Not all health claims create value equally. By analysing the survival of thousands of US soft drink SKUs between 2023 and 2026, Euromonitor International's Product Survival Model reveals how the same claim can be associated with stronger product longevity in one category and weaker performance in another. Using immune health and sugar reduction as examples, this article highlights why category context matters and why popular claims do not automatically translate into survivability. It also shows how identifying claims with no measurable impact can be just as valuable, helping innovation teams make more informed formulation, communication and SKU optimisation decisions.

Euromonitor’s Ingredient Spotlight series explores how ingredients evolve across beauty and personal care through SKU-level tracking of products, categories and markets. In this article, we focus on bakuchiol, examining its growing adoption beyond core Western markets, continued concentration in skin care and evolving role within formulations. The article also demonstrates how combining ingredient tracking with insights from Euromonitor’s Innovation System can reveal how brands deploy ingredients within new product launches, monitor retail expansion and identify the strategies driving commercial success. Together, these tools provide a deeper view of ingredient trends, innovation and competitive positioning.

As innovation in the US vitamins and dietary supplements market becomes more selective, brands must justify value more clearly at launch. This article examines how health claims and, particularly, claim combinations serve as a key mechanism for communicating that value. Using a large SKU-level dataset, the analysis identifies which combinations are most closely associated with higher pricing, highlighting the growing importance of claim architecture in supporting premium positioning.