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The Future of Vitamins and Supplements
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Published Date: April 29, 2026 | "Supplements can address genuine health challenges – such as metabolic health, while tech promises to take the guesswork out of supplement usage." - Emma…
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The Future of Vitamins and Supplements

Published Date: April 29, 2026

"Supplements can address genuine health challenges – such as metabolic health, while tech promises to take the guesswork out of supplement usage."

Emma Schofield, Associate Director - Global Food Science

Emma Schofield, Associate Director - Global Food Science

Discover the future trends in the global VMS market with Mintel’s Future Of report. The report identifies the key consumer and industry trends that will impact the global vitamins, minerals and supplements industry over the next five years.

The most important upcoming trends in VMS are analysed and succinctly presented alongside relevant insights from Mintel’s consumer data. So you can understand how consumer demands will change and identify future innovation and growth opportunities.

This report also presents Mintel’s analysts’ pick of the most innovative and inspirational launches in vitamins, minerals and supplements. Understanding the future of the VMS industry has never been so easy.

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  1. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW

    • Where we are now
    • In the next two years
    • In five years and beyond
  2. IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS

    • Mintel's perspective
    • Kids' health needs a rethink
    • Supplements need to adapt to the changing face of children's health
    • Healthy weight management and mental health are key opportunities for children's supplements
    • Graph 1: vitamin, mineral and supplement launches with a babies & toddlers (0-4), children (5-12) or teenagers (13-17) claim that feature selected health claims, 2021-25
    • Parents of older children are more concerned about poor diet than immune-related illnesses
    • Graph 2: health aspects parents consider the biggest risks/threats to the physical health of their children, by age of child, 2025
    • Develop supplements that make parents' lives easier
    • Fibre's role in children's health can extend beyond digestion
    • Declining vaccination rates, pandemic anxiety, and the inconvenience of childhood infections will keep immune health top of mind
    • The digital era will present opportunities for supplements that counter its impact on children's health
    • Cater to the sensory and emotional health needs of neurodivergent children
    • 'Mood & mind' supplements must prove their efficacy
    • Antidotes are needed for the polycrisis and other stressors
    • Graph 3: mental health concerns/conditions experienced, by generation, 2024
    • 'Mood & mind' supplements are becoming more targeted in their marketing, but efficacy will be their judge
    • Supplements can deliver more than just health
    • Supplements that deliver experiences align with current wellness trends
    • The digital era may be particularly harmful to younger generations
    • Support aspects of health that may be impacted by excessive social media and tech use
    • Brain health supplements need to focus on anti-ageing, concentration and creativity
    • Graph 4: consumers interested in trying food & drink or supplements with select benefits, 2024
    • Brain health ingredients like citicoline and creatine target new consumers and benefit spaces
    • Metabolic health has a bigger role to play
    • Supplements need to align with the changing face of ill health
    • Supplements could form an integral part of 'prescription food' systems for preventative health
    • Graph 5: vitamin, mineral and supplement launches with selected health claims, 2022-26
    • Metabolic health can become its own category
    • Graph 6: vitamin and supplement concepts of interest, 2025
    • Supplements can offer complete metabolic health support
    • The link between muscle health and metabolism is overlooked
    • Graph 7: weight management actions taken in the last 12 months, 2025
    • The next generation of weight loss drugs will also support muscle maintenance
  3. IN FIVE YEARS AND BEYOND

    • Mintel's perspective
    • Personalised nutrition solutions will remove the guess work from supplement use
    • Tech solutions will help remove common barriers to supplement use and loyalty
    • Tech and AI solutions are themselves under scrutiny, and must pass the 'reality check'
    • Graph 8: agreement with select statements about health tech, by age, 2025
    • Tech and AI solutions will help consumers separate marketing from science, with supplements
    • The quest for healthy longevity has inspired age-reversal science research
    • Though promises of age reversal deliver premium ranges, commercial opportunity must be balanced with the pace of science
  4. KEY TAKEAWAYS

    • Key takeaways

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