Report of Independent Registered Public
Accounting Firm on
Financial Statement Schedule
To the Supervisory Board of Royal Numico N.V.
and the Stockholder of General Nutrition
Companies, Inc.:
Our audits of the consolidated financial
statements referred to in our report dated March 1, 2004
appearing in the Prospectus also included an audit of the
financial statement schedule listed in Item 16(b) of this
Form S-1. In our opinion, this financial statement schedule
presents fairly, in all material respects, the information set
forth therein when read in conjunction with the related
consolidated financial statements.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
March 1, 2004