Patent Insights: Weight Loss Products

• What you need to know
• Why consider weight management food, drinks and supplements?

WHAT CONSUMERS WANT AND WHY

• Many consumers prioritise maintaining a healthy weight
• Graph 1: health benefits/priorities that consumers ideally seek from their diet, 2022
• Consumers link weight management with health

PRODUCT INNOVATION TRENDS

• Slimming claims are most common in the vitamin & supplement and nutrition drink categories
• Graph 2: % of food, drink and supplement launches with a slimming claim, top categories, 2019-24
• Recent weight management launches use natural ingredients like botanicals or probiotics

THE PATENT LANDSCAPE

• Recently, weight loss patent publications in the food, drink and supplements category have surged
• Graph 3: patents related to weight-loss-related food, drink and supplements, 2014-24
• South Korea leads with patent grants in the weight management food, drink and supplement industry
• Nestlé S.A. leads with patent portfolios for weight management products
• Graph 4: the top 10 organisations with granted patents for weight management food, drink and supplements, 2024
• Reduce lipid absorption for weight loss
• Consider probiotics for weight control
• Some launches link probiotics with weight management
• Recent patents reveal probiotic strains that support weight loss
• Recent launches use natural ingredients for weight loss
• Patent innovations use ingredients like algae and rosemary for weight management
• Scientists are exploring the benefits of human milk oligosaccharides beyond infant nutrition
• Consider satiety-promoting ingredients
• Publicity over weight loss drugs can create opportunities for natural appetite suppressors like fibre
• Fibre- and protein-rich ingredients can support satiety
• Fibres can support fullness, thereby contributing to weight loss
• Recent innovations use proteins and amino acids to support weight management
• Use tech devices for optimal weight management
• Consumers adopt a number of tactics to support weight management
• Use technology to improve consumers' weight management journeys
• Apps help consumers to effectively manage their weight
• Recent patents disclose parameters used in apps and systems that support weight loss

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Key takeaways

APPENDIX

• Research methodology
• Key patent examples for weight management