Supplement Trends: Insights Report, Charts, & Data Package

Supplement Market Research and Consumer Insights

WHERE DAILY RITUALS MEET EMERGING DEMAND: PROPRIETARY DATA ON THE SUPPLEMENT TRENDS OF TOMORROW

80% of supplement consumers report daily usage—yet across 27 need-states tracked, not a single one reflected a noteworthy increase in self-reported purchase between 2023 and 2024. Consumers aren't stepping back from supplements; they're narrowing their focus, and the categories that capture that focus next will define the market's trajectory.

Nextin™ Supplement Consumer Trends maps the need-states, ingredient signals, delivery format preferences, and purchase behaviors that reveal where the supplement category is headed—and where white-space opportunity exists for ingredient companies, manufacturers, and CPG brands.

Built on proprietary consumer data and supply chain intelligence, this research package explores the intersection of consumer psychographics, functional ingredient momentum, and the convergence of supplements with functional foods and beverages—from adaptogen-seeking energy consumers to the multi-motivated immunity subgroup. Nextin translates supplement consumer trends into the innovation intelligence that keeps category professionals ahead of what's next.

Built for Professionals Advancing Supplement Innovation

This Nextin Research package equips the professionals responsible for translating supplement consumer signals into product, brand, and go-to-market decisions:

• Product development and innovation teams: Identify which need-states, ingredients, and delivery formats are gaining traction with supplement consumers to prioritize formulation and format strategies grounded in demand data
• Brand and marketing strategists: Shape positioning, messaging, and audience targeting using psychographic profiles of energy, bone health, and immune support supplement consumers—complete with channel preferences and information-source behaviors
• Ingredient suppliers and sales teams: Arm customer conversations with evidence on which nutraceuticals consumers are researching, consuming, and discontinuing—and where the gap between research and adoption signals emerging opportunity
• Insights and strategy professionals: Integrate Nextin's consumer data into competitive assessments, category reviews, and board-level presentations with ready-to-use charts, tables, and a consumer intelligence snapshot
• Category and channel managers: Understand where supplement consumers shop—online vs. brick-and-mortar, Amazon vs. mass retail vs. specialty—and how purchase influencers differ across consumer subgroups

Whether you're building a business case for a new functional ingredient or refining a go-to-market plan for an existing supplement brand, this package delivers the consumer evidence to move with confidence. See sample content and explore how it applies to your business:

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What's Included: VMS Report with Insights You Can Act On

Data Vintage: September 2024 survey of 770 U.S. adults aged 18 and older who report consuming supplements. Panelists were screened to include only respondents who reported consuming supplements daily, weekly, when they have a specific need, or infrequently within the past six months. Samples were sourced through Dynata; original sampling is balanced according to the U.S. census for gender and region—among the most current primary consumer research available in the supplement category.

The Insights Report (25 pages): Forward-looking analysis of supplement consumer motivations, demand-driving need-states, nutraceutical ingredient trajectories, and the life experiences that correlate with specific supplement purchases. Includes three Subgroup Spotlights—Energy, Bone Health, and Immune Health—profiling distinct consumer segments with detailed over/under-indexing analysis across psychographics, ingredient consumption, delivery format preferences, information sources, and shopping channels. Built to support product innovation, ingredient positioning, and executive decision-making.

The Charts (54 charts and data tables in PowerPoint): Presentation-ready visuals spanning supplement consumption, need-state trends, nutraceutical ingredient usage, delivery system preferences, functional food and beverage formats, consumer psychographics, women's health, healthy aging, shopping behaviors, and demographics. Formatted for category reviews, investor presentations, and cross-functional strategy sessions. Just drag and drop into your next presentation deck.

The Consumer Intelligence Snapshot (Excel): Summary data set comprising comprehensive survey results in easy-to-use data tables for quick reference.

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The Energized Supplement Consumer: A Younger, Urban, Multi-Need Subgroup You Ned to Know

26% of supplement consumers report taking a supplement for energy in the prior 12 months—yet this subgroup's behaviors diverge sharply from the broader audience, signaling a distinct and underserved consumer profile:

• Two-thirds are under age 45 (+20 pts compared to supplement consumers in general)
• Nearly half live in urban areas (+10 pts)
• More likely than average to take supplements containing adaptogens (+16 pts)—including green tea (+14 pts), ginseng (+10 pts), and ashwagandha (+7 pts)
• Half can name a specific functional mushroom they've consumed in supplements (+15 pts)

Strategic implication: Energy supplement consumers over-index on ingredient research, adaptogen consumption, and openness to alternative delivery formats—a combination that rewards brands who lead with ingredient transparency, functional credibility, and innovative delivery systems.

The full report includes additional Subgroup Spotlights profiling Bone Health and Immune Health supplement consumers, each with comparable behavioral, psychographic, and channel-level detail—plus need-state trend analysis, nutraceutical ingredient adoption data, and life-experience correlations across the full 770-person audience.

Supplement Market Coverage

This Nextin Research package spans the behaviors, attitudes, and purchase dynamics that define the supplement category today—and the signals that indicate where it's heading:

• Supplement Consumption & Need-States: Consumption frequency, variety of supplements consumed, need-states driving purchase, year-over-year need-state purchase trends, benefits sought, motivations for consumption
• Nutraceutical Ingredients & Innovation: Ingredients consumed in supplements (74 evaluated), adaptogens and functional mushrooms consumed, nutraceuticals researched vs. consumed, discontinued ingredient consumption, ingredient-driven purchase considerations
• Delivery Systems & Format Preferences: Anticipated frequency by delivery system, perception of efficacy by format, capsule and tablet attribute preferences, functional beverage and functional food format preferences, botanical flavor preferences by application
• Consumer Segments & Psychographics: Energy supplement consumer profile, bone health supplement consumer profile, immune health supplement consumer profile, women's health need-states and attitudes, healthy aging motivations and behaviors, general wellness perceptions and daily rituals
• Cross-Cutting Analysis: Life experiences correlated with supplement purchase, shopping behaviors across online and brick-and-mortar channels, purchase influencers and information sources, factors that exclude supplements from consideration, supplement consumer demographics

Trusted Across the Supplement Industry

Nextin Research insights have been cited and referenced by Nutraceuticals World, NutraIngredients, SupplySide, Nutritional Outlook, Nutraceutical Business Review, and leading ingredient, brand, and retail organizations.

A MarketPlace brand, Nextin draws on more than two decades of supplement, food, beverage, and pet category expertise. Bridging proprietary consumer research with supply chain perspective, Nextin Research delivers insights that informs market-leading formulation, positioning, and commercial strategy.

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