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Women’s health trends
May 2025
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Innova Market Insights data shows a 12% growth in women’s health supplement and sports nutrition launches from 2020 to 2024. This growth is driven by increasing consumer interest, with 36% of global female consumers reporting taking vitamins or minerals related to their hormonal cycle. Brain and mood health claims lead among the top product launches, but there is also a growing emphasis on supplements targeting blood pressure.

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Active aging
Dec 2025 | Lactalis

Innova Market Insights data show growth in active nutrition launches with a healthy aging claim from October 2020 to September 2023. Additionally, 75% of consumers worldwide consider healthy aging to be important. Most of these healthy aging launches were sports powders, but ready-to-drink launches are also increasing globally.

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HMOs: From science to solution, powering nutrition for all life stages
Dec 2025 | Cabio

Innova Market Insights data indicate an 18% average annual growth in HMO (human milk oligosaccharide) ingredient use for all life stages nutrition, including infant nutrition and supplement launches. Asia was the leading region for these launches. Overall, there is a steep growth for HMO ingredient use for infant nutrition, children’s supplements, and an exceptionally high increase in adult supplement NPD.

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Omega-3 and DHA: Key drivers in women’s health, fertility, and pregnancy
Nov 2025 | Fermentalg

According to data from Innova Market Insights, 60% of female consumers are including more omega-3 (including DHA) ingredients in their diets. Growing awareness of omega-3’s health benefits, combined with women’s increasing focus on preventive wellness, is driving growth in the launch of women’s health supplements and functional foods. Moreover, there is a rapid increase in DHA supplements for pregnancy health.

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From joint health to beauty: The rise of collagen type II matrix
Nov 2025 | Biocell Collagen

Innova Market Insights data indicates that 1 in 2 consumers globally are interested in collagen for anti-aging benefits, fueling consumers’ interest in specialized formulations. With type II collagen ingredients increasing by +25% year-over-year, there is an opportunity for collagen II matrix formulations in NPD, with a special focus not only on joint health, but also on beauty applications.

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