NUTRITION

Sports nutrition is rebounding following the slumps seen during the era of pandemic lockdowns, with robust sales seen in line with the reopening of gymnasiums and the resumption of sporting activities. Moreover, protein/energy bars are benefitting…

Sports nutrition is the second fastest growing category in the consumer health industry. The category is showing growth in both value and volume terms, driven by the growing interest in healthy lifestyles. Lifestyles during the COVID-19 crisis…

Demand for sports nutrition products in Ireland has continued to pick up in 2022, with volume growth rates for all categories set to be considerably stronger than those recorded in 2021. This improvement has been underpinned by more frequent…

Despite the strong growth in unit prices, sports nutrition is witnessing a steady recovery in 2022 from the downturn experienced in 2020. Consumer demand is remaining resilient as consumers are unwilling to sacrifice sports nutrition products.…

Sports protein products in Bolivia are heavily dependent on imports which have been subject to sharp price increases in 2022. Initially, leading brands could depend on existing stocks, but in the second half of the year sports protein manufacturers…

Sports nutrition recorded high double-digit current value growth in 2021, mainly driven by a significant share of local consumers having access to additional disposable incomes as the government awarded cash subsides and gave permission for Chileans…

Sports nutrition is expected to be an outlier in terms of consumer health in Denmark in 2022, with healthy double-digit current value growth predicted. While retail prices are also expected to rise, as a result of the energy crisis stemming from the…

Local brands are set to continue increasing their share in 2022, with their strong performance being attributed to the expansion of brands’ retail distribution network through e-commerce, which has increased its presence among consumers and offers…

Black market sports nutrition products from Algeria and Libya, which are sold online and even in stores, are increasingly popular in Tunisia. Due to the strict control applied by the Ministry of Health on sports nutrition products’ importation,…

Value sales of sports nutrition grew rapidly in current value terms over the review period, despite the COVID-19 crisis of 2020-21. The pandemic increased the desire to take care of one's health, which had a knock-on effect on sales of nutritional…

Similar to trends seen in weight management and wellbeing, sports nutrition is benefiting from consumers trying to make up for the time spent in lockdowns during the pandemic. As consumers are no longer cooped up at home, they are embracing more…

Sports nutrition is set to record robust growth in 2022. 2021 was a choppy year for gyms and specialty retailers selling sports nutrition as Provincial governments alternated between periods of less and more severe pandemic-related restrictions…

Sports nutrition is projected to continue to see very strong retail volume and current value growth in Serbia over 2022. The category is benefiting from consumers paying greater attention to health and fitness. This trend was already underway, but…

Over 2022, sports nutrition is expected to return to the double-digit retail growth of the early-to-mid-review period. In 2021, the category more than recouped the retail current value losses of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in 2020. As a…

The category has shown a considerable recovery in current value terms in 2022, with demand having slowed during the pandemic. After seeing solid growth earlier in the review period, sports nutrition saw a decline in volume sales in 2020 and only a…

The lifting of COVID-19-related measures and re-opening of sports centres and gyms have had a positive impact on sales of sports nutrition. All categories of sports nutrition are seeing positive growth in both value and volume terms, though volumes…

The progressive return to visiting gyms is helping the category to recover. Despite the easing of restrictions, many consumers were still reluctant to return to gyms and thus consumed less sport nutrition products. However, in 2022 people have been…

Having plunged by almost a quarter during 2020 amid the disruption caused by COVID-19, retail constant value sales (2022 prices) of sports nutrition saw a substantial recovery during 2021 and 2022 but nonetheless remained well below their…

Two years of the pandemic, recurring restrictions (including the closure of sports facilities), social isolation and, often, non-ergonomic working conditions at home, all combined to have a negative impact on the level of physical activity among…

After some two years of living with considerable restrictions on mobility, Peruvians are eager to get fit and are resuming their pace of physical activity in 2022. Young adults in major cities such as Lima, Trujillo and Arequipa are driving this…