Market Overview

Global Gummy Vitamin Market size was valued at around 23.91 billion in 2023 and is expected to reach a value of USD 63.69 billion by 2032, at a CAGR of 11.5% over the forecast period (2024–2032).

The Global Gummy Vitamin Market is a dynamic part of the overall dietary supplements market, spearheaded by shifting consumer desires and increasing concern with health and well-being. The gummy vitamin, originally seen as a palatable alternative to the pill and the capsule, has propagated far and wide in market space since they are easy to take, tasty to consume, and appealing across various age groups. They are swallowable tablets that cater to diverse nutritional needs varying from general health, immune function, energy, and specific deficiencies with child, adult, and elderly formulas offered.

Gummy vitamins are propelled by various driving factors including the overall phenomenal prevalence of nutritional deficiencies, lifestyle needs, and the acquisition of preventive healthcare. While individuals sought an effortless means of incorporating products into lifestyle, chewability in the case of gummy vitamins has been particularly pursued. Also, the gummy vitamin image of a "fun" and enjoyable way to promote health has assisted them in developing a larger consumer base than traditional supplement consumers, aiming at those who may otherwise avoid the use of dietary supplements.

Innovation is a significant factor in market growth for gummy vitamins. Companies are constantly working on new shapes, flavouring, and functional ingredients as a means of building their brand and addressing various needs of health-oriented consumers. The ready availability of natural and organic ingredients, sugar-free ingredients, and plant derivatives has also gained popularity in the market among consumers with special dietary requirements or preferences. In addition, the need for clean-label foods with transparency in ingredients and processes has also impacted consumer buying behaviour, reflecting industry trends in food and dietary supplements.

Expansion in direct-to-consumer channels and e-commerce has also spurred the market to expand the product convenience among customers with more exposure to a range of gummy vitamins. Direct-to-consumer retailers expose customers to product ease of home delivery, product reviews, and product information, which drives expansion in mature and emerging markets. Convenience, taste, and health messaging by brands have also driven customer demand.

Though it has strong growth, the gummy vitamins category is vulnerable to risk on sugar content, stability of active ingredients, and regulatory attention. The category is resisting these threats with low-sugar or sugar-free products and novel technologies for demonstrating efficacy and active ingredient shelf life. The very regionalized nature of the regulatory environment compels companies to maintain high compliance in conjunction with product innovation.

Market Drivers

High Demand for On-The-Go Dietary Supplement Products

• Health-conscious consumers are looking for nutrient-rich food and foodstuffs containing essential ingredients to ensure they remain healthy and improve their physical and mental health. Preference for foods that contain healthy ingredients, such as vitamins, that are required in the prevention or treatment of a particular condition or disease has improved because of an ageing population coupled with heightened awareness among consumers across developed and emerging economies. As there is an increasing demand for such products, a range of manufacturers has presented a selection of vitamin-enhanced dietary supplement products to the market.
• Millennials in every region and country are witnessing their work agendas becoming more crowded, and more elderly individuals find it difficult to use medication. Due to such traits, a significant consumer need exists for products that are light, portable, and based on vitamins that one can easily swallow while on the go and chew instead of swallow. Gummy vitamins are edible candies that address such concerns and provide users with the convenience of on-the-go consumption.
• More people like the sweet sugar-derived flavour topping that gummy vitamins contain. Since dietary supplements carry bitter, bad, and ugly strong Flavors, kids and the elderly both avoid taking them. Therefore, gummy vitamin manufacturers see an enormous business opportunity for selling a line of their products. Besides, critical considerations like the higher concentration of multivitamins in gummy vitamins lead to consumers choosing such products over other single vitamin tablets or capsules due to ease of consumption. Therefore, growing demand for easy-to-consume and convenient supplements is driving growing demand for gummy vitamins.

Market Opportunities

Synthetic and Natural Flavour Enhancements and Developments According to Dynamic Demands for Improved Flavors Among the Consumers

• The gummy vitamins market has been growing at a fast pace over the last several years. This is attributed to the flavours, fragrances, and convenience of consumption of gummy vitamins, as well as the other health benefits they have to offer. Previously, big companies marketed gummies in a limited variety of flavours, colours, shapes, and sizes. But the demand for gummy vitamins started to sharply rise due to heightened consumption and awareness. Market leaders are focusing on manufacturing a range of gummy vitamins with distinctive flavours, like strawberry, orange, lime, cherry, and other familiar flavours. Buyers are experiencing vibrant demands in terms of flavour attractiveness as gummies become popular. Major producers are focused on investing in the development and manufacturing of gummies in different Flavors due to these factors.
• To increase their business choices and enhance public approval and acceptance, manufacturers have started offering new and unusual flavours, including cherry, cola, peach, raspberry, and others. To enhance their flavours, some gummies contain corn syrups or artificial colouring. However, market buyers prefer to buy colourful, natural-tasting, organic sweets. This is because natural and organic foods offer health advantages.
• Consequently, some of the companies in the industry are coming up with gummy vitamins containing actual fruit flavours. For instance, in March 2020, Vitafusion (US) launched a line of products that feature apple cider vinegar gummies and natural peach flavour. These gummies contain no artificial flavours or sweeteners, dairy, high fructose corn syrup, or synthetic FD&C dyes. To accommodate the evolving global consumer demand for a vast array of flavours, businesses are producing and launching gummies that mix flavours from natural fruits. For the regional and global businesses in the global gummy vitamin market, this translates to more space for growth.

Market Restraining Factors

High cost of products

• Most of the vitamins available are synthetic. In addition, the limited raw material supply for naturally derived vitamins has led to increased costs of production of naturally derived vitamins compared to synthetic vitamins, which is yet another significant reason why synthetic vitamins have become increasingly popular among gummy vitamin companies. Petroleum extracts or derivatives of coal tar, being cheaper raw materials, are employed to produce most synthetic vitamins. While individuals are opting for vitamins derived from natural sources more often these days, the cost and investment involved in producing them is considerable.
• Efficient release of vitamins A and E has been impacted recently by raw material availability operating challenges. Some naturally vitamin D rich foods may increase the likelihood of vitamin D deficiency among consumers. Raw material scarcity impacts vitamin D, vitamin A, and many other vitamins, increasing their price. These factors increase the cost of producing gummy vitamins. In addition, formulating a gummy dietary supplement with additional nutrients, tastes, and pigments is more challenging and costly than formulating tablets or capsules. This, in turn, contributes to increased production costs, which makes gummy vitamins costlier than conventional vitamin dietary supplements in tablet, capsule, or pill form. The prices of gummy vitamins are thus bound to be affected by fluctuations in raw material supply. One of the greatest hindrances preventing the market for gummy vitamins from growing is its volatile pricing.

Segmentation Analysis

The market scope is segmented because of by Product, by Ingredient, by End-Use.

• By Product

Based on the Product of the market is segmented into Vitamins, Minerals, Carbohydrates, Omega Fatty Acids, Proteins & Amino Acids, Probiotics & Prebiotics, Dietary Fibers, CBD/CBN, Psilocybin/Psychedelic Mushroom, Melatonin, Others.

Gummies for vitamins dominated the market at 24.1% in 2023, as growing instances of deficiency in vitamins stimulated demand. Humans are primarily deficient in vitamins as a result of diet and lifestyle, especially in Vitamin D and B12. Gummies provide a convenient method of restoring the vitamins. Apart from this, vitamin gummies are gaining extreme popularity among professionals as they Favor metabolic well-being and control the glycaemic index & folic acid level of the human system. Apart from this, fruitful advertisement campaigns, such as medical professional endorsement and social media marketer endorsement, have increased awareness & demand for vitamin gummies. In April of 2022, Nature's Truth, which manufactures wellness products, such as supplements and vitamins, introduced numerous vitamin gummies for adults due to the trend for vitamin gummies.

The psilocybin/psychedelic mushroom gummies market will be able to reach a CAGR of 18.6% during the forecast period 2024-2032 due to more interest in alternative medication, shifting attitudes toward psychedelics, improved dosage control, and flavour. New products are being launched by producers because the demand for psilocybin/psychedelic mushrooms is growing. For example, in January of 2023, Nevada's Galaxy Treats, a manufacturer of cannabinoids and active ingredients, launched its new Moon Shrooms Amanita Mushroom Gummies product. The gummies contain Amanita mushrooms, which are psychedelic, and are part of the company's growing portfolio of new age products.

• By Ingredient

Based on the Ingredient of the market is segmented into Gelatine, Plant-based Gelatine substitutes.

Gelatine was the dominant market with a revenue market share of 68.1% in 2023 due to its texture, versatility, affordability, availability, stability, and compatibility with other ingredients. Gelatine is compatible with a broad variety of other ingredients such as vitamins, minerals, and Flavors, making it a manufacturer's go-to to produce functional gummies with added health benefits.

Also, Gelatine gummies have a soft, chewy feeling, and many people would desire this. In addition to their texture feeling very much like what is commonly thought of when seeing traditional gummy candy, for this reason as well they will be great tasting to consume. Also, the stability is not bad for these and can accept temperature and humidity changes well enough, and in this manner best suited for storage and shipping.

The Gelatine substitutes derived from plants are expected to grow at a rate of 12.2% CAGR for the period from 2024 to 2032 due to health and ecological concerns and dietary pattern changes. Consumers are now more concerned with their health and the environment and want products in line with these concerns. Plant-based gummies are considered better for health and the environment versus Gelatine gummies produced from animal-based sources. Besides, the majority of consumers eat vegan or vegetarian and are looking for gummies that align with their diet. Plant-based gummies are a more suitable option for such consumers as they do not have any animal-derived elements.

• Regional Snapshots

By region, Insights into the markets in North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, Latin America and MEA are provided by the study. The global market for gummy vitamins has been controlled by North America due to several factors among which high levels of consumer awareness regarding dietary supplements, a high emphasis on preventive medicine, and high disposable incomes are prominent. The highly established distribution channels of the region like pharmacies, supermarkets, and the internet and its highly established healthcare infrastructure have placed gummy vitamins in easy reach. Both the availability of the principal manufacturers and regular product innovations with local preferences have spurred market expansion. North America's dominance is provoked by demand for clean-label, sugar-free, and organic products due to the high premium on transparency of product labels and health concern.

The Asia-Pacific region, however, will be most likely to experience the most rapidly growing gummy vitamin market. Urbanization, middle-class health awareness, and changing eating habits are the key drivers for this rapid growth. Gummy vitamins are one of the dietary supplements in great demand owing to increasing disposable incomes and an emphasis on preventive care in countries such as China, India, and Japan. Additionally, the products are becoming increasingly available as a result of the development of e-commerce platforms and direct-to-consumer channels within the region. Government health and wellness campaigns and the introduction of regional Flavors and formulations to cater to various consumer tastes are expected to drive further growth of the gummy vitamin market within the Asia-Pacific region.

List of Companies Profiled

• Procaps Group
• Santa Cruz Nutritionals
• Amapharm
• Herbaland Canada
• Allseps Pty. Ltd.
• Vitux AS
• Boscogen, Inc.
• Bettera Brands, LLC
• NutraStar Manufacturing Ltd.
• Better Nutritionals
• Prime Health Ltd.
• AJES Pharmaceuticals LLC
• Lactonova
• com
• Lexicare Pharma Pvt. Ltd.
• Superior Supplement Manufacturing
• Well Aliments
• Supplement Factory Ltd.
• Vitakem Nutraceutical, Inc.

Key Industry Developments

In March 2023, A probiotic gummy that combines prebiotics, probiotics, and postbiotics was introduced by Goli Nutrition Inc. These gummies boost immunity and preserve a balanced gut flora.

Report Coverage

The report will cover the qualitative and quantitative data on the Global Gummy Vitamin Market. The qualitative data includes latest trends, market players analysis, market drivers, market opportunity, and many others. Also, the report quantitative data includes market size for every region, country, and segments according to your requirements. We can also provide customize report in every industry vertical.

Report Scope and Segmentations:

Regional Analysis

North America accounted for the highest Gummy Vitamin Market% market share in terms of revenue in the Gummy Vitamin Market and is expected to expand at a CAGR of Gummy Vitamin Market% during the forecast period. This growth can be attributed to the growing adoption of Gummy Vitamin Market. The market in APAC is expected to witness significant growth and is expected to register a CAGR of Gummy Vitamin Market% over upcoming years, because of the presence of key Gummy Vitamin Market companies in economies such as Japan and China.

The objective of the report is to present comprehensive analysis of Global Gummy Vitamin Market including all the stakeholders of the industry. The past and current status of the industry with forecasted market size and trends are presented in the report with the analysis of complicated data in simple language.

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North America

• U.S.
• Canada

Europe

• Switzerland
• Belgium
• Germany
• France
• U.K.
• Italy
• Spain
• Sweden
• Netherland
• Turkey
• Rest of Europe

Asia-Pacific

• India
• Australia
• Philippines
• Singapore
• South Korea
• Japan
• China
• Malaysia
• Thailand
• Indonesia
• Rest Of APAC

Latin America

• Mexico
• Argentina
• Peru
• Colombia
• Brazil
• Rest of South America

Middle East and Africa

• Saudi Arabia
• UAE
• Egypt
• South Africa
• Rest Of MEA

Points Covered in the Report

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Key Question

• How much the global Gummy Vitamin Market valued?
• Which region has the largest share in 2024 for the global Gummy Vitamin Market?
• What are the driving factors for the market?
• Which is the leading segment in the global market?
• What are the major players in the market?

Research Scope of the Market

• Historic year: 2019-2022
• Base year: 2023
• Forecast: 2024 to 2032
• Representation of Market revenue in USD Million

Gummy Vitamin Market Trends: Market key trends which include Increased Competition and Continuous Innovations Trends: