Vitamins and Supplements Trends: Sports Nutrition Growth, Healthy Aging, and Retail Share Shifts
By Madison Kuchar, Senior Go To Market Associate at @Yipitdata
Vitamins, Minerals, and Supplements (VMS) continues to expand across both sports nutrition and healthy aging categories as shoppers increasingly incorporate supplements into their daily health routines.
Growth is being driven by both sports nutrition and healthy aging categories, with shifts in retailer share, product formats, and subcategory demand reshaping the competitive landscape.
This analysis breaks down where growth is accelerating, which supplement categories are gaining traction, and how retailers like Amazon, Walmart, and Costco are performing across the VMS market.
What Is Driving Growth in the Vitamins and Supplements Market
The VMS market is experiencing steady growth, supported by increased consumer demand for functional health products and daily wellness supplements.
Sports nutrition is leading this expansion, gaining share faster than other segments, while healthy-aging supplements are also growing, though at a more moderate pace.
This indicates that performance-focused supplements and long-term health products are both contributing to category growth.
Within the broader supplement market, sports nutrition continues to outperform other segments in terms of growth.
Creatine has emerged as the fastest-growing subcategory, gaining share year over year, while protein powders, electrolytes, and pre-workout products are also expanding.
In contrast, BCAAs and amino acid supplements have declined, indicating a shift in shopper demand toward creatine and whole-protein formats.
Retail performance varies significantly across supplement categories, with different retailers gaining share depending on the segment.
In creatine, Costco recorded the largest share gains, while Amazon and Walmart saw declines.
In healthy-aging supplements, Walmart gained share, while Amazon 3P and Costco experienced modest declines.
These trends highlight how retailer performance is not uniform across the VMS category and varies by product type.
How Supplement Formats Are Evolving Across Categories
Creatine sales remain heavily concentrated in powder formats, particularly on Amazon, where powder accounts for the majority of category GMV.
At the same time, alternative formats such as gummies and capsules are gaining traction, contributing incremental growth to the category. These formats appeal to shoppers looking for convenience and ease of use compared to traditional powders.
Creatine performance at Costco is driven by a small number of leading products, with top SKUs accounting for a significant share of total category sales.
These leading products include both traditional powder formats and newer convenience formats, indicating that demand is concentrated but still spans multiple product types within the category.
Walmart Gains Share in Healthy Aging Supplements
Retail share trends within healthy-aging supplements differ from sports nutrition.
Walmart recorded the largest share gains in this segment, while Amazon 1P remained relatively stable and Amazon 3P and Costco experienced modest declines.
This highlights how retailer performance varies across different supplement categories, with Walmart strengthening its position in healthy-aging products.
Within the healthy aging category, magnesium and heart and circulatory support supplements are the fastest-growing subcategories.
Fatty acids and fish oils are also expanding, while collagen continues to grow in absolute terms but is losing share, indicating that demand is spreading across a broader range of health-focused supplements.
Capsules are the dominant format for magnesium supplements at Costco, accounting for the largest share of category sales and gaining share year over year.
Other formats such as gummies and softgels represent smaller portions of sales and have remained relatively stable, while powder formats account for a more limited share of the category.
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YipitData tracks trends across categories such as sports nutrition and healthy aging, including shifts in retailer share, brand performance, product formats, and shopper behavior. This provides a detailed view of how the supplement market is evolving over time.