DEMAND for protein dietary supplements rose by a staggering 175% in Spain final 12 months in response to figures from the Cofares Developments Observatory which measures distribution to pharmacies.
It additionally revealed a rise in gross sales of sports activities diet objects of as much as 14% and digestive merchandise of 8%- reflecting the rising curiosity in bodily exercise and digestive well being.
Pre-sports and bodily exercise merchandise accounted for 61% of gross sales within the protein complement class, adopted by restoration merchandise on 17%.
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Subsequent had been objects associated to digestive well being, which rose by 8% and the sale of probiotics went up by 9%.
Classes reminiscent of laxatives and anti-diarrhoea merchandise skilled a slight lower, which factors to a extra preventive and balanced strategy to digestive well being care.
Private care merchandise gross sales in pharmacies elevated by 5% with soaps accounting for 27% of the full adopted by colognes (8%) and deodorants (7%).
Merchandise to assist stop smoking continued to rise, with a sustained progress of 1%- a development that Cofares attributes largely to their financing by the general public well being system.
Damaged down by areas, Madrid, Catalunya and the Valencian Group accounted for greater than half of the demand (56%) for tobacco substitutes and anti-smoking objects.
Then again, non-prescription merchandise confirmed a normal lower; nicotine patches fell by 23%, chewing gum and sweets by 8% and sprays by 11%.
