What is in this article?:
- U.S. nutricosmetics market offers tremendous growth potential
- Nutricosmetics in the U.S.
- Promising skin health and beauty ingredients
Nutricosmetic ingredients and products have had an up and down history in the U.S. Industry expert Paula Simpson shows how to hit the bull's-eye in this market.
A few years ago market analysts and industry experts predicted the "beauty from within" category would see substantial global market growth by 2012. To date, the demand for nutricosmetics continues to evolve within the Asian markets, with Japan and China expected to lead this sector in global sales moving forward. Currently Japan leads the market, with consumer acceptance and sales accounting for greater than 90 percent of global market share. Western Europe continues to thrive in nutricosmetic sales mainly through the health professional pharmacy-based distribution. India and Brazil are untapped markets and may offer substantial growth for manufacturers and distributors in the near future.
Although we aim to achieve all nutrients through diet, the inconvenient truth is we are often challenged with this on a daily basis. The body is exposed to numerous toxic metabolites capable of generating free radicals and deteriorating the structural foundation within the skin. Seen as a hybrid effect between cosmeceuticals and nutraceuticals, nutricosmetics (dubbed "beauty from within") are oral products that generally provide naturally derived ingredients targeted to combat oxidative stress, inflammation and renewable nutrients to promote healthy skin.
Specifically, nutricosmetics are formulated to:
- Increase ROS scavenging activity
- Reduce chronic inflammation
- Stimulate immunity
- Support healthy skin cell renewal and strong dermal structure
- Potentially renew/repair photo-damaged skin
- Promote healthy hair and nails
- Support weight management