{"id":606940,"date":"2026-04-16T01:23:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T01:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/606940\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T01:23:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T01:23:30","slug":"gruns-gummies-are-new-wellness-foray-for-unilever-as-supplements-take-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/606940\/","title":{"rendered":"Gr\u00fcns Gummies Are New Wellness Foray for Unilever as Supplements Take Off"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ArticleBodyText_articleBodyContent__17wqE typography_articleBody___5jDr\" data-component=\"paragraph\">Wellness gurus, Make America Healthy Again <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/features\/2026-02-12\/gary-brecka-how-a-biohacker-became-rfk-jr-s-maha-power-player\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"media-ui-Link_link-tVkXhPLPofs-\" data-component=\"link\">influencers<\/a> and no shortage of startups are urging us to eat healthier. Sure, one could follow Robert F. Kennedy Jr.\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/newsletters\/2026-01-14\/us-food-pyramid-guidelines-feature-steak-while-beef-prices-hit-record-highs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"media-ui-Link_link-tVkXhPLPofs-\" data-component=\"link\">revised food pyramid<\/a>, one purported guide to healthier eating, but there\u2019s an even easier fix these groups are also pushing: supplements. Swallow a capsule, mix a powder in some water or pop a nutrient-packed candy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ArticleBodyText_articleBodyContent__17wqE typography_articleBody___5jDr\" data-component=\"paragraph\">The fast growing US supplement market was valued at $69 billion in 2024 and is expected to reach $87 billion by 2028, according to an industry report from Nutrition Business Journal. That growth is powered by an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2024-11-05\/global-wellness-industry-is-now-worth-6-3-trillion\" title=\"The Global Wellness Industry Is Now Worth $6.3 Trillion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"media-ui-Link_link-tVkXhPLPofs-\" data-component=\"link\">increased interest in wellness<\/a> that spans ages and specific health concerns, whether it\u2019s cognition and mood, metabolism or menopause, as one financial-services company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lek.com\/sites\/default\/files\/insights\/pdf-attachments\/fueling-growth-sr.pdf\" title=\"Fueling the Future: Why Active Nutrition Is the Next Big Bet (.pdf)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"media-ui-Link_link-tVkXhPLPofs-\" data-component=\"link\">report<\/a> outlined. GLP-1s are hurting the packaged-food industry, but they\u2019re boosting supplement sales as users look to fill nutrient needs such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-09-07\/dairy-meat-makers-embrace-protein-moment-as-big-food-falters\" title=\"Dairy, Meat Makers Embrace Protein Moment as Big Food Falters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"media-ui-Link_link-tVkXhPLPofs-\" data-component=\"link\">protein<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2026-02-11\/high-fiber-is-latest-health-trend-hitting-starbucks-pepsi-and-kraft\" title=\"Fibermaxxing Is a Diet Trend Even Nutritionists Can Love\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"media-ui-Link_link-tVkXhPLPofs-\" data-component=\"link\">fiber<\/a>. Aging consumers are the most frequent supplement users, but millennials and members of Generation Z are all over the category as well, according to one <a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.hl.com\/pdf\/2025\/hl-february-2025-vms-sector-update.pdf\" title=\"Vitamins, Minerals, and Supplements (VMS) Sector Update (.pdf)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"media-ui-Link_link-tVkXhPLPofs-\" data-component=\"link\">investment bank report<\/a>. Consumers can buy their supplements pretty much anywhere: at supermarkets, health stores, on Amazon and TikTok too. Almost 80% of <a href=\"https:\/\/capitaloneshopping.com\/research\/tiktok-shopping-statistics\/\" title=\"TikTok Shop Statistics (2025): Revenue, Growth &amp; Trends\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"media-ui-Link_link-tVkXhPLPofs-\" data-component=\"link\">TikTok Shop\u2019s US sales<\/a> in 2025 were health and beauty related, according to a Capital One Financial Corp. report. Gummies are now the most popular format.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wellness gurus, Make America Healthy Again influencers and no shortage of startups are urging us to eat healthier.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":606941,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[7174,45,81435,49,48,7147,229087,2998,84,14211,2352,12171,3430,229086,395,81434,2927,17372,17709],"class_list":["post-606940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nutrition","tag-amazon-com-inc","tag-business","tag-businessweek","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-capital-one-financial-corp","tag-extra-salt","tag-food","tag-health","tag-industries","tag-influencers","tag-millennials","tag-new-york","tag-nielseniq","tag-nutrition","tag-pursuits","tag-startups","tag-unilever-plc","tag-us-dollar-spot"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/606941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}