Explore the latest innovation in vitamins, minerals and supplements in 2025 with Mintel’s global innovation report. The report identifies the major launch activities, pivotal consumer attitudes and most important product development of the year across regions EMEA, APAC, and the Americas.
Key innovation trends in the VMS market are analysed and succinctly presented alongside Mintel’s consumer data and insights. So you can understand changing consumer demands and identify future growth opportunities.
This report also presents Mintel’s analysts’ pick of the most innovative launches in the global VMS market. Understanding global trends in the VMS market has never been so easy.
To discover more about the global VMS market, read The Future of VMS or take a look at Mintel’s extensive health & wellbeing research.
Meet the Expert Behind the Analysis
This report was written by Shiyan Zering, Beauty and Personal Care Analyst at Mintel. Shiyan joined Mintel in 2022, writing UK reports on beauty, personal care, and OTC categories. She has over six years of previous experience in the colour cosmetics sector, in both consumer and artistry-facing roles.
Innovation in VMS spotlights women’s health, stress relief, and energy boosts as pivotal areas for brand focus.
Shiyan Zering
Beauty and Personal Care Analyst
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- What we have seen
- Our pick of the most innovative launches in this review
- Other innovative launches
- The Future of Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements: 2025
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EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST & AFRICA (EMEA)
- Europe: focus on women's health
- Diversify women’s health supplements
- VMS innovation targeting women is niche
- Graph 1: share of launches in vitamins, minerals and supplements carrying female and maternal claims, 2020-25
- Innovation puts women’s wellness in the spotlight
- Focus on egg health for fertility
- Europe: support sleep and help consumers de-stress
- Strengthen the connection between sleep and health
- Sleep aiding and stress relieving claims are underused in VMS innovation
- Graph 2: share of launches in the vitamins, minerals and supplements category carrying a functional-stress & sleep claim, 2020-25
- NPD caters to stressed and sleep deprived consumers
- Consider on-trend 'fountain of youth' ingredients NAD+ and NMN
- The Middle East & Africa (MEA)
- Standout NPD is playful and focuses on ingredient efficacy
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ASIA PACIFIC (APAC)
- Asia: elevate the focus on bone health
- Benefit bone health
- Innovations featuring bone health claims increase
- Milk-based and dairy-free formulas, and patch formats focus on bone health
- Asia: energising formulas can expand
- Consumers are eager for energy boosts
- Offer an alternative to energy drinks
- Graph 3: share of VMS launches carrying a functional-energy claim, 2020-25
- Energy-boosting NPD targets different demographics and needs
- Australia & New Zealand
- ANZ innovation focuses on low FODMAP formulas and novel formats
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THE AMERICAS
- North America: focus on hairloss
- Hairloss concerns are prevalent
- Capture spend by targeting consumers taking a holistic approach to hairloss
- Graph 4: launches featuring the anti-hairloss claim, by category, 2020-25
- Anti-hairloss VMS innovation points to naturalness and efficacy
- North America: fun formats
- Novel formats can make VMS easier and more fun to take
- Capsule formats lead, but chews/gummies show fastest growth in NPD
- Graph 5: VMS launches by top six formats, 2020-21 vs 2024-25
- Gummy and lollipop launches focus on the format and flavour to boost enjoyment
- Brand innovation: Tandy
- Latin America: help balance a wide range of lifestyle needs
- Latin American consumers adopt healthy habits
- NPD targets healthy lifestyle balancing
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