This Frost & Sullivan research service titled U.S. Eye Health Ingredients Markets provides market drivers, restraints, challenges, revenue forecasts at total market, segment and sub-segment levels, detailed industry structure analysis, and competitive structure analysis for the U.S. eye health ingredients market. In this research, Frost & Sullivan's expert analysts thoroughly examine the following market segments: lutein, zeaxanthin, astaxanthin, beta-carotene, and bilberry extracts.

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Market Overview

U.S. Eye Health Ingredient Suppliers Sight Significant Opportunities with Rising Consumer Inclination toward Preventive Healthcare

With the exception of lutein, eye health ingredients do not score high on the consumer awareness index, compelling its suppliers to make more concerted efforts to educate their end-user markets on the benefits of their products. Their initiatives received a thrust with the release of the second age-related eye diseases study (AREDS2), which includes the evaluation of the advantages of a blend of lutein, zeaxanthin, and omega-3 fatty acids in patients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD). Market participants and research organizations such as the National Eye Institute are intensifying their research and marketing endeavors to generate more consumer awareness about the health benefits of both established and emerging eye health ingredients. Improving consumer knowledge of preventive healthcare, along with the rising incidence of eye diseases, has expanded the market for eye health ingredients. “The American population is challenged by the growing incidence of age- and lifestyle-related degenerative eye diseases including cataracts, glaucoma, AMD, and diabetic retinopathy,” says the analyst of this research. “Of these, AMD is the most easily treatable with the correct nutrition.”

AMD presents huge opportunities to eye health ingredients suppliers, since it is the cause of blindness among 54 percent of all blind white Americans, or in other words, it causes vision loss in more than 1 out of 10 white Americans. A variety of factors including age, smoking, ultraviolet (UV) exposure, and occupational hazards combine to increase the prevalence of such eye diseases. An increasingly aging population augurs well for the market, as does consumers’ desire to ingest the right nutrients to prevent diseases due to the escalating healthcare costs in the United States. While these consumer trends give market participants much to cheer about, the unclear regulations regarding the use of eye health ingredients hamper their widespread acceptance. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not recommended a safe upper limit for ingredients such as lutein, zeaxanthin, bilberry extract, and beta-carotene, making consumers apprehensive about these ingredients’ dosage levels in both functional foods and dietary supplements.

Moreover, the FDA has not evaluated natural extracts - especially bilberry extracts - for safety, effectiveness, or purity. This is one of the primary reasons that companies to sell low-quality, adulterated bilberry extracts either with cheap, alternative berry extracts (raspberry, blackberry, black currant, or elderberry) or banned and carcinogenic amaranth dye. “The FDA is required to proactively frame stringent rules, demanding strict compliance by both the supplier and buyer, to address the problem of adulterated bilberry extracts,” notes the analyst. “It also has to take stern measures to determine and establish safe upper limits for eye health ingredients to sustain consumer trust in this relatively new and high-potential market.”

Market Sectors

Expert Frost & Sullivan analysts thoroughly examine the following market sectors in this research:

• Lutein
• Zeaxanthin
• Astaxanthin
• Bilberry extract
• Beta-carotene

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• Total Eye Health Ingredients Market: Product Types and Applications (U.S.), 2008
• Total Eye Health Ingredients Market: Key Acquisitions (U.S. and Europe), 2007-2008
• Total Eye Health Ingredients Market: Key Strategic Alliances (U.S. and Europe), 2007-2008

Chapter 3

• Total Eye Health Ingredients Market: Impact of Top Four Industry Challenges (U.S.), 2009-2015
• Eye Health Astaxanthin Market: Impact of Top Three Industry Challenges (U.S.), 2009-2015

Chapter 4

• Total Eye Health ingredients Market: Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact (U.S.), 2009-2015
• Total Eye Health ingredients Market: Market Restraint and its Impact (U.S.), 2009-2015
• Total Eye Health Ingredients Market: Unit Shipment Forecasts (U.S.), 2005-2015
• Total Eye Health Ingredients Market: Revenue Forecasts (U.S.), 2005-2015
• Total Eye Health Ingredients Market: Volume Market Share by Product Type (U.S.), 2008
• Total Eye Health Ingredients Market: Revenue Market Share by Product-Type (U.S.), 2008
• Total Eye Health Ingredients Market: Volume and Volume Market Share by Application (U.S.), 2008
• Total Eye Health Ingredients Market: Volume Market Share in Applications by Product Type (U.S.), 2008
• Total Eye Health Market: Key Eye Health Products (U.S.), 2008

Chapter 5

• Eye Health Lutein Market: Key Commercial Sources of Lutein (Global), 2008
• Eye Health Lutein Market: Percent of Market Share by Application (U.S.), 2008
• Eye Health Lutein Market: Key Products with Lutein (U.S.), 2008
• Eye Health Lutein Market: Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact (U.S.), 2009-2015
• Eye Health Lutein Market: Market Restraint and Its Impact (U.S.), 2009-2015
• Eye Health Lutein Market: Revenue Forecasts (U.S.), 2005-2015
• Eye Health Lutein Market: Unit Shipment Forecasts (U.S.), 2005-2015
• Eye Health Lutein Market: Unit Shipment Forecasts by Application (U.S.), 2005-2015
• Eye Health Lutein Market: Pricing Forecasts (U.S.), 2005-2015
• Eye Health Lutein Market: Competitive Structure (U.S.), 2008
• Eye Health Lutein Market: Company Market Share by Unit Shipments (U.S.), 2008

Chapter 6

• Eye Health Beta-carotene Market: Percent of Market Share by Application (U.S.), 2008
• Eye Health Beta-carotene Market: Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact (U.S.), 2009-2015
• Eye Health Beta-carotene Market: Market Restraint and Its Impact (U.S.), 2009-2015
• Eye Health Beta-carotene Market: Unit Shipment Forecasts (U.S.), 2005-2015
• Eye Health Beta-carotene Market: Unit Shipment Forecasts by Application (U.S.), 2005-2015
• Eye Health Beta-carotene Market: Revenue Forecasts (U.S.), 2005-2015
• Eye Health Beta-carotene Market: Pricing Forecasts (U.S.), 2005-2015
• Total Beta-carotene Market: Competitive Structure (U.S.), 2008
• Total Beta-carotene Market: Company Market Share by Revenues (U.S.), 2008
• Synthetic Beta-carotene Market: Ranks of Major Market Participants Based on Their Market Shares (U.S.), 2008
• Natural/Fermented Beta-carotene Market: Ranks of Major Market Participants Based on Their Market Shares (U.S.), 2008

Chapter 7

• Eye Health Zeaxanthin Market: Major Clinical Studies Conducted on the Effects of Zeaxanthin on Eye Health (U.S.), 2002-2008
• Eye Health Zeaxanthin Market: Percent of Market Share by Application (U.S.), 2008
• Eye Health Zeaxanthin Market: Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact (U.S.), 2009-2015
• Eye Health Zeaxanthin Market: Unit Shipment Forecasts (U.S.), 2005-2015
• Eye Health Natural Zeaxanthin Market: Unit Shipment Forecasts by Application (U.S.), 2005-2015
• Eye Health Synthetic Zeaxanthin Market: Unit Shipment Forecasts by Application (U.S.), 2005-2015
• Eye Health Zeaxanthin Market: Unit Shipment Forecasts by Application (U.S.), 2005-2015
• Eye Health Zeaxanthin Market: Unit Shipment Forecasts by Product Type (U.S.), 2005-2015
• Eye Health Zeaxanthin Market: Revenue Forecasts (U.S.), 2005-2015
• Eye Health Zeaxanthin Market: Average Price Forecasts (U.S.), 2005-2015
• Eye health Zeaxanthin Market: Competitive Structure (U.S.), 2008
• Eye Health Zeaxanthin Market: Company Market Share by Unit Shipments (U.S.), 2008

Chapter 8

• Eye Health Astaxanthin Market: Percent of Market Share by Application (U.S.), 2008
• Eye Health Astaxanthin Market: Market Driver and Its Impact (U.S.), 2009-2015
• Eye Health Astaxanthin Market: Unit Shipment Forecasts (U.S.), 2005-2015
• Eye Health Astaxanthin Market: Revenue Forecasts (U.S.), 2005-2015
• Eye Health Astaxanthin Market: Pricing Forecasts (U.S.), 2005-2015
• Eye Health Astaxanthin Market: Competitive Structure (U.S.), 2008
• Eye Health Astaxanthin Market: Company Market Share by Unit Shipments (U.S.), 2008

Chapter 9

• Eye Health Bilberry Extract Market: Percent of Market Share by Application (U.S.), 2008
• Eye Health Bilberry Extract Market: Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact (U.S.), 2009-2015
• Eye Health Bilberry Extract Market: Unit Shipment Forecasts (U.S.), 2005-2015
• Eye Health Bilberry Extract Market: Revenue Forecasts (U.S.), 2005-2015
• Eye Health Bilberry Extract Market: Average Price Forecasts (U.S.), 2005-2015
• Eye Health Bilberry Extract Market: Competitive Structure (U.S.), 2008
• Eye Health Bilberry Extract Market: Key Market Participants (U.S.), 2008

Chapter 10

• Other Eye Health Ingredients Market: Certain Eye Health Ingredients and their Potential Adverse Effects on the Eye (U.S.), 2008
• Other Eye Health Ingredients Market: Market Drivers Ranked in Order of Impact (U.S.), 2009-2015