Whether you consider it profiteering or not, it is STILL a service rendered for time and effort spent on manufacturing a product.
When they sell chemically made Iodine pills to countries that are in need, we see it as compassion and the right thing to do. Yet out of unawareness, the masses don't readily complain since it takes many years or decades before they begin to see the results of what the harmful drug did to their bodies.
But when a natural product that has no side-affects is available to those suffering and then to complain about it, isn't right because it would be of BENEFIT for everyone concerned - MINUS the harm.
In the end, it is always up to the consumer to be aware of all the options available and choose what to do.