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Health and Wellness in Australia
Health and Wellness in Australia
Euromonitor International
April 2022
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Competitive landscape
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners remained the largest player in health and wellness in 2021,
as it – and other major soft drinks companies, such as Schweppes Australia – attempted to
meet the Sugar Reduction Pledge, to reduce the sugar content of their beverages by an
average of 20% between 2015 and 2025. Meeting this pledge requires either the reformulation
of the full-sugar variants, or a resolute effort to focus their marketing on their reduced sugar
SKUs, with most manufacturers choosing the latter.
Major players in the fortified/functional category include Groupe Danone, due to its strength in
milk formula, and Frucor Suntory Australia, due to its strength in energy drinks, specifically with
the V brand. Major players in breakfast cereals, such as Kellogg (Australia) and The Sanitarium
Health Food Co (Australasian Conference Association), also have a strong presence, although
one that is fading as Australians pivot away from eating breakfast.
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Retailing developments
Health and wellness was buffeted by the COVID-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns, as
several previously popular retail channels were effectively closed for long periods of time across
much of the country, particularly the highly populated areas of Sydney and Melbourne. On-the-
go channels were particularly impacted, as consumers were spending more time at home and
consequently had less need for on-the-go snacks or beverages. Thus, it was supermarkets and
e-commerce that saw major gains.
Given the wider range of products offered by supermarkets and e-commerce, the pandemic
gave smaller brands greater exposure than usual, leading to fluctuations in the competitive
landscape. Many of the new up-and-coming brands promoted themselves as health and
wellness products. Companies such as Nexba Beverages (which offers sugar-free products),
Vegie Chip Co (which offers gluten-free products) and Soda Press Company (which offers
organic products) consequently made significant gains.
MARKET DATA
Table 1 Sales of Health and Wellness by Type: Value 2016-2021
AUD million
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Better For You (BFY) 3,145.0 3,201.5 3,259.6 3,294.7 3,411.0 3,529.8
Fortified/Functional (FF) 5,072.6 5,349.0 5,582.2 5,911.8 5,947.4 6,245.7
Free From 920.2 987.8 1,061.5 1,130.2 1,210.8 1,269.6
Naturally Healthy (NH) 5,579.7 5,705.5 5,822.2 5,914.2 6,086.9 6,198.8
Organic 938.8 970.3 1,082.9 1,089.1 1,118.8 1,160.1
Health and Wellness by 15,656.2 16,214.1 16,808.5 17,339.9 17,775.0 18,404.0
Type
Source: Euromonitor International from official statistics, trade associations, trade press, company research,
store checks, trade interviews, trade sources
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AUD million
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
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AUD million
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
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Source: Euromonitor International from official statistics, trade associations, trade press, company research,
store checks, trade interviews, trade sources
Table 6 Sales of Health and Wellness by Prime Positioning: % Value Growth 2016-2021
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Table 10 Distribution of Health and Wellness by Format and Category: % Value 2021
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Retailers
--- Food/drink/tobacco 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
specialists
--- Independent Small 5.7 6.3 4.0 6.4 14.1
Grocers
-- Other Grocery 4.4 2.8 16.8 3.7 14.7
Retailers
- Non-Grocery Specialists 0.4 1.4 1.1 0.6 0.4
Non-Store Retailing 3.5 4.4 7.6 3.6 7.0
- Vending 1.5 1.4 0.1 0.1 1.2
- Homeshopping 0.2 0.3 1.4 0.6 1.4
- E-Commerce 1.8 2.6 6.1 2.8 3.9
- Direct Selling 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.5
Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Source: Euromonitor International from official statistics, trade associations, trade press, company research,
store checks, trade interviews, trade sources
Key: BFY = better for you; FFU = fortified/functional; FFRM = free from; NH = naturally healthy; ORG =
organic
AUD million
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Better For You (BFY) 3,529.8 3,589.4 3,647.5 3,703.6 3,756.7 3,807.4
Fortified/Functional (FF) 6,245.7 6,445.9 6,643.4 6,841.7 7,044.1 7,244.7
Free From 1,269.6 1,318.3 1,374.6 1,435.3 1,500.3 1,569.1
Naturally Healthy (NH) 6,198.8 6,257.3 6,313.0 6,372.8 6,433.2 6,497.4
Organic 1,160.1 1,204.6 1,245.3 1,292.3 1,342.3 1,396.8
Health and Wellness by 18,404.0 18,815.5 19,223.7 19,645.6 20,076.6 20,515.4
Type
Source: Euromonitor International from trade associations, trade press, company research, trade interviews,
trade sources
Table 12 Forecast Sales of Health and Wellness by Type: % Value Growth 2021-2026
AUD million
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
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Table 14 Forecast Sales of Health and Wellness by Category: % Value Growth 2021-
2026
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Table 15 Forecast Sales of Health and Wellness by Prime Positioning: Value 2021-2026
AUD million
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026
Table 16 Forecast Sales of Health and Wellness by Prime Positioning: % Value Growth
2021-2026
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DISCLAIMER
Forecast and scenario closing date: 29 November 2021
Report closing date: 6 April 2022
Analysis and data in this report give full consideration to consumer behaviour and market
performance in 2021 and beyond as of the dates above. For the very latest insight on this
industry and consumer behaviour, at both global and national level, readers can access
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SOURCES
Sources used during the research included the following:
ACCC
Agriculture Australia
Anaphylaxis Australia
Australian Government
Australian Olives
Coeliac Australia
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UN Comtrade
US department of Agriculture
AP News
Australian Organic
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Canegrowers Association
Dairy Australia
Hort Innovation
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ABC News
Adelaide Now
AdNews
AFR
Age, The
Appliance Retailer
Aqua Botannical
AusFoodNews
Australian, The
B&T Magazine
B&T Weekly
BeanScene Magazine
Bertocchi Smallgoods
Beverage Daily
Beverage Industry
Beverage Net
Beverage World
Bite Magazine
Bloomberg
Business Insider
Business Spectator
C&I Retailing
Caffe Culture
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Confectionery News
Consumable
Convenience World
Courier Mail
C-store
Daily Telegraph
Dairy News
Dairy Reporter
Essential Baby
Fairfax Media
Farmonline
FarmWeekly
Food Dive
Food Frontier
Food Magazine
Food Navigator
Food Processing
Food Works
Foodanddrink Business
Foodbev Media
FoodBev.com
Foodmag
FoodNavigator Asia
foodnavigator-asia
Fox FM
Fresh Plaza
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Good Food
Gourmet Traveller
Herald Sun
Hospitality Magazine
Huffington Post
Illawarra Mercury
Inside FMCG
ITWire
Just Food
Marketing Magazine
Milk value
News Mail
News.com.au
Packaging News
PR Newswire
PR Week
Retail World
Retailworld
Sky News
Smart Co
STiR
The Age
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The Australian
The Chronicle
The Conversation
The Herald
Vegconomist
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