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Patent Insights: Weight Loss Products
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Recent patents feature ingredients that reduce lipid absorption and boost satiety, and others cover tech devices and apps that support weight loss.Neha Srivastava, Senior Patent Analyst - Food & Drink…
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Patent Insights: Weight Loss Products

Recent patents feature ingredients that reduce lipid absorption and boost satiety, and others cover tech devices and apps that support weight loss.

Neha Srivastava, Senior Patent Analyst – Food & Drink and Beauty & Personal Care

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    • What you need to know
    • Why consider weight management food, drinks and supplements?
  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. KEY TAKEAWAYS

    • Key takeaways
  5. APPENDIX

    • Research methodology
    • Key patent examples for weight management

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