group of shareholders. Much has changed for the Schuttes since that distant Sunday in the kitchen when they decided to start Natal Natural Products. It grew into SA Natural Products (Pty) Ltd as the business became national; offices in all the major centres and a busy distribution network serve the public of South Africa; and the large staff are helped to feel part of a team that can make a difference to the country's health.