Nutritional Supplement Industry: Impact of Changing Lifestyle...by A&M Mindpower Solutions

Jan. 6, 2010 - PRLog -- This report will cover global nutritional supplement market with detailed discussion of the geographic segments like United States, EU and Asia Pacific. There are ample opportunities in Asia to nurture this business while United States is the largest market accounted for the highest revenues. The report also cover industry segments like dietary supplements, food and beverages and animal feed. There are some driving forces that the report talks about & also it includes general industry trends and opportunities prevailing in the industry.

Regions Covered:
- United States
- Europe
- Asia
- Africa

Products Mentioned:

- Vitamins and Dietary supplements
- Nutritional supplements
- Minerals
- Herbal supplements
- Medicated Skin care

Executive Summary

In recent years, many changes have seen in continuously developing market for health
supplements, with each segment contributing a major role in the industry growth. United
States, Europe and Japan are the largest markets in global nutrition and health supplement
industry. Latin America consumes more vitamins compared to dietary supplements; in 2007 vitamin sales was US$1.5 billion and dietary supplements sales reached to US$762 million in the same year.

Food and feed ingredients are two major categories of the nutritional supplements which
include vitemins, carotenoids and speciality additives. In vitamins category, vitamin C
accounts for the largest share with continuously growing demand though in 2007 rising raw
material costs combined with increasingly strict application of environmental laws and
outages caused Chinese vitamin C prices to more than triple over the year. There is a stiff
competition in the market with changes in regulations; mainly in Europe and increasing
competition from low cost Asian suppliers have given a tough time to the vitamin producers.

Infant formula is the largest portion of pediatric nutrition, accounting for almost three
quarters of industry sales. Sports nutritional products are popularized via specialized stores, the Internet, fitness clubs, and gyms. Several products are also available in pharmacies, health food stores, and supermarkets, and this wider availability is expected to drive growth in the near term.

This report analyses the total market for nutritional supplements and other healthcare
products with discussion of major segments of the industry, of which focus is on vitamins
growth. It also talks about demand in United States, Europe and Asian markets and changing needs and preferences according to developing standard of living. There are many factors playing a supportive hand for the industry and helping the industry to grow further. This report covers all those major factors which directly or indirectly drive the industry growth. Finding the opportunities and analysing future outlook is the major objective of the report. By profiling market players we can access the present market share of each player. Report also highlights recent industry trends.


Table of Content

Global Nutritional Supplement Industry
- Industry Overview
- Value Chain Analysis
- Market Value…

Industry Segments

Market by Geography
- Geographical Distribution
- United States
- Europe
- Asia

Industry Drivers
- Growing number of Baby Boomers
- Changing Life Style
- Rising Hospital Admissions
- Rising Per Capita Income

Industry Trends
- Regulatory Environment
- Opportunities in Asian and African Markets
- InnovationS

Industry Outlook
- Overall Nutritional Supplement IndustrY
- Vitamins Demand
- Forecasting Methodology

Industry Players: Competition
- Market Share

Players Profiling
- Atrium Innovations
--  Company Overview
--  Financial Performance
--  Major Developments
- NBTY
--  Company Overview
--  Financial Performance
--  Major Developments
- Glanbia Plc
--  Company Overview
--  Financial Performance
--  Major Developments

List of Tables:

1.1   Main Vitamin Groups, Uses & Applications
3.1 Leading Dietary Supplement Sales (in billion US $), 2008
3.2 Vitamins Sales by Volume (in millions)
3.3 Vitamins & Minerals Sub – Segments Retail Sales by Value (in millions US $), 2008
3.4 Retail Value for Vitamins / Minerals in Latin America (in millions US $), 2002 & 2007
6.1 Types of Vitamin & Supplement by Value & Share, 2007 – 2009
6.2 Vitamin & Supplement brands by value in US (in millions), 2007 – 2009
7.1 Key Vitamin Suppliers
7.2 Company Ranking by Market Share, Worldwide
7.3 Top Selling Nutrition Brands in North America
7.4 Revenue by Business Segments Glanbia Plc.

List of Figures:

1.2 Value Chain Analysis
1.2 Worldwide Nutritional Supplement Market (in billion US $), 2002 – 2007
1.3 Health & Nutrition Market by Geography
2.1 Main Vitamin End Markets, 2007
2.2 Global Paediatric Nutrition Industry Categorization & Size, 2008
2.3 Sports Nutrition Supplement Market (in billion US $), 2007 – 2008
3.1 Nutritional Supplements Retail Sales (in billion US $), 1998 – 2007
3.2 Sports Nutrition & Weight Loss Category, Sales by Segments, 2007
3.3 Europe Market for Dietary Supplements (in billion US $)
3.4 Europe Pro – biotic Market by Value (in million US $), 2008
3.5 Classes of Complementary Medicines in Australia
3.6 Vitamins & Minerals Sales (in million US $)
4.1 Worldwide Number of Aging Population (55 to 80+) (in billions US $), 1996 – 2010
4.2 US Health Insurance Premium trends, 1999 – 2007
4.3 US Health Club Membership (million), 1999 - 2007
4.4 Hospital Admissions in US (in million), 2007
7.1 Market Share in US
7.2 First Quarter results 2009 Atrium Innovations (in million US $)
7.3 First Quarter results 2009 NBTY Inc (in million US $)

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