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After a sharp spike in growth in 2020 following the outbreak of COVID-19 sales of vitamins continue to normalise in 2023, with this process having started in 2022. This means a decline for both single vitamins and multivitamins in current value and…
2023 saw vitamins record negative volume growth for the second year running, although sales declines were far more moderate than what was seen during 2022. These negative performances can be seen as the category’s natural reaction to the very high…
Multivitamins is set to deliver moderate growth in current value terms in 2023, representing a significant slowdown from the growth seen during the pandemic. This slower growth is largely the result of the lower demand for multivitamins positioned…
Vitamin sales patterns are returning back to normality in 2023, following the surge in demand at the height of the pandemic period, although high inflation remain an issue. The COVID-19 pandemic encouraged consumers to take better care of their…
Vitamin C and vitamin D have posted dramatic increases in sales since the onset of the pandemic. Consequently, in 2022, sales already started to show signs of decline due to maturity. Vitamin D, which is the largest category, witnessed losses in 2022…
Single vitamins continued to record positive volume and current value growth in 2023. Multivitamins, which offer convenience and economy benefits, also continued to grow in volume and current value terms in 2023. The demand for vitamins spiked during…
Demand for vitamins in France continues to rise. With increasing awareness around health and nutrition and the dangers of overexposure to the sun, vitamin D is witnessing stronger growth among the French population. Vitamin D is perceived as…
Vitamins is set to see volume sales continue to fall in 2023, receding from the peak seen in the early stages of the pandemic when consumers looked to enhance the functioning of their immune systems in the face of the threat from COVID-19. In 2023,…
Vitamins received a significant boost from the pandemic as consumers sought to boost their immune systems and protect themselves from COVID-19. Now that concerns around the virus have abated, there is less demand for vitamins, and volume growth is…
The sales highs of the pandemic are over in vitamins with sales set to decline in current value and retail volume terms in 2023. The category posted an astonishing breakthrough during the hardest moments of the pandemic – from March 2020 to mid-2021…
Sales of vitamins have continued to drop sharply in retail volume terms in 2023, with price inflation unable to prevent the category from recording a decline in current value terms, too. Following the outbreak of COVID-19 there was a surge in demand…
As Coronavirus (COVID-19) measures lifted, consumers resumed their regular visits to gyms and leisure centres, in addition to participating in individual and team sports. This has stimulated the demand for sports nutrition in Turkey. In light of the…
After a marginal decline in the first year of the pandemic, sports nutrition in the UK continues to record strong current value sales growth in 2023, following a full recovery in 2021. Apart from the price hikes driven by inflation since the end of…
Over 2023, sports nutrition is expected to continue to recover from the steep retail volume sales declines recorded in 2020 in the wake of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The exception, protein/energy bars, posted only a marginal-to-slight…
The growing interest in health and fitness is forging growth in sports nutrition. Functional products in different formats are gaining mass appeal as brands shift away from targeting athletes and sports professionals. Protein powders continue leading…
Sports nutrition continued to see positive growth in constant value terms in 2023. The culture of going to the gym plays a significant role in generating demand for these products, as such venues also serve as important points of sale. As lives…
While elevated inflation and rising interest rates are negatively impacting many Spaniards’ disposable incomes in 2023, thereby influencing their purchasing decisions, demand for sports nutrition continues to rise. Heavily impacted by the pandemic,…
Sports nutrition is thriving in 2023 with healthy growth being recorded in current value and retail volume terms. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic Portuguese consumers were focused on trying to adopt healthier lifestyles, with practising sport on a…
Unlike most other consumer health categories, demand for sports nutrition was negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with sales declines registered during 2020 and into 2021 as social distancing regulations meant that all sports clubs, fitness…
Sports nutrition looks set to see double-digit growth in current value terms in 2023 for the second year running with sales having already exceeded pre-COVID-19 levels. The category had already seen a full recovery in 2022 in Italy after the decline…