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Figure 3.7: Market Breakdown of Vitamin       Vitamin and mineral supplements
               and Mineral Supplements, Malaysia, 2018.      contributed RMnnn million to the
                                                             overall dietary supplements market in
               Source: Eigis Analysis.
                                                             2018. Vitamin C and Multi-vitamin/
                                                             mineral products were the two most
                                                             dominant              product            segments,
                                                             combining for nn% of the vitamin and
                                                             mineral supplements market.

                                                             Vitamin C products maintains pole position in 2018 with a
                                                             market share of RMnnn million, or nn.n% of the total vitamin
                                                             and mineral supplements market. It is closely followed by
                                                             multi-vitamin/mineral products, with a market share  of
                                                             RMnn million or nn.n%  of the total vitamin and mineral
                                                             supplements market.

                                                             Calcium is the single largest mineral-centred product
                                                             category, with a market share of RMnn million in 2018 (nn.n%
                                                             of total vitamin and  mineral supplements market). In
                                                             vitamin-centred product categories (aside from Vitamin C),
                                                             Vitamin B-complex products have the largest market share
                                                             at RMnn million (nn.n% of total vitamin and mineral
                                                             supplements market).

                                                             Iron intake in Malaysia is relatively  low, despite the
                                                             prevalence of iron deficiency among Malaysians. Market
                                                             share of iron products is estimated at around RMnn million
                                                             (n.n% of total vitamin and mineral supplements market).




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