Overview
- Official data show production rose to about 241,000 tonnes in 2025 and the reported production value reached roughly €2.08 billion, marking new highs for the sector.
- The number of manufacturers counted in the statistics increased to 72, up from 52 in 2019, signaling more firms are producing supplements for the domestic market.
- Experts have sent a letter to the federal ministries for agriculture and economy warning of quality and safety problems with botanical supplements and urging clearer regulation.
- The published statistics cover only producing firms with 20 or more employees and use a sales-value measure that excludes VAT and freight but includes packaging costs, so smaller makers and some costs are not reflected.
- Public-health guidance cited in coverage notes that most healthy people do not need routine supplements while defined risk groups may benefit, and the market growth could prompt tighter consumer-protection rules and more product testing.