China is not yet the largest global market for dietary supplements, but evidence suggests that this country of more than 1 billion people is quite capable of one day snatching that crown from the United States. Of course, for this to happen, some major movements in both Chinese government regulations and consumer understanding of dietary supplements will need to occur.
The kind of transformation needed to catapult China to the top of the world in terms of supplement sales is not impossible and has already transpired in Japan. The Japanese dietary supplement market came into its own over the last 10 years after associations such as the ...
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