Digestive Remedies

The self-medication trend continues to build in South Africa, with this linked to inadequacies in the public healthcare system and a growing propensity to seek information about ailments and solutions online. In addition, high unemployment and ...

Hong Kong is one of the world’s food capitals with the highest density of restaurants globally. Compact living conditions mean that most families do not have enough cooking space at home, leading to the phenomenon where frequency of dining out is ...

The eating-out population continues to rise in Taiwan due to busy lifestyles and increasing number of double-income families. Dining out usually means oily and heavily flavoured food, and a diet lacking vegetables and fruits. Due to the oily diet ...

According to the latest information published by the Spanish Foundation of the Digestive System, around 80% of Spaniards suffered from some sort of digestive-related ailment. In a number of cases, the prevalence of mild digestive-related ailments is ...

Antacids witnessed the strongest value growth within digestive remedies in Malaysia in 2019. Demand for antacids products such as Eno and Actal is driven by Malaysians’ stressful lifestyles which can often lead to digestive issues such as heartburn ...

Australia’s population continues to age and this is likely to continue supporting demand for digestive remedies for the foreseeable future. Australia already has high numbers of people aged over 50 years old, with the baby boom generation comprising ...

Over the forecast period, digestive remedies is expected to continue recording positive current value growth, with demand driven by increasingly hectic consumer lifestyles. Consumers struggle to find the time to prepare daily meals, while urban ...

The average age of the Danish population continues to increase as the country’s substantial population of baby boomers has now reached retirement age, with the first cohort of baby boomers now entering their twilight years. This has resulted in ...

Two trends are apparent in consumer eating habits, with conflicting effects on digestive remedies. There is an ever-increasing awareness of the importance of eating healthy, clean food and of various conditions such as lactose intolerance and ...

Digestive remedies continued to see slow but steady current value growth in 2019. Although the retail value share of herbal/traditional products within digestive remedies dropped gradually over the review period, it maintained a strong presence and ...

The global market for consumer health products is set to finish 2019 with one of the weakest years in recent memory. Medium-term lack of innovations in the OTC space has collided with slowing demand for vitamins and dietary supplements stemming from ...

While interest among Slovak consumers in healthy diets is rising, consumption of unhealthy fatty, fried or sugary foods is still widespread, especially during special occasions such as birthday celebrations, weddings and Christmas. Therefore, many ...

The traditional full-fat cuisine of Azerbaijan is still the strongest driver of demand for digestive remedies in the country. Adoption of a global trend towards rapid lifestyles and fast food, which was very appealing to price sensitive consumers ...

Ongoing urbanisation is leading to a growing demand for digestive remedies. It is eroding traditional eating habits by breaking up social networks that have both traditionally provided food and passed on culinary techniques. In addition, the fast ...

The Georgian diet continued to support the growth of digestive remedies in 2019, and as consumers are not expected to significantly change their nutritional habits over the forecast period, the category has good growth prospects to 2024. The cuisine ...

Digestive remedies continued to be hit by rising prices in 2019. In addition, fewer expatriates in the country meant that digestive remedies was not as buoyant as previously due to a decrease in the numbers of consumers in the country. In addition, ...

A growing number of Greeks are experimenting with natural remedies as they look to avoid chemical ingredients where possible and this is also being promoted by the media. The shift towards natural remedies is benefiting herbal/traditional digestive ...

Diarrhoeal remedies and antacids look set to remain by far the largest categories in digestive remedies in value sales terms over the forecast period. Demand in both categories is expected to remain steady, partly due to population growth but also ...

With visiting a doctor to obtain a prescription a time-consuming and often expensive process, Romanian people are increasingly likely to resort to self-medication when experiencing digestive discomfort. This is especially the case for mild to ...

Digestive remedies continued to record reasonably strong current value growth in 2019, driven in particular by the dynamic category of diarrhoeal remedies. This product benefited from sizeable peaks of gastroenteritis outbreaks in 2018 and early ...