Article: Chemical-based diet aids soft.

Chemical-based diet aids soft

CDR Roundup--These are lean times for manufacturers of chemical-based diet aids. Sales of these products have plummeted in large part because of the explosion of the meal replacement market.

Total sales of these diet aids in all trade classes were $163 million in 1989, down 15% from prior-year fiscal results, says a Thompson Medical Co. spokeswoman.

Even the six-SKU Dexatrim line, which has held the top spot in this arena for 10 years, has seen its sales decline. However, because many of the other chemical-based diet aids on the market lost up to 50% of their sales bases, Dexatrim's market share has actually ...

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