Rewind a few years and tablets and capsules were the go-to options in the dietary supplements segment. According to a 2021 global market forecast report, they remain dominant, but other formulations are gaining ground. Take gummies, which were once reserved for the confectionary aisle. Not any more. Having already nabbed
Plant-based eating is big business. Australian consumers spend hundreds of millions of dollars a year on plant-based meat, and while only around two per cent of Australians identify as vegan, one in three people are already vegetarian or actively reducing the amount of meat they eat. For some, it’s driven
For Factors Group Australia, which has numerous established and emerging brands in the natural supplements space, showcasing at the Naturally Good 2021 Expo reaped valuable rewards. “The show was a fantastic way to increase awareness across all of our brands,” said Managing Director Evan Hayes. “As a house of brands,
Written by Lisa Crawford-Jones Naturally functional and specialised products that focus on food as medicine rather than traditional tablet supplementation have won favour with consumers this year. Digestive health remains at the top of the agenda. More broadly, consumers are taking a systematic and holistic lifestyle approach to health and
Lonza has announced the first of a new line of internationally available plant-coloured supplement capsules, under its Capsugel Vcaps brand. Previously the capsule shells required an E-number. The company says that the new food coloured capsules – labelled as natural colourants in the United States – will allow customers to
This article first appeared in Natural Products Global, part of Diversified’s global natural & organic network. Written by Jim Manson. Proposed changes to laws governing the manufacturing and marketing of health supplements in New Zealand could lead to increasing investment in research and product innovation, predicts advocacy group NZWA. The