Krasnodar entered the top three Russian cities in sales of vitamin D

Krasnodar entered the top three Russian cities with the highest sales of vitamin D in medicines. For every 10,000 residents, 1,260 packages are purchased here. According to this indicator, the city is second only to St. Petersburg and Moscow.

Against the background of other southern territories, Krasnodar stands out in sales of drugs with vitamin D. In the Rostov region, there are 884 packages per 10 thousand inhabitants, in Sevastopol - 735, and in Crimea - 729. Such data for the nine months of 2026, analysts of the Center for the Development of Prospective Technologies - the operator of the marking system "Honest Sign" - gave in comments to RIA Novosti.

Thus, the indicator of the regional capital is significantly higher than that of neighboring regions. At the same time, it is important to take into account that the data on Krasnodar relate to the city, and the remaining indicators - to the regions as a whole.

In general, the demand for vitamin D is growing. In the nine months of 2026, sales of dietary supplements with it increased by 21.7% and reached 9.09 million packages. Sales of medicines increased by 8.7% to 15.67 million packages. Experts explain that in the southern regions, vitamin D is consumed less due to more sunlight, which contributes to its production in the body.

In the Krasnodar region, sales of antidepressants increased by 40% in packages and 51% in monetary terms. For seven months, residents of the region purchased 651.5 thousand packages of drugs for 674.1 million rubles.