AI Shelf Index · 2026 holiday shopping season

Optimum Nutrition AI shopping shelf share

💊 Supplements · 🇦🇺 AU · updated 12 Oct 2026

Standing

#10

Supplements · AU

#13 #10

Shelf-share

1.8%

of AU answers

1.4% 1.8%

Sentiment

69%

positive

No week-to-week change larger than the variation between readings.

Who's on the supplements shelf

1 Bulk Nutrients
17.7%
2 Swisse
9.2%
3 Blackmores
7.6%
4 Nutra Organics
5.6%
5 Musashi
3.3%
6 True Protein
2.7%
⋯
10 Optimum Nutrition
1.8%

The shoppers Optimum Nutrition wins

The same answers, sliced by the shopper the question implies — where Optimum Nutrition ranks best.

Where Optimum Nutrition wins the journey

Its rank at each phase of the shopping journey — from first awareness to the moment of purchase.

Awareness

#7

2.2%

Research

#11

1.3%

Comparison

#23

1.2%

Validation

#18

1.3%

Purchase

#5

5.3%

Where the engines differ

ChatGPT
2.1%
Google AI Mode
2.4%

What AI says about Optimum Nutrition

Observed from the answers themselves — not a score.

Sentiment

69% positive · no negative mentions

Price framing

framed mid

38% budget, 46% mid, 17% premium

“Whey Protein:** Whey is expensive right now, so tracking sales on Bulk Nutrients or Pharmacy Online for brands like Optimum Nutrition or local alternatives is your best move.”

Google AI Mode

“Plain, micronised creatine monohydrate from sports nutrition brands (like _Optimum Nutrition_ or _Musashi_ , frequently half-price at Chemist Warehouse or Coles/Woolworths) is identical and much cheaper.”

Google AI Mode

“Top Australian-Accessible Protein Choices for Women Over 50 Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey:** The global gold standard that is frequently discounted by 40% to 50% at Chemist Warehouse and major online outlets.”

Google AI Mode

“Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey Isolate or Whey Blend Why it fits:** It's the gold standard globally and very frequently goes on major 40%–50% off sales at Australian retailers.”

Google AI Mode

Products AI names

The specific Optimum Nutrition items the engines put in front of AU shoppers.

  • Gold Standard 0.9%
  • Creatine Powder 0.4%
  • Micronised Creatine 0.3%
  • 100% Micronised Creatine 0.2%
  • Gold Standard 100% Whey Isolate or Whey Blend 0.2%
  • Gold Standard Whey / Isolate 0.2%
  • Gold Standard Pre Workout 0.1%
  • Creatine Monohydrate Unflavoured 0.1%

Shelved alongside

Brands the engines recommend in the same answers as Optimum Nutrition.

How to read this

Bar is how often that brand is recommended in the same answer as Optimum Nutrition, relative to the rest.

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Holiday Shopping 2026 · reading updated 11 Oct. An independent measurement by Slingso; not affiliated with Optimum Nutrition.