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Vitamin D

One supplement, every record we hold on it: which conditions the evidence actually supports it for, what the people taking it ask, what is sold, what is patented, and what the businesses behind it earn.

Trace vitamin D across Prism's evidence, research, news, patent, community and company records — the conditions it is linked to and how well each is supported, the questions people taking it actually ask, and the industry built around it.

From source to claimed effect
claimed effectsSunFood & pillsLiver25(OH)DSunFood & pillsLiver25(OH)DSunFood & pillsLiver25(OH)D
Most of it is made in the skin from sunlight; the rest comes from a small number of foods and from pills.
The evidence snapshot

Related records across every corpus we hold, not a severity score.

14,565extracted claims · 1,280 high-strength
29,030research records · through 2025
140,355news matches · May 2021–Apr 2026
5,517patent publications · through 2024
8,596companies classified to the field

Built 2026-09-18 · Measurement windows and limitations

The evidence graph

14,565 extracted claims link vitamin d to 4,455 distinct conditions. The graph below ranks them by evidence strength rather than by how often each is written about — for this subject, and for most, those are different answers.

Prism claim record
Size by

Sized by claims at high or very high evidence strength. A dashed ring marks a link whose claims since 2023 outnumber 2019–2022 by more than two to one.

Read the “raises the risk of” lane carefully.

Most sentences of the form “low vitamin d raises the risk of…” are about a shortfall, not about taking more. The record keeps vitamin d deficiency as a separate subject, and it carries 1,790 risk claims against 373 filed under vitamin d itself — 83% of the combined total. Where the same condition appears in both lanes here, that is usually why: osteoporosis, rickets, cardiovascular disease, multiple sclerosis, cancer.

Raises the risk oftop 10 by evidence
  1. multiple sclerosis4 strong / 22
  2. fractures4 strong / 20
  3. falls4 strong / 11
  4. cancer3 strong / 32
  5. cardiovascular disease3 strong / 24
  6. stroke3 strong / 20
  7. type 2 diabetes3 strong / 15
  8. breast cancer2 strong / 17
  9. hypertension2 strong / 11
  10. hypercalcemia1 strong / 18
Used to treattop 10 by evidence
  1. covid-199 strong / 123
  2. gi disease9 strong / 9
  3. cancer7 strong / 65
  4. osteoarthritis7 strong / 16
  5. diabetes6 strong / 36
  6. type 2 diabetes6 strong / 21
  7. depression5 strong / 47
  8. sarcopenia5 strong / 13
  9. type 2 diabetes mellitus4 strong / 12
  10. cardiovascular disease4 strong / 11
Protects againsttop 10 by evidence
  1. cancer26 strong / 336
  2. colorectal cancer17 strong / 69
  3. heart disease14 strong / 151
  4. diabetes12 strong / 151
  5. type 2 diabetes8 strong / 72
  6. influenza8 strong / 28
  7. severe asthma exacerbation8 strong / 8
  8. stroke7 strong / 21
  9. osteoporosis6 strong / 250
  10. depression6 strong / 100
Mechanism intop 8 by evidence
  1. depression5 strong / 8
  2. inflammation2 strong / 25
  3. cancer cells2 strong / 6
  4. fractures2 strong / 3
  5. bone mineralization1 strong / 5
  6. immune response1 strong / 5
  7. viruses1 strong / 5
  8. breast cancer1 strong / 5

Written about most, supported least

Links with the widest gap between how often they are claimed and how often a strong study carries the claim.

Linked termClaimsHigh-strengthShare
diabetes11910.8%
osteoporosis25062.4%
osteoporosis11132.7%
covid-1916053.1%
bone health6123.3%
dementia9133.3%

What kind of study the claims come from

Every source document classified by design.

56%15%18%
Unspecified — 8,168 (56.1%)Preclinical — 1,162 (8.0%)Clinical & observational — 2,219 (15.2%)Review & meta-analysis — 2,569 (17.6%)Randomised trial — 447 (3.1%)

Every node here is a live subject in the disease evidence explorer: selecting one opens it as the centre of its own graph, with every other condition it touches.

Research landscape

29,030 research records carry this condition as an indexed subject heading between 2012 and 2025 — 2,309 of them randomised trials and 1,248 meta-analyses. The mix matters more than the total: it is what the evidence strengths in the graph above are built from.

Prism research record

Research records per year

Indexed research records, 2012–2025.

06901,3812,0712,7622012: 1,774 All records2013: 1,959 All records2014: 1,995 All records2015: 2,077 All records2016: 2,077 All records2017: 2,128 All records2018: 2,080 All records2019: 2,075 All records2020: 2,307 All records2021: 2,284 All records2022: 2,466 All records2023: 2,163 All records2024: 1,932 All records2025: 1,713 All records20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

Trials and syntheses per year

Drawn on their own scale; they are a small share of the total.

01142283424562012: 334 Reviews2013: 407 Reviews2014: 331 Reviews2015: 351 Reviews2016: 292 Reviews2017: 326 Reviews2018: 295 Reviews2019: 275 Reviews2020: 357 Reviews2021: 291 Reviews2022: 278 Reviews2023: 253 Reviews2024: 237 Reviews2025: 231 Reviews2012: 138 Randomised trials2013: 169 Randomised trials2014: 163 Randomised trials2015: 157 Randomised trials2016: 162 Randomised trials2017: 171 Randomised trials2018: 180 Randomised trials2019: 193 Randomised trials2020: 194 Randomised trials2021: 168 Randomised trials2022: 208 Randomised trials2023: 141 Randomised trials2024: 141 Randomised trials2025: 124 Randomised trials2012: 28 Meta-analyses2013: 53 Meta-analyses2014: 54 Meta-analyses2015: 59 Meta-analyses2016: 53 Meta-analyses2017: 91 Meta-analyses2018: 84 Meta-analyses2019: 90 Meta-analyses2020: 120 Meta-analyses2021: 122 Meta-analyses2022: 154 Meta-analyses2023: 129 Meta-analyses2024: 122 Meta-analyses2025: 89 Meta-analyses20122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
ReviewsRandomised trialsMeta-analyses
Substances studiedindexed substances
  1. Vitamin D29,007 · steady
  2. 25-hydroxyvitamin D7,754 · falling
  3. Vitamins5,850 · rising
  4. Calcium2,999 · steady
  5. Biomarkers2,584 · falling
  6. Parathyroid Hormone2,154 · falling
  7. Receptors, Calcitriol1,946 · steady
  8. Cholecalciferol1,588 · rising
  9. Calcifediol1,010 · rising
  10. Calcium, Dietary998 · falling
  11. Bone Density Conservation Agents793 · falling
  12. Blood Glucose684 · steady
  13. VDR protein, human654 · steady
  14. Calcitriol617 · steady
Studied alongsideco-indexed subject headings
  1. Risk Factors3,707
  2. Calcium2,999
  3. Biomarkers2,584
  4. Parathyroid Hormone2,156
  5. Bone Density2,033
  6. Receptors, Calcitriol1,947
  7. Body Mass Index1,356
  8. Diet1,193
  9. Osteoporosis1,178
  10. Seasons1,148
  11. Nutritional Status1,091
  12. Obesity1,049
  13. COVID-191,025
  14. Calcium, Dietary998
Where it is publishedjournals by record count
  1. Nutrients1,711
  2. PloS one665
  3. The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology564
  4. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism392
  5. Scientific reports381
  6. International journal of molecular sciences364
  7. Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA259
  8. The American journal of clinical nutrition224
  9. Frontiers in endocrinology195
  10. Medicine191

Counts are research records carrying the subject heading, not a measure of research quality or spend. Randomised trials and meta-analyses are recorded study designs. Rising and falling compare records per year in 2012–2021 against 2022–2025, because the two windows are different lengths.

News attention

140,355 articles across five years matched this subject. News volume measures attention, not incidence or severity — it is included here because the gap between what is covered and what is supported is one of the things this report is for.

Prism news corpus

Matched coverage per month

140,355 articles, 2021-05 to 2026-05. The final month is drawn dashed: the most recent weeks are still being ingested and always read low.

01,5433,0854,6286,1702021-05: 563 matched articles2021-06: 588 matched articles2021-07: 650 matched articles2021-08: 712 matched articles2021-09: 750 matched articles2021-10: 661 matched articles2021-11: 572 matched articles2021-12: 514 matched articles2022-01: 1,039 matched articles2022-02: 558 matched articles2022-03: 647 matched articles2022-04: 606 matched articles2022-05: 607 matched articles2022-06: 613 matched articles2022-07: 616 matched articles2022-08: 676 matched articles2022-09: 622 matched articles2022-10: 597 matched articles2022-11: 571 matched articles2022-12: 700 matched articles2023-01: 1,116 matched articles2023-02: 692 matched articles2023-03: 697 matched articles2023-04: 638 matched articles2023-05: 1,898 matched articles2023-06: 2,513 matched articles2023-07: 2,672 matched articles2023-08: 3,427 matched articles2023-09: 3,321 matched articles2023-10: 3,250 matched articles2023-11: 3,110 matched articles2023-12: 3,027 matched articles2024-01: 3,881 matched articles2024-02: 3,398 matched articles2024-03: 3,868 matched articles2024-04: 4,484 matched articles2024-05: 5,509 matched articles2024-06: 5,179 matched articles2024-07: 4,945 matched articles2024-08: 4,865 matched articles2024-09: 4,881 matched articles2024-10: 5,063 matched articles2024-11: 4,960 matched articles2024-12: 3,477 matched articles2025-01: 3,474 matched articles2025-02: 4,200 matched articles2025-03: 5,017 matched articles2025-04: 5,480 matched articles2025-05: 2,541 matched articles2025-06: 1,736 matched articles2025-07: 3,993 matched articles2025-08: 4,795 matched articles2025-09: 3,928 matched articles2025-10: 1,038 matched articles2025-11: 993 matched articles2025-12: 1,010 matched articles2026-01: 959 matched articles2026-02: 2,334 matched articles2026-03: 2,513 matched articles2026-04: 2,611 matched articles2021-052021-112022-052022-112023-052023-112024-052024-112025-052025-112026-04

What changed between the last two years

Themes by share of coverage

Gaining share of coverage

Losing share

Change in each theme's share of matched coverage between 2024-05–2025-05 (57,050 articles) and 2025-05–2026-05 (28,451 articles). A share change is not a percentage-point change, and a theme can gain share while its raw count falls.

How the coverage reads

Sentiment of every matched article

30%51%
Very positive — 72,957 (30.1%)Positive — 123,856 (51.1%)Mildly positive — 14,668 (6.1%)Leaning positive — 16,857 (7.0%)Neutral — 1,841 (0.8%)Leaning negative — 7,540 (3.1%)Mildly negative — 1,822 (0.8%)Negative — 2,577 (1.1%)Very negative — 299 (0.1%)
Coverage by subcategorynews model labels
  1. supplements for cognitive function enhancement86,395
  2. herbal supplements and their uses84,220
  3. dietary supplements and nutraceuticals14,790
  4. protein shakes and supplements5,075
  5. nail health supplements and vitamins3,642
  6. sports nutrition and performance supplements3,604
  7. egg nutrition profiles (protein, vitamins)2,352
  8. probiotics and gut health supplements2,319
  9. regulations and safety of dietary supplements2,182
  10. hair growth supplements and vitamins2,106
  11. vitamin deficiency symptoms and solutions2,087
  12. vitamin d sources and supplementation2,055
Named most oftenorganisations in matched coverage
  1. cbd1,447
  2. b12516
  3. intel258
  4. ferrari163
  5. nato158
  6. cadillac145
  7. poppi143
  8. fmi137
  9. costco135
  10. pepsico134
  11. social media130
  12. keto114

What the people taking it ask

139,490 typed signals from 139,488 public conversations. The research record says what it is supported for; this says what the people actually taking it want to know — and 8 of the 12 most repeated questions are asking how much to take.

Prism social signals

Signals per year and what they were doing

Every typed signal, and the kind of message it came from

06,24212,48418,72624,9682015: 3,035 signals2016: 3,516 signals2017: 4,284 signals2018: 7,623 signals2019: 8,738 signals2020: 13,464 signals2021: 14,980 signals2022: 16,621 signals2023: 18,291 signals2024: 22,293 signals2025: 21,991 signals20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
  1. Mentioned in passing101,175
  2. Recommending to someone11,677
  3. Describing an experience11,210
  4. Asking a question6,200
  5. Discussing dose4,487
  6. Warning others1,857
  7. Asking for help1,675
  8. Reporting a side effect941

What the conversation is about

Share of signals by aspect

  1. Does it work16,738
  2. Fitting it into daily life7,091
  3. Dose and titration3,361
  4. How quickly it acts1,602
  5. Side effects1,203
  6. Safety393
  7. Interactions229
  8. How bad it is36
  9. Absorption26
  10. Supply and shortages13

What people ask most

Recurring questions and requests for help, de-duplicated. Wording is as written, lightly tidied.

  1. Is this safe to take weekly i'm scared to take it?8 times
  2. How much vitamin d do you take?7 times
  3. How much vitamin d should i take?6 times
  4. How much IU per day should i consume?5 times
  5. How much vitamin d should i be taking?5 times
  6. Is 10,000 units of vitamin D 3 too much (daily)?5 times
  7. Is taking very high doses of vitamin d worth it?4 times
  8. How can i increase vitamin d if my body isn't able to absorb it and i'm intolerant to all dairy products?4 times
  9. How much vitamin d should i take and when can i expect to feel better?4 times
  10. Will 4000 ui of vitamin d be good?4 times
  11. Do i need a vitamin d supplement to correct a deficiency or is increased sun exposure adequate?3 times
  12. What is the difference between IU and IE?3 times

What people take it for

Conditions named alongside it, with how the reports read. Positive share counts only signals the model judged either way; neutral mentions are excluded from it.

ConditionMentionsOf those judgedSide-effect reportsCost & access
vitamin d deficiency3,96674% positive
311
depression3,33680% positive
340
hair loss2,11294% positive
50
acne1,64282% positive
470
eczema1,29192% positive
40
anxiety1,24476% positive
480
fatigue1,13390% positive
70
psoriasis1,11887% positive
10
hypothyroidism1,04888% positive
80
deficiency1,01371% positive
130

These are lived-experience signals, not clinical evidence and not a representative survey: the people who post are not a sample of everyone with the condition, and a treatment discussed more is usually a treatment prescribed more. Read them next to the evidence graph, not instead of it.

Where it is written about

Three different geographies of the same subject: where the news reports it, which regions carry that coverage, and where the companies working on it are based. None of them measures where the disease actually is.

Prism geography

Where the news is written

140,355 matched articles · 59 countries with coverage

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States and regions

Matched articles by reported region

State or regionCountryArticles
New YorkUnited States1,955
CaliforniaUnited States1,724
Noord-BrabantNetherlands1,546
MaineUnited States1,047
TexasUnited States970
TennesseeUnited States844
FloridaUnited States774
IllinoisUnited States661
New JerseyUnited States642
MichiganUnited States542
EnglandUnited Kingdom528
PennsylvaniaUnited States519
ColoradoUnited States462
CataloniaSpain451
ArizonaUnited States429
WashingtonUnited States418
MassachusettsUnited States416
GeorgiaGeorgia401
SingaporeSingapore369
MaharashtraIndia364

Where the companies are

One point per recorded headquarters

8,447 of 8,596 companies record a headquarters location; 4,000 of them drawn here.

City tags in the news corpus mix cities with states and acronyms, so this chapter uses country and state tags only. A country's article count reflects reported location and how much news that country produces; the relative-attention view divides that out.

What is being patented

5,517 patent publications between 2010 and 2024 name this subject in their title. Patents show where money expects a return, which is a different signal from either the research record or the news.

Prism patent corpus

Patent publications per year

5,517 publications on the strict match, 2010–2024.

01973945917882010: 607 Broad match2011: 590 Broad match2012: 570 Broad match2013: 611 Broad match2014: 593 Broad match2015: 608 Broad match2016: 682 Broad match2017: 704 Broad match2018: 643 Broad match2019: 630 Broad match2020: 644 Broad match2021: 642 Broad match2022: 655 Broad match2023: 611 Broad match2024: 583 Broad match2010: 351 Strict match2011: 355 Strict match2012: 325 Strict match2013: 353 Strict match2014: 350 Strict match2015: 342 Strict match2016: 378 Strict match2017: 400 Strict match2018: 361 Strict match2019: 377 Strict match2020: 378 Strict match2021: 404 Strict match2022: 389 Strict match2023: 382 Strict match2024: 372 Strict match201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220232024
Broad matchStrict match

Which ideas are growing inside the filing record

Title-term matches. Change compares filings per year, because the two windows are six years and five.

Theme in the filing title2014–192020–24Per year
stem cell441.2×
metformin410.3×
wound920.3×
islet000.0×
Classification areasdistinct patents per CPC group
  1. A61K — Medicinal preparations2,763
  2. A61P — Therapeutic activity of compounds2,712
  3. G01N — Investigating materials by analysis1,037
  4. C07C — Acyclic and carbocyclic compounds970
  5. A23L — Foods and non-alcoholic beverages526
  6. A23V — Food composition indexing447
  7. C07K — Peptides293
  8. Y02P283
  9. C07F267
  10. A61Q255
Named on the most filingsassignees as recorded
  1. WISCONSIN ALUMNI RES FOUND436
  2. DSM IP ASSETS BV191
  3. OPKO IRELAND GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD180
  4. LEO PHARMA AS127
  5. DELUCA HECTOR F95
  6. QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INVEST INC94
  7. CYTOCHROMA INC93
  8. CLAGETT-DAME MARGARET90
  9. PLUM LORI A87
  10. OPKO RENAL LLC75
  11. TEIJIN PHARMA LTD61
  12. BERG LLC58
Assignee countriesdistinct patents
  1. United States1,388
  2. Netherlands210
  3. South Korea180
  4. Japan167
  5. France162
  6. Switzerland151
  7. Germany142
  8. Denmark133
  9. KY124
  10. Canada116

Publication lags filing by roughly eighteen months, so the last years of this window are structurally incomplete and a fall at the right-hand edge is not a fall in activity. Assignee is whoever the filing names, which includes prolific individual inventors alongside companies.

What the companies are building

The 8,596 companies in this field are not building one thing. Grouping them by what they say they do separates the monitoring hardware from the drugs, the software from the surgery — and shows which approaches are the newer arrivals.

Prism company record
General supplement & vitamin brands5131 companies
$2,698M raised · 67 countries
  1. MMUSA$284M
    Online e-commerce platform for fitness supplements
  2. Bright LifeCare$229M
    Manufacturer of nutritional supplements and health and wellness products
  3. Zoe$133M
    Provider of gut health testing services and plant based supplements
Ingredients & manufacturing1197 companies
$3,061M raised · 41 countries
  1. NU Skin$751M
    Manufacturer of anti-aging products
  2. Bright LifeCare$229M
    Manufacturer of nutritional supplements and health and wellness products
  3. Nuritas$155M
    Developer of natural active ingredients with scientifically proven health benefits
Sports & performance1163 companies
$543M raised · 50 countries
  1. MMUSA$284M
    Online e-commerce platform for fitness supplements
  2. Science In Sport$48M
    Brand of sports nutrition and vitamin products
  3. Hofseth BioCare$47M
    Manufacturer of salmon oils, calcium bone powder and salmon protein hydrolysate
Plant-based & clean label915 companies
$1,363M raised · 44 countries
  1. Kate Farms$213M
    Provider of plant-based nutrition drinks
  2. Nuritas$155M
    Developer of natural active ingredients with scientifically proven health benefits
  3. Zoe$133M
    Provider of gut health testing services and plant based supplements
Direct-to-consumer retail632 companies
$355M raised · 41 countries
  1. MMUSA$284M
    Online e-commerce platform for fitness supplements
  2. Else Nutrition$31M
    Internet-first brand offering plant-based food products for kids on a subscription basis
  3. HyugaLife$22M
    Provider of an e-commerce platform that sells authentic health and wellness products
Personalised nutrition396 companies
$553M raised · 33 countries
  1. Hologram Sciences$100M
    Provider of personalized dietary supplements on the basis of AI-driven diagnostics
  2. Form Health$66M
    Provider of expert-led personalized nutrition training for weight loss
  3. Bioniq$34M
    Provider of personalized nutritional supplements using patented Swiss granules
Gut & microbiome356 companies
$763M raised · 31 countries
  1. Zoe$133M
    Provider of gut health testing services and plant based supplements
  2. Pendulum$109M
    Manufacturer of medical probiotics
  3. Oragenics$87M
    Developer of novel treatments for infectious diseases and oral mucositis as well as probiotics f
Children & family274 companies
$737M raised · 33 countries
  1. Once Upon A Farm$108M
    Brand of organic baby food products
  2. Prolacta Bioscience$99M
    Human milk-based nutrition for vulnerable infants, improving health outcomes
  3. LactaLogics$92M
    Provider of human milk-based products for premature and at-risk infants
Gummies & novel formats268 companies
$788M raised · 27 countries
  1. Yfood$256M
    Provider of ready-to-drink and powdered meal replacement products
  2. Kate Farms$213M
    Provider of plant-based nutrition drinks
  3. Fullife$78M
    Manufacturer of effervescent nutritional and pharmaceutical products

Which approaches are newer, and where the money moved

Cohort compares a theme's share of companies founded from 2017 against the field as a whole. Funding compares dollars per year in 2021–2026 against 2015–2020.

ThemeCompaniesFounded ≤2016Founded ≥2017CohortFunding per year
Personalised nutrition396118224newer4.1×
At-home testing351018newer9.6×
Direct-to-consumer retail632159247typical3.7×
Women's health1956392typical5.5×
General supplement & vitamin brands5,1311,6432,254typical1.3×
Sports & performance1,163384457typical0.9×
Gummies & novel formats26893106typical2.0×
Ageing & longevity1536159typical0.0×
Gut & microbiome356141128typical1.5×
Plant-based & clean label915344302typical1.2×
Children & family27411691older1.9×
Ingredients & manufacturing1,197581263older0.4×

Themes are read from each company's own description of itself, over the 8,326 of 8,596 companies that carry one. A company can sit in more than one theme, so the counts do not sum to the total. Funding counts rounds that state an amount.

Companies & capital

8,596 companies are classified to this field, 753 of them with a funding round on record. This is the commercial edge of the same subject the research and patent chapters describe.

Prism company record
8,596companies classified to this field
753with at least one recorded funding round
1,779funding rounds on record
$8.4Bdisclosed across rounds that state an amount

Companies founded per year

By recorded founding year. Recent years are incomplete: a company enters the record once it is covered, not when it is formed.

01803605397192000: 88 companies founded2001: 75 companies founded2002: 65 companies founded2003: 84 companies founded2004: 100 companies founded2005: 108 companies founded2006: 117 companies founded2007: 109 companies founded2008: 121 companies founded2009: 159 companies founded2010: 168 companies founded2011: 205 companies founded2012: 244 companies founded2013: 263 companies founded2014: 314 companies founded2015: 403 companies founded2016: 439 companies founded2017: 429 companies founded2018: 527 companies founded2019: 615 companies founded2020: 642 companies founded2021: 433 companies founded2022: 298 companies founded2023: 267 companies founded2024: 191 companies founded2025: 46 companies founded20002002200420062008201020122014201620182020202220242025

Disclosed funding per year

Rounds that state an amount

$0.0B$0.3B$0.7B$1.0B$1.4B2010: $0.2B raised2011: $0.1B raised2012: $0.1B raised2013: $0.1B raised2014: $0.1B raised2015: $0.2B raised2016: $0.3B raised2017: $0.5B raised2018: $1.2B raised2019: $0.5B raised2020: $0.7B raised2021: $1.0B raised2022: $1.0B raised2023: $0.7B raised2024: $0.7B raised2025: $0.2B raised2026: $0.1B raised20102011201220132014201520162017201820192020202120222023202420252026

Best-funded companies in this field

Ranked by disclosed equity across 1,779 rounds.

CompanyHQFoundedRoundsDisclosed
NU SkinManufacturer of anti-aging productsProvo, United States19842$751M
ViomeProvider of a machine learning based bioinformatics solutionsLos Alamos, United States20168$302M
MMUSAOnline e-commerce platform for fitness supplementsCarson City, United States19951$284M
YfoodProvider of ready-to-drink and powdered meal replacement productsMunich, Germany20173$256M
Bright LifeCareManufacturer of nutritional supplements and health and wellness productsGurugram, India201112$229M
Kate FarmsProvider of plant-based nutrition drinksSanta Barbara, United States20125$213M
NuritasDeveloper of natural active ingredients with scientifically proven health benefitsDublin, Ireland201413$155M
ChromaDexDeveloper of nutritional ingredients for health and wellnessIrvine, United States199923$149M
ZoeProvider of gut health testing services and plant based supplementsNew Castle, United States201716$133M
AG1Manufacturer of nutritional supplementsCarson City, United States20092$125M
BrightseedProvider of AI based platform to discover plant bio actives for human healthSan Francisco, United States20183$120M
TerraViaProvider of algae-based food, nutrition, and specialty ingredients for various industriesSan Francisco, United States20036$117M
CheckerspotBiotechnology company designs specialized fats and oils through precision fermentation using optimized microalAlameda, United States20166$117M
OvivaProvider of an online nutritional consultation platform for patientsLondon, United Kingdom20147$114M
ALOHABrand of nutrition supplementsNew York City, United States20127$113M
Rounds by stageas named on the round
  1. Seed700
  2. Series A285
  3. Post IPO190
  4. Grant (prize money)175
  5. Series B111
  6. Conventional Debt103
  7. Angel75
  8. Unattributed43
  9. PE33
  10. Series C29
Company stagelifecycle as recorded
  1. Unfunded4,004
  2. Not recorded1,437
  3. Deadpooled1,397
  4. Acquired436
  5. Funding Raised406
  6. Seed321
  7. Private242
  8. Public134
  9. Series A105
  10. Series B41
Also classified asother sector feeds on the same companies
  1. Consumer Digital - US1,870
  2. Life Sciences - US1,396
  3. B2C E-Commerce1,367
  4. Online Pharmacies1,282
  5. Consumer Digital - Europe1,019
  6. Consumer Digital - India871
  7. HealthTech - US785
  8. Life Sciences - Europe652
  9. Food as Medicine624
  10. HealthTech - Europe525
  11. Life Sciences - India503
  12. HealthTech - India487

The record carries an amount for only some rounds, so the disclosed total is a floor, not a market size. Companies are included by their recorded sector classification, which is coarser than the condition itself.

What the businesses actually earn

Funding is what a company raised; this is what it earned. 371 companies in this field file annual accounts in India, giving real multi-year revenue, profit and margin — including the loss-making years.

Official filings

Indian operations: filed accounts

371 legal entities with at least two filed years, from 1119 companies in this field based in India. 170 were profitable in their latest filed year; 205 grew revenue across the period. Figures in rupee crore, as filed.

CompanyRevenue trendLatest revenueNet marginRevenue CAGR
Tata Consumer Products Limited5 filed years · FY2021–FY2025₹12,801.9 cr+9.8%+15.7%
Divi'S Laboratories Limited5 filed years · FY2021–FY2025₹9,360.0 cr+23.4%+8.3%
Abbott Healthcare Private Limited5 filed years · FY2021–FY2025₹8,685.8 cr+12.7%+9.4%
Herbalife International India Private Limited5 filed years · FY2021–FY2025₹8,275.0 cr+12.6%+26.1%
Emcure Pharmaceuticals Limited5 filed years · FY2021–FY2025₹4,381.9 cr+7.2%+9.0%
Morepen Laboratories Limited5 filed years · FY2021–FY2025₹1,811.6 cr+6.5%+13.0%
Leeford Healthcare Limited5 filed years · FY2021–FY2025₹1,718.1 cr+14.0%+12.8%
Bright Lifecare Private Limited5 filed years · FY2021–FY2025₹1,312.6 cr+9.1%+43.8%
Zuventus Healthcare Limited5 filed years · FY2021–FY2025₹1,085.0 cr+12.4%+7.5%
Mahaan Milk Foods Limited5 filed years · FY2020–FY2024₹590.2 cr+2.6%+14.2%
Mosaic Wellness Private Limited5 filed years · FY2021–FY2025₹571.4 cr-2.1%+165.6%
Arjuna Natural Private Limited5 filed years · FY2021–FY2025₹438.0 cr+0.0%+2.5%

The same view, United States

Held back on this page. The coverage below is real and the companies are named; the figures open in Radar.

2,874US companies in this field
634with revenue on record
665with headcount on record
63with a public filing history
CompanyRevenueMarginHeadcountOn file
GNCPittsburgh, United States · listed•••••••••••
JeunesseUnited States•••••••••••
herbalifeLos Angeles, United States•••••••••••
WWNew York City, United States · listed•••••••••••
Renown Health ProductsBoca Raton, United States•••••••••••
Mead Johnson NutritionGlenview, United States•••••••••••
Nestlé Health ScienceBridgewater, United States•••••••••••
Zija InternationalLehi, United States•••••••••••
Bode ProScottsdale, United States•••••••••••
unicity internationalBangalore, United States•••••••••••
NU SkinProvo, United States · listed•••••••••••
USANA Health SciencesSalt Lake City, United States · listed•••••••••••
Revenue, margin and headcount for these companies are on file.Filed and estimated figures, multi-year where available, alongside funding and hiring.
Open in Radar

Indian figures are statutory company accounts as filed, keyed to the registered legal entity rather than to a brand name — one brand can file under several entities, and a subsidiary of a foreign parent files here like any other domestic company. Net margin is profit after tax over revenue from operations. Loss-making years are shown as filed, not hidden.

What people install

291 apps name this subject in their title, with 46 million installs between them. It is the cheapest thing anyone builds around a health subject, and the quality spread shows it.

Radar app signals
291apps naming it in the title
46Minstalls across them
4.2mean rating, of the 41 rated
283free to install

Apps released per year

By recorded release date

0173350662013: 3 apps released2014: 4 apps released2015: 4 apps released2016: 7 apps released2017: 14 apps released2018: 6 apps released2019: 11 apps released2020: 15 apps released2021: 13 apps released2022: 15 apps released2023: 22 apps released2024: 21 apps released2025: 59 apps released2013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025

How they are rated

41 of 291 carry a rating

44%29%20%
4.5 and above — 18 (43.9%)4.0–4.5 — 12 (29.3%)3.0–4.0 — 8 (19.5%)below 3.0 — 3 (7.3%)

Most installed

Apps with more than 400 ratings, so a single review cannot place one here

AppInstallsRatingRatingsCategoryReleased
iHerb: Vitamins & SupplementsiHerb35,759,6814.7729,518Shopping2013
Nutrabay: Supplements StoreNutrabay3,044,7225.026,846Health & Fitness
Supplementler.comSupplementler.com876,8764.916,512Shopping2014
Pigi Supplements: Whey ProteinAuthentic India868,8633.810,023Health & Fitness2016
Vitamin Pop: Fruit BubbleFunny Video Collections662,0884.98,804Puzzle2026
Vitamins, Minerals, NutrientsMedical Group Soft391,3684.72,441Medical2015
The Vitamin Shoppe - VShoppeThe Vitamin Shoppe, Inc375,7074.45,710Shopping2017
Vitaminler.comSupplementler.com320,2624.94,937Shopping2016
BulkSupplements.comBulkSupplements.com153,8784.3962Shopping2019
Prove It - Supplement ReviewsProve It137,8203.21,844Health & Fitness2025
Vitamin and Minerals : GuideCreativeZones123,2504.4425Health & Fitness2017
Vitamin - Fruits Deliveryvitamin app112,4563.6923Food & Drink2017
SuppCo: Supplement ScannerSuppCo96,7684.71,275Health & Fitness2024
My Aetna SupplementalAdminco Inc62,4274.4574Health & Fitness2019
By categoryapps, with installs behind them
  1. Health & Fitness123 · 6M installs
  2. Shopping48 · 38M installs
  3. Food & Drink23 · 0M installs
  4. Education16 · 0M installs
  5. Medical15 · 0M installs
  6. Lifestyle12 · 0M installs
  7. Tools11 · 0M installs
  8. Productivity8 · 0M installs

A marketplace listing is not a medical device and an install is not a user. Most of these apps are trackers rather than regulated products, and only 41 of 291 carry enough ratings to mean anything — the long tail is near-identical clones of the same tracker.

Full records

The complete tables behind the chapters above, including the rows that did not fit a ranking.

Inspect
News coverage by country59 countries
CountryArticlesShareRelative attentionCompaniesResearch
United States of America19,81814.12%0.53×2,8749,025
India2,3691.69%0.26×1,119273
United Kingdom2,2421.60%0.52×5757,948
Netherlands1,4291.02%13.52×961,395
China8030.57%0.47×124348
Canada7270.52%0.48×350
Australia7050.50%0.43×250249
Israel6060.43%1.80×
Spain5880.42%0.75×98292
France4460.32%0.34×115450
Italy4430.32%0.67×81493
Ukraine4400.31%0.89×
Germany3900.28%0.50×1691,590
Russia3820.27%0.69×
Japan3730.27%0.52×43466
Singapore3060.22%0.51×84
Turkey2500.18%1.16×39
Iran2390.17%1.32×
Switzerland2280.16%0.67×523,321
Brazil2130.15%0.39×99229
Belgium1910.14%below threshold
New Zealand1860.13%below threshold95
Norway1850.13%below threshold
Ireland1750.12%below threshold40293
Colombia1560.11%below threshold
South Korea1480.10%below threshold85
Mexico1340.10%below threshold45
United Arab Emirates1240.09%below threshold43
Nigeria1090.08%below threshold
Georgia1070.08%below threshold
Palestine960.07%below threshold
Sweden880.06%below threshold67
Thailand860.06%below threshold
Taiwan850.06%below threshold
South Africa780.06%below threshold74
Republic of the Congo700.05%below threshold
Austria700.05%below threshold
Denmark660.05%below threshold
Indonesia580.04%below threshold
Pakistan550.04%below threshold
Finland550.04%below threshold
Greece540.04%below threshold
Poland520.04%below threshold233
Egypt490.03%below threshold
Argentina490.03%below threshold
Ghana440.03%below threshold
Vietnam440.03%below threshold
Hungary420.03%below threshold
Iceland410.03%below threshold
Chile380.03%below threshold
Lebanon370.03%below threshold
Philippines360.03%below threshold
Malaysia340.02%below threshold72
Syria340.02%below threshold
Nepal310.02%below threshold
Panama310.02%below threshold
Afghanistan300.02%below threshold
Sri Lanka290.02%below threshold
Venezuela290.02%below threshold
News subcategories in full40 labels
SubcategoryArticlesPrior yearRecent year
supplements for cognitive function enhancement86,39542,65314,165
herbal supplements and their uses84,22041,16014,355
dietary supplements and nutraceuticals14,7902,9693,685
protein shakes and supplements5,0751,554635
nail health supplements and vitamins3,6428891,248
sports nutrition and performance supplements3,6041,0011,298
egg nutrition profiles (protein, vitamins)2,352901558
probiotics and gut health supplements2,319604739
regulations and safety of dietary supplements2,182712604
hair growth supplements and vitamins2,106584727
vitamin deficiency symptoms and solutions2,087546605
vitamin d sources and supplementation2,055504553
sports nutrition supplements and performance enhancement1,994492666
antioxidant-rich superfood supplements1,839516534
weight management supplements1,829667490
vitamin c and immune system support1,763479479
multivitamins for different age groups1,632506458
plant-based protein supplements1,629469576
calcium and bone health supplements1,514413446
efficacy studies on popular supplements1,396412434
vitamin b complex for energy metabolism1,362392391
supplements for joint and muscle health1,305334514
collagen supplements for skin health1,187330412
interactions between medications and supplements1,079361307
essential vitamins for daily health1,057297321
fiber supplements and digestive health1,040263448
prenatal vitamins and pregnancy nutrition972217251
zinc supplements for immune function939298213
children's vitamin requirements894226208
iron supplements for anemia prevention862271233
benefits of mineral supplements812277257
micronutrient deficiencies and supplementation strategies792232192
herbal and nutritional supplements for eye wellness759204143
weight loss supplements review755260181
electrolyte supplements for hydration754289193
nutritional supplements for pets634264126
vegetarian and vegan supplement options584174160
dietary supplements for inflammation reduction584172153
vitamin k and blood clotting functions557272101
functional beverages (e.g., vitamins/probiotics added)502218122
Patent assignees in full25 names
AssigneePatentsSince 2020
WISCONSIN ALUMNI RES FOUND43614
DSM IP ASSETS BV19127
OPKO IRELAND GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD18080
LEO PHARMA AS1276
DELUCA HECTOR F950
QUEST DIAGNOSTICS INVEST INC9426
CYTOCHROMA INC933
CLAGETT-DAME MARGARET900
PLUM LORI A870
OPKO RENAL LLC7523
TEIJIN PHARMA LTD6121
BERG LLC5811
EIRGEN PHARMA LTD5858
HYBRIGENICS SA560
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE DIAGNOSTICS INC537
PROVENTIV THERAPEUTICS LLC493
FAES FARMA SA4729
QINGDAO ZHENGDA HAIER PHARM CO430
HOFFMANN LA ROCHE416
SALK INST FOR BIOLOGICAL STUDI352
EXTEND BIOSCIENCES INC3311
GALDERMA SA320
DIASORIN S P A3210
CP PHARMACEUTICAL QINGDAO CO LTD3025
GRZYWACZ PAWEL280
Substances in the research record30 indexed
SubstanceRecordsBefore 20222022 onward
Vitamin D29,00720,7568,251
25-hydroxyvitamin D7,7546,3951,359
Vitamins5,8503,1152,735
Calcium2,9992,251748
Biomarkers2,5842,044540
Parathyroid Hormone2,1541,718436
Receptors, Calcitriol1,9461,374572
Cholecalciferol1,588965623
Calcifediol1,010527483
Calcium, Dietary998820178
Bone Density Conservation Agents79370291
Blood Glucose684521163
VDR protein, human654445209
Calcitriol617425192
1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D59050882
Vitamin D-Binding Protein555414141
C-Reactive Protein511360151
Fibroblast Growth Factor-2350944168
Phosphates486373113
Vitamin A449294155
Cytokines448315133
Fibroblast Growth Factors42434678
Phosphorus39930396
FGF23 protein, human38734245
Insulin38629690
Vitamin D3 24-Hydroxylase381262119
Alkaline Phosphatase36729275
25-Hydroxyvitamin D3 1-alpha-Hydroxylase34825989
Micronutrients341230111
Diphosphonates31927940
Company locations30 cities
CityCountryCompanies
LondonUnited Kingdom184
DelhiIndia169
MumbaiIndia156
New York CityUnited States122
BengaluruIndia114
Los AngelesUnited States92
San FranciscoUnited States77
SingaporeSingapore76
HyderabadIndia66
TorontoCanada63
GurugramIndia51
AustinUnited States50
MiamiUnited States45
AucklandNew Zealand44
San DiegoUnited States42
VancouverCanada39
AhmedabadIndia39
SydneyAustralia37
SeoulSouth Korea37
Las VegasUnited States35
NoidaIndia34
MelbourneAustralia34
DubaiUnited Arab Emirates33
IrvineUnited States32
PuneIndia31
BerlinGermany29
ChennaiIndia28
HoustonUnited States27
Hong KongChina26
DenverUnited States25

Sources & methods

Every window, every corpus and every limit that shapes a figure above.

Method
What this report is
One subject seen through five separate corpora. Nothing here is a clinical guideline, a diagnosis or a treatment recommendation. Where two corpora disagree, both are shown.
Scope
The evidence graph, the research chapter and the community chapter are scoped to vitamin D itself. The news, patent, company and app chapters are scoped to vitamins and supplements as a category, because those records rarely separate one nutrient from the shelf it sits on; where a figure covers the category it says so.
The claim record
14,565 statements extracted from 9,397 research and news documents, each carrying a relation, a direction, a study design and a GRADE-style evidence strength. "High-strength" means high or very high. It describes the design behind a claim, not whether the claim is correct.
Research
Indexed research records carrying the subject heading, 2012–2025. Study design is as recorded on each record.
News
140,355 articles matched by the news model's subcategory labels, May 2021–Apr 2026, from the Prism news corpus. Ingest does not stop cleanly, it tails off: weekly volume through May 2026 runs 720k, 750k, 446k then 348k, and June holds about a fifth of a normal month. The window therefore ends with the last month that is whole, and the final point on the monthly chart is drawn dashed because even it is still filling in.
Patents
Publications 2010–2024 whose title matches the subject terms. Publication lags filing by roughly eighteen months.
Companies
8,596 companies from the Prism company record carrying the Nutritional Formula, Online Supplement Stores, Nutraceutical Ingredients, Personalized Nutrition, Nutrition Gummies, Women Health Supplements, Probiotic Functional Foods sector classification, joined to 1,779 funding rounds. Amounts are disclosed values only; the record's own total-funding field is unpopulated for all but a handful of these companies and is not used.
Community voice
139,490 typed signals drawn from public patient and carer conversations through Prism social signals, each carrying what the message was doing (asking, recommending, reporting a side effect), a polarity and an aspect. Not a survey and not evidence: the people who post are not a sample of everyone with the condition. Wording is as written, lightly tidied; no individual, forum or platform is identified.
What is being built
Themes are keyword sets over each company's own description of itself, across the 8,326 companies that carry one. A company can sit in several themes, so the counts do not sum to the total.
Filed accounts
Statutory annual accounts as filed, keyed to the registered legal entity rather than to a brand: one brand can file under several entities. Figures in rupee crore. Net margin is profit after tax over revenue from operations. EBITDA is not derived here because it is meaningless for lenders and several of these entities are not manufacturers. The United States view is withheld on this page, not absent; its coverage counts are stated as they are.
App marketplace
291 listings whose title names the condition, with install counts and ratings as published by the marketplace. An install is not a user and a listing is not a regulated device.
What is not merged
Terms that mean the same thing in different words are not merged in the claim record, so a subject's totals can be split across spellings. The explorer states the same limit.

1 country names in the news record could not be matched to the map and are excluded from it: antarctica.