November 13, 2026 - Trends

Wellness Strips Reformat Supplement Routines

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Woman with Sleep or Die oral strips
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Wellness strips want to be the new gummies.

Quick fix. Simplifying daily routines, pill and powder fatigue has opened the door to new form factors, with dissolvable films joining pouches, shots, and gels to disrupt the $79B supplement category.

Strip club. Touting faster absorption, sugar-free formulas, and frictionless delivery, oral strips are gaining traction. Scoring $1M from True Beauty Ventures, Sleep or Die’s bedtime aids amassed a 4K-person waitlist, while NuStrips’ sleep strips are stocked in Erewhon and Urban Outfitters.

Special delivery. Getting specific, Pemi’s target perimenopause support, while Wizard Wellness upgrades allergy care. Daily optimization, Smart Strips taps alpha-GPC for cognitive function, Nuet combines ACV and digestive enzymes for gut health, and Riize packs 50mg of NAD+ per strip.

Takeaway. Portable, practical, and discreet, strips are shrinking the supplement stack, but better bioavailability isn’t proven. Efficacy will separate the credible from the convenient.

Laura Hill
Laura Hill
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