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The Sports Nutrition & Weight Loss segment generates sales of more than $14 billion in the United States in 2003.
NBJ's 32-page annual overview of SNWL features market quantifications, NBJ's list of the top 35 firms, new faces in sports nutrition, emerging products, sustained momentum in bars, opportunity in non-ephedra weight loss, low-carb foods and more.
EXCERPT FROM OVERVIEW ARTICLE:
Low-carb diets breathe new life into weight loss, ephedra alternatives must prove their worth, bars & beverages pace growth in SNWL market.
Representing about 23% of the $62-billion U.S. nutrition industry in 2003, sports nutrition & weight loss products are building a history of growth, innovation, entrepreneurship—and a considerable dose of controversy.
Long the frontier for over-the-edge marketing claims and exaggerated or ‘selective’ science, many believe the SNWL category has been the principle cause of the negative publicity the supplement industry has had to endure in the past couple of years. No doubt ephedra has been the beacon to attract the swirl of once-closeted moths who have come out to investigate what they deem as the “unregulated” supplement industry. However, many in the SNWL category—much like their responsible peers in vitamins, herbals and specialty supplements—feel they have been unfairly tarred by the brush aimed at black-washing the irresponsible minority...
TABLE OF CONTENTS: October 2003: Sports Nutrition & Weight Loss IV Overview Article...1-13
Low-Carb Foods: Entrepreneurial companies lead the low-carb business. Atkins, Carbolite and CarbSense reflect on growth and future prospects...14-17
Profiles I: Health Club Panel Network makes marketing easier in the health club channel; Maximum Human Performance tests radio to expand users; low-carb distributor JAMB predicts steep two-year growth for low-carb foods...18-19
Profiles II: Younger IBOs prompt Quixtar to expand SNWL offerings; Basic Research enjoys broad presence in sports nutrition through multiple brands; E-commerce and outsourcing work well for Musclemaster.com; IdeaSphere has plans for Twinlab...20-23
Gyms develop taste for private-label products: Health club leaders Bally, Gold’s and Powerhouse describe their participation in the nutrition business...24-25
Profiles III: iSatori and Nutrex represent the second generation in SNWL companies; sales take off for Loders Croklaan in CLA supply...25-28
Stock Reporter: NBJ Index stays ahead of the pack in 3rd quarter results...29-31
COMPANIES INCLUDED:
A2 Corp, Abbott Labs, Access Business Group, Alticor, American Bakers Assn., American Dietetic Assn, American Italian Pasta, Amway Corp, Anheuser-Busch, Apollo Management LP, Arkopharma LLC, Atkins Nutritionals, Babara’s Bakery, Bally Total Fitness Corp, Bariatrix, Basic Research, Baylor University, BBS Inc., Breakthrough Engin. Nutrition, Carbolite Foods, CarbSense, Clif Bar, Cognis, CoolBrands, Cytosport Inc., EAS, Equinox Fitness Clubs, Europa Sports Products, Fantastic Foods, Gallup, Gold’s Gym, GNC, Grocery Mftrs of America, Harvard School of Public Health, Health Club Panel Network, Health from the Sun, HealtheTech, Heinz U.S. Consumer Products, Henry J. Kaiser Family Found., Herbalife International, Hershey, Hormel, Hoyt & Co., HVL Douglas, Ideal Health, IdeaSphere Inc., ImagiNutrition, International Health, Racquet and Sportsclub Assn, IRI, ISatori Global Technologies LLC, JAMB, King Pharmaceuticals Inc, Kraft Foods, Latrobe Brewing Co, Leiner Health Products, lowcarb.com, Martek Biosciences Corp., Max Muscle, Maximum Human Performance, McNeil Nutritionals, Mintel Consumer Intelligence, MRI, Musclemaster.com, MVS Solutions Inc., Natural Alternatives Intl Inc., Nature’s Sunshine Products Inc., NBTY, Nellson Nutraceuticals, Nestle, Next Proteins International, Nutrex Research Inc., Nutrition , Nuvex Ingredients Inc., Organic Milling Co., PacificHealth Laboratories , Pharmachem Laboratories, Powerhouse Gyms, Quixtar Inc., Rebus Publishing, Rexall Sundown, Richardson Labs, Rite Aid, Royal Numico, Russell Stover, SANN Corp., Sloan Trends, Stauber Performance Ingred., SupermarketGuru.com, The Hain Celestial Group, The Hartman Group, Twinlab Corp, Unilever, United Natural Foods Inc., Universal Nutrition, Virbac Corp., Wal-Mart’, Walden Farms, Weider Nutrition International, Weight Watchers International, Wheat Foods Council, Whole Foods Market, Wisc Alumni Research Found, ZonePerfect
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