02 Mar 2026

The women's health revolution - opportunities and unknowns

Why has women's health historically been an underfunded sector in the food industry - and what do we stand to gain as that begins to change?

With supplement launches carrying a women's health claim growing in recent years, and perimenopause product launches alone up 45% in 2024, the commercial opportunity is significant. 

But so is the scientific gap. Women's health has been studied through a one-size-fits-all lens for too long - and the nutrition needs of a woman in her 20s, through pregnancy, perimenopause and beyond, are not the same.

As we approach International Women's Day, this episode, recorded at the Food Matters Live event in Rotterdam, sees our panel of experts map both the opportunity and the unknowns.

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