Nutrition Business Journal

Global nutrition sales expand 8% in 2008 despite economic storm

Supplement sales in Western Europe and Japan continue to mature, while China, Brazil, Eastern Europe and Russia post double-digit growth
Nov. 1, 2009 12:00pm

 

A raft of factors is keeping global nutrition industry sales afloat and, in most cases, rising — despite a now infamous worldwide economic storm. These factors include an aging global population; the continued spread of diabetes, heart disease and other chronic health ailments linked to poor nutritional habits; a growing consumer embrace of self-care and natural therapies to prevent illness; and a burgeoning middle class stretching from Brazil to Ghana to India that has more money and more inclination to spend on health and wellness.

The global recession did its best to tear away at nutrition industry sales last year, but growth continued in...

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