Company Description
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: HAIN) is a health and wellness company focused on better-for-you food, beverage and personal care brands. According to its public disclosures, Hain Celestial’s purpose is to inspire healthier living for people, communities and the planet through brands that emphasize nutrition and well-being. For more than 30 years, the company has concentrated on products that it describes as better-for-you, spanning snacks, baby and kids foods, beverages, meal preparation and personal care.
Hain Celestial is headquartered in Hoboken, New Jersey, and its products are marketed and sold in over 70 countries around the world. The company highlights a portfolio of brands that includes Garden Veggie Snacks™, Terra® chips, Garden of Eatin'® snacks, Hartley’s® jelly, Earth’s Best® and Ella’s Kitchen® baby and kids foods, Celestial Seasonings® teas, Joya® and Natumi® plant-based beverages, The Greek Gods® yogurt, Cully & Sully®, Yorkshire Provender®, New Covent Garden® and Imagine® soups, and, in some disclosures, Linda McCartney's® meat-free products and Avalon Organics® personal care. These brands position Hain Celestial in categories such as snacks, baby & kids, beverages, meal prep and personal care.
Business model and segments
Hain Celestial describes itself as a global leader in better-for-you food and beverage. The company’s filings and investor materials state that it operates through two reportable segments: North America and International. The North America segment represents sales of its products in the United States and Canada, while the International segment includes sales in markets such as the United Kingdom and the Western European region. Across these segments, the company reports category performance in Snacks, Baby & Kids, Beverages, Meal Prep and Personal Care.
In its proxy statement and earnings releases, Hain Celestial discusses a turnaround strategy anchored on what it calls “five actions to win”: streamlining the portfolio, accelerating brand renovation and innovation, implementing strategic revenue growth management and pricing, driving productivity and working capital efficiency, and strengthening digital capabilities. The company has communicated that it is resetting its cost structure and moving toward a more regional operating model to better align with its current business.
Brand and category focus
Within snacks, Hain Celestial’s portfolio includes Garden Veggie Snacks™, Terra® chips and Garden of Eatin'® snacks. Company communications describe Garden Veggie Snacks™ as a brand in the better-for-you snacking category, with products such as Garden Veggie Straws®, Garden Veggie™ Puffs and Garden Veggie™ Wavy Chips, and emphasize attributes like no artificial flavors, no artificial preservatives and the use of colors from natural sources. Terra® is presented as a vegetable chip brand, and Garden of Eatin'® as a provider of USDA Organic certified blue corn tortilla chips.
In baby and kids, Hain Celestial highlights Earth’s Best® and Ella’s Kitchen® as key brands. Earth’s Best® is described as a pioneer in organic baby food and a trusted partner to parents and caregivers, with USDA certified organic infant formulas made with non-GMO ingredients and milk from grass-fed cows, and including Omega-3 DHA and Omega-6 ARA. The company notes that Earth’s Best® formulas have received Clean Label Project® Purity Awards across multiple products and recognition from third-party organizations. Ella’s Kitchen® is cited as another baby and kids food brand within the portfolio.
In beverages, Celestial Seasonings® teas are a core brand. Hain Celestial’s disclosures describe Celestial Seasonings® as a pioneer in the specialty tea aisle and the leading herbal tea brand, offering more than 90 varieties of herbal, green, black and wellness teas. The brand has expanded its wellness platform with new benefit teas designed to support daily wellness needs. Hain Celestial also lists Joya® and Natumi® as plant-based beverage brands.
Within meal preparation, the company cites brands such as The Greek Gods® yogurt, Cully & Sully®, Yorkshire Provender®, New Covent Garden® and Imagine® soups. In some communications, it also references meat-free products under the Linda McCartney's® brand (under license). These products position Hain Celestial in categories like yogurt, soups and meat-free offerings.
Hain Celestial also notes a personal care presence through brands such as Avalon Organics® in certain disclosures, aligning with its broader health and wellness positioning.
Strategic priorities and operations
Company filings and earnings releases describe Hain Celestial as focusing on stabilizing sales, improving profitability, optimizing cash and deleveraging its balance sheet. Management communications reference initiatives to streamline the portfolio, reset the cost structure, and focus on productivity savings, pricing and trade efficiencies. The company reports performance metrics such as organic net sales and adjusted EBITDA as non-GAAP measures used in its incentive programs, and provides segment and category breakdowns for Snacks, Baby & Kids, Beverages, Meal Prep and Personal Care.
Hain Celestial’s disclosures also emphasize governance and shareholder engagement. Its proxy statement outlines a board structure with committees, annual self-evaluations, and policies related to executive compensation, equity plans and risk oversight. The company has obtained shareholder approval to amend its 2022 Long Term Incentive and Stock Award Plan to increase the share pool, and it uses long-term incentive awards, including performance share units and restricted share units, as part of its executive compensation framework.
Leadership and corporate status
According to a Form 8-K filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Hain Celestial announced that Alison E. Lewis, who had been serving as Interim President and Chief Executive Officer, transitioned to the role of President and Chief Executive Officer effective December 15, 2025. The filing describes an employment agreement and a change in control agreement that govern her compensation and severance terms, including long-term incentive awards under the company’s 2022 Long Term Incentive and Stock Award Plan.
Hain Celestial’s common stock is listed on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC under the ticker symbol HAIN. The company continues to file periodic reports, proxy statements and current reports on Form 8-K with the SEC, and to host earnings calls and webcasts for investors, indicating an ongoing public-company reporting status.
Position within health and wellness food and beverage
Across its disclosures, Hain Celestial repeatedly characterizes itself as a leading global health and wellness company and a global leader in better-for-you food and beverage. Its portfolio spans multiple consumer categories where it emphasizes attributes such as organic certification, plant-based ingredients, absence of artificial flavors and preservatives, and wellness-oriented positioning. By organizing its operations into North America and International segments and focusing on Snacks, Baby & Kids, Beverages, Meal Prep and Personal Care, the company presents a structure aimed at managing a diversified set of brands within the broader health and wellness space.