Sleep supplements sales shift as herbs rise faster than melatonin.

Todd Runestad, Content Director, NaturalProductsInsider.com, Sr. Supplements Editor

January 31, 2017

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By far, the top two health issues consumers are concerned about are sleep and lack of energy. And of course, the two are related.

In a consumer survey conducted by Nutrition Business Journal, more than 30 percent of survey participants indicated having issues with sleep or suffering from a lack of energy.

While OTC leader Zzzquil—a product spinoff of Nyquill—launched in 2012 and by 2015 became a $118 million brand, according to Statista, natural sleep aids are a combined $700 million play and estimated to rise to $800 million by 2020, according to NBJ.

The ingredient king remains melatonin—10 years ago, in a market one-third the size, melatonin enjoyed merely twice the sales as the second place valerian. Today, melatonin sales are five times that amount, while valerian’s sales are up only about 30 percent.

Although melatonin is the unrivaled king of sleep ingredients, its double-digit growth trajectory took a tumble to only about 7 percent in 2015, while combination herbs hit 10.7 percent in sales growth.

Other ingredients at play include homeopathics, 5-HTP, magnesium, hops and kava kava.

 

About the Author(s)

Todd Runestad

Content Director, NaturalProductsInsider.com, Sr. Supplements Editor, Natural Products Insider

I've been writing on nutrition science news since 1997. I'm The content director for NaturalProductsInsidercom and digital magazines. Other incarnations: supplements editor for newhope.com, Delicious Living and Natural Foods Merchandiser. Former editor-in-chief of Functional Ingredients magazine and still cover raw material innovations and ingredient science.

Connect with me here https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddrunestad/

My daily vitamin regime includes a morning smoothie with a range of powders including protein, collagen and spirulina; a quality multi, B complex, C with bioflavonoids, >2,000IU vitamin D, E, magnesium, high-selenium yeast, PQQ, choline, alpha-lipoic acid with carnitine, coQ10, fish oil concentrate, probiotics and some adaptogenic herbs. 

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