India's $57 Billion Gut Feeling- Nutraceuticals

India is building a $57 billion wellness economy — and the most valuable part of it runs through your gut.This week, Bindu Sharma with Hans Vivek, unpack the structural origins of India's nutraceutical boom — from the hidden hunger crisis that first created foundational demand, to the tightening FSSAI regulatory environment that will separate credible brands from the rest.Why India's shift from calorie sufficiency to micronutrient adequacy is a non-discretionary market force,How the NutriBharat@2047 government vision frames nutritional security as a national economic strategy,And what the $1.4 billion to $7.2 billion growth trajectory for gut-brain axis beverages means for founders building in this space today.We also the consumer and brand layer: pill fatigue, psychobiotic RTDs, functional snackification, the GLP-1 effect on supplement demand, and the channel logic that determines whether a nutraceutical brand survives launch or stalls at scale.For the full picture, subscribe to the Retail Detail newsletter, delivered every Friday at world-one.beehiiv.com.Retail Detail is produced by World One Consulting — worldoneconsulting.com.Sources:India Nutraceutical Industry Report | CareEdge Ratings, 2026NutriBharat@2047 | EY / Ministry of Food Processing Industries, Government of IndiaGut-Brain Axis Beverages Market Research Report 2034 | Market InteloTop Ten Trends for 2026 | FMCG Gurus, cited in FutureCeuticalsPoppin' Pills and Pouches: Supplement Delivery System Innovations | SupplySide Global, 2025