Is 2017 a Better Year for Dietary Supplements than 1998?
In celebration of Nutritional Outlook’s 20th anniversary, dietary supplement leaders share their views on how the industry has changed over the past two decades.
The dietary supplements industry that exists today is vastly different than the industry that was still emerging two decades ago. During that time, the industry has gone from a fledgling enterprise still seeking legitimacy, regulatory structure, and recognition to a mainstream behemoth with sales $41 billion strong in the United States alone, per recent Nutrition Business Journal estimates.
The industry has changed, but have those changes been for the better or for the worse? With success comes scrutiny, after all, and even as supplements have grown their reach and become ubiquitous in households today, the industry also faces its share of critics and challenges on many fronts. With this in mind, and as Nutritional Outlook celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, we asked industry leaders and friends the following question: “Why is 2017 a better year for the dietary supplements industry than 1998? As an industry, how are we better or worse off than we were in 1998?”CLICK ON IMAGES TO VIEW SLIDESHOWPhoto © Shutterstock.com/Alexey V Smirnov
