Pills Hold Their Own in Sports Supplement Space Packed with Powders

Capsules & tablets remain a viable home for innovation with double-digit sales growth
Feb. 16, 2012 6:10pm

Supplements to enhance sports performance have always appealed to bodybuilders and elite athletes. But now, everyone from weekend warriors training for their fi rst triathlon to seasonal exercisers (think New Year’s resolution-makers) wants products that will help support their goals. “We’ve definitely changed our marketing to target a much broader audience,” says Daniel Pierce, vice president of brand strategy and product development at Gaspari Nutrition in Lakewood, New Jersey. As the purchasing demographics have shifted, so too have the delivery systems. Protein and amino-acid powders in hulking cans promised to build equally massive muscles. Then bars, gels and ready-to...

 

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