Exhibit 21

SUBSIDIARIES OF WEIDER NUTRITION INTERNATIONAL, INC.

|Entity Name                                   |  | State or Country
of Incorporation |  | Parent Corporation                                                                                     
|--------------------------------------------- |  | --------------------------------- |  | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|Weider Nutrition Group, Inc.                  |  | Utah                              |  | Weider Nutrition International, Inc.                                                                   
|WNG Holdings (International) Ltd.             |  | Nevada                            |  | Weider Nutrition Group, Inc.                                                                           
|Weider Nutrition Group (Canada) Ltd.          |  | Canada (Nova Scotia)              |  | WNG Holdings (International) Ltd.                                                                      
|Weider Nutrition (WNI) Ltd.                   |  | United Kingdom (England)          |  | WNG Holdings (International) Ltd.                                                                      
|Weider Nutrition Group Limited                |  | United Kingdom (England)          |  | Weider Nutrition (WNI) Ltd.                                                                            
|Weider Nutrition BV                           |  | The Netherlands                   |  | Weider Nutrition (WNI) Ltd.                                                                            
|Weider Nutrition Limited                      |  | United Kingdom (England)          |  | Weider Nutrition BV                                                                                    
|Weider Fitness SARL                           |  | France                            |  | Weider Nutrition BV                                                                                    
|Weider Nutrition SL                           |  | Spain                             |  | Weider Nutrition BV                                                                                    
|Weider Nutrition Italia SrL                   |  | Italy                             |  | Weider Nutrition BV                                                                                    
|Weider Nutrition GmbH                         |  | Germany                           |  | Weider Nutrition BV                                                                                    
|Aktivkost GmbH                                |  | Germany                           |  | Weider Nutrition GmbH                                                                                  
|Food-Tech Handelsgesellschaft mbH             |  | Germany                           |  | Weider Nutrition GmbH                                                                                  
|HPH Hamburger Pharma Handelsgesellscha ft mbH |  | Germany                           |  | Weider Nutrition GmbH                                                                                  
|Haleko Management GmbH                        |  | Germany                           |  | Weider Nutrition GmbH                                                                                  
|Haleko Hanseatisches Lebensmittelkontor OHG   |  | Germany                           |  | Weider Nutrition GmbH (99%) &
Haleko Management GmbH (1%)                                              
|Power Gym Ltd.                                |  | United Kingdom (England)          |  | Haleko Hanseatisches
Lebensmittelkontor OHG                                                            
|Sy-Fra Sportalimenti di Frank Sambo & Co. SAS |  | Italy                             |  | Haleko Hanseatisches Lebensmittelkontor OHG                                                            
|Haleko Italia SrL                             |  | Italy                             |  | Haleko Hanseatisches
Lebensmittelkontor OHG (50%) &
Sy-Fra Sportalimenti di Frank
Sambo & Co. SAS (50%)
|Sports Direct Ltd.                            |  | United Kingdom (England)          |  | Power Gym Ltd. (50%)                                                                                   

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