At 15% growth, sports nutrition
& weight loss carry the torch for supplements.
This 24-page issue is NBJ's definitive annual assessment of the sports nutrition
& weight loss market with features on meal replacements, sports beverages,
weight-loss programs, distribution and health club channels. Includes NBJ's
ranking of the top 32 Sports Nutrition & Weight Loss companies in
2001.
Following chart is one of the
many detailed data breakdowns presented in this issue...copyright 2002, Penton
Media Inc.
Source: Nutrition Business Journal, NBJ's Sports Nutrition & Weight Loss
Report, derived from a variety of sources
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Sports
& Weight Loss Market III: NBJ sizes up the $9.9-billion U.S. sports
nutrition and weight loss market with a ranking of top marketers, trends,
product development and sales channel breakdown.......1-8
Isopure
clear protein beverage from Nature’s Best is an early mover in a
promising sports beverage niche...... 8-9
Studies
indicate that PacificHealth Labs and G-Push have designed more
beneficial sports drinks than Gatorade, but competing with multinationals
remains a challenge.....10-11
Enforma
Natural Products makes a successful transition to the mass market and plans
a return to infomercials........... 12-13
Specialist
distributor Europa Sports Products expands for national distribution and
grows ahead of the industry curve................ 13
Weight
Watchers and Jenny Craig have lion’s share of $1.3 billion market
for weight-loss centers and programs; eDiets customizes programs
for members.... 14-16
Apex
Fitness flexes its muscles in the gym and health club channel...17-18
SlimFast
leads the meal replacement category, but EAS, Naturade, Pacific
Foods and Kashi say they offer mass market consumers healthier
alternatives 18-19
Update
on a segment leaders: EAS and MET-Rx remain top
brands....................... 20-21
Stock Reporter: NBJ Index
gains 4% in January..........22-23
Companies Featured Include:
24-Hour Fitness, Apex Fitness Group, Artal Luxembour, Balance Bar, Bally’s
Total Fitness, Bariatrix, Cadbury Schweppes, Calorie Control Council, Carrington
Labs, Centers for Disease Control, Chattem, Clif Bar, Coca-Cola, Con Agra,
ConsumerLab.com, D.P. Hamacher & Associates Inc, Diet Smart, eDiets.com Inc,
EAS, Enforma, Ephedra Education Council, Europa Sports Products, Fitness Holding
Worldwide, Forever Living, G-Push Sport USA Inc., Galactogen Products Ltd.,
Gallup, GlaxoSmithKline, GNC, Hain Celestial, Hauser, Health Business Partners,
Health Canada, Health Holdings & Botanicals, Health Management Group, Heinz,
Herbalife, Hoffman/La Roche, Horizon Organic, ImagiNutrition, IMS Health Global
Services, International Health, Racquet, and Sportsclub Association, IRI,
Jenny Craig, Kashi, Kellogg Co, Kraft, LA Weight Loss Centers, Leiner Health
Products, Marketdata Enterprises, Max Muscle, Mead Johnson, MET-Rx, Natrol,
Naturade, Natural Alternatives Int’l, Nature’s Best, Nature’s Sunshine,
NBTY, Nellson Nutraceutical, Nestle, Nutraceutical International,
NutraIngredients, Nutri-Sport Inc., Nutrition 21, NVE Pharmaceuticals, Pacific
Foods, PacificHealth Laboratories, PepsiCo, Pfizer, Phytopharma, Rexall-Sundown,
Richardson Labs, Roche, Ross Products/Abbott Labs, Royal Numico, Slim Down
Solution, Southeastern Biomedical , Research Center, Technical Sourcing
Int’l Inc., Twin Lab, Unilever, Vitalstate Inc, Weighco, Weight Watchers,
WeightWatchers.com, Wellness International, Windmill Consumer Products, World
Health Organization, Worldwide Sports Nutrition, WW Foods LLC.
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