How AI Search Is Recommending Greens and Superfood Supplements: Monthly Trends

Executive Summary

AG1 remains the category leader in September 2026 with a valid recommendation coverage of 75.4%, unchanged from July 2026. The gap to the next brand is substantial, with Amazing Grass at 48.0% coverage and a cluster of brands between 32.9% and 39.4%. AG1 also holds the strongest recommendation quality signals, appearing in the top three in 69.8% of all qualified observations and ranked first in 56.6% of them during September 2026.

The sharpest upward mover in September 2026 was Organifi, whose valid recommendation coverage more than tripled from 4.8% in July 2026 to 16.9% in September 2026. This marks a second consecutive month of increases, with its largest single-month gain, a significant 6.9-point rise, arriving between August and September. Organifi's presence in AI-generated answers also grew materially, rising to 18.1% of qualified observations in September 2026 from 5.9% in July 2026.

The sharpest declines belong to three established brands. Bloom Nutrition fell from 54.2% coverage in July 2026 to 39.1% in September 2026, a significant drop of 15.1 points across the series. Live it Up declined from 52.3% to 39.4% over the same period, a significant fall of 12.9 points. Amazing Grass also registered a significant decline of 7.6 points, moving from 55.6% in July 2026 to 48.0% in September 2026. All three brands logged their steepest drop between July and August, with September showing stabilization or partial recovery for Amazing Grass and Garden of Life.

Each monthly run begins with 800 prompt-surface observations (539 unique questions in July 2026, 571 in August 2026, and 552 in September 2026) across the benchmark's defined AI/search surface universe. Of those, 800 mentioned a tracked brand or competitor in each month; 620 were relevant and 180 were irrelevant in July 2026, 604 were relevant and 196 were irrelevant in August 2026, and 613 were relevant and 187 were irrelevant in September 2026. The public metrics use the 354 qualified observations in July 2026, 321 in August 2026, and 325 in September 2026 that survive both qualification stages.

Key Findings

Benchmark Context

The report separates the raw collection universe from the qualified analysis set. Brand-level recommendation percentages are calculated within the qualified benchmark set.

These qualified counts anchor every brand-level percentage in this report. The metrics below summarize how the category behaved in aggregate across the same period, before the brand-by-brand breakdown that follows.

Benchmark-Level Metrics

AI Recommendation Trend

The category is stable at the top and volatile in the middle, with three brands losing ground and one gaining it across the July-to-September window.

The table below compares each tracked brand's valid recommendation coverage in the baseline month against the current month, with the September rank shown alongside.

September 2026 saw no single brand exceed normal month-to-month variation versus the prior month. The category-level shifts visible across the full series came from the combination of significant multi-month movements: Organifi's sustained rise, alongside the sustained declines of Bloom Nutrition, Live it Up, and Amazing Grass.

What Changed This Month

AG1: Category leader holds position with no movement from baseline

AG1's valid recommendation coverage was 75.4% in both July 2026 and September 2026. Between August 2026 and September 2026, coverage rose 5.6 points, from 69.8% to 75.4%, recovering the ground it had lost in the August reading.

AG1 was present in 88.9% of September 2026 qualified observations, up slightly from 87.8% in July 2026. Its recommendation quality signals were effectively stable, with the recommended top-three rate at 69.8% in September 2026 versus 70.6% in July 2026, and the rank-one rate at 56.6% versus 57.3% in the same comparison.

The distinction is between a leader whose visibility and recommendation share remain anchored at the top versus a field that is shifting beneath it. AG1's August dip and September recovery suggest the apparent volatility was driven by market-level factors rather than a loss of standing relative to the rest of the category.

Highest-priority diagnostic: Which high-intent prompts is AG1 winning, and where does it rank when it is not the top recommendation?

Organifi: Significant riser more than tripling coverage from baseline

Organifi's valid recommendation coverage climbed from 4.8% in July 2026 to 10.0% in August 2026 and then to 16.9% in September 2026. The August-to-September gain of 6.9 points was significant, and it extended a two-month rising streak, producing 55 valid recommendations in September 2026.

Raw presence tells the same story. Organifi appeared in 18.1% of September 2026 qualified observations, up from 5.9% in July 2026. Its recommended top-three rate also improved significantly, from 1.1% to 4.9% over the same span, reaching the top three in 16 of September 2026's qualified observations.

Organifi's rise is broad, spanning presence and top-three placement, but its rank-one share remains thin at 0.9%. Organifi is becoming a more consistently surfaced option without yet converting that presence into the first-choice position.

Highest-priority diagnostic: Which prompts now surface Organifi, and which brands is it displacing in those answers?

Bloom Nutrition: Significant decliner with a two-month slide

Bloom Nutrition's valid recommendation coverage dropped from 54.2% in July 2026 to 39.1% in September 2026, a significant fall of 15.1 points. The bulk of the decline occurred between July and August, when coverage fell 12.8 points; the September reading was a further 2.3-point decline. Bloom Nutrition held 127 valid recommendations in September 2026.

Raw presence fell sharply alongside coverage, from 64.1% of July 2026 observations to 49.2% in September 2026. Its recommended top-three rate also dropped significantly, from 29.1% to 17.5% over the same period, and its rank-one rate slipped from 2.0% to 1.5%.

Bloom Nutrition's decline is not a positioning issue within answers, it is disappearing from answers altogether. Both presence and the rate of being recommended inside the top three fell together, which points to a reduction in the number of AI responses that surface the brand at all.

Highest-priority diagnostic: Which prompt categories no longer surface Bloom Nutrition, and what replaced it in those recommendations?

Live it Up: Significant decliner losing top-three placement

Live it Up's valid recommendation coverage fell from 52.3% in July 2026 to 39.4% in September 2026, a significant decline of 12.9 points. The brand declined in both intervening months, with a 3.6-point drop from August to September. Live it Up held 128 valid recommendations in September 2026.

The sharper story is in placement. Live it Up's recommended top-three rate fell from 45.5% in July 2026 to 26.2% in September 2026, a significant decline of 19.3 points. Its rank-one rate also fell from 11.0% to 6.8%. Raw presence dropped from 57.3% to 44.9% in the same comparison.

Live it Up lost more ground in how often it was placed near the top of the answer than in how often it appeared at all. The gap between its presence decline (12.4 points) and its top-three decline (19.3 points) suggests the brand is still surfacing but being positioned further down the recommendation list.

Highest-priority diagnostic: Which answers keep Live it Up present but push it below the top three, and which brands are taking those higher slots?

Amazing Grass: Significant decliner showing early signs of stabilization

Amazing Grass's valid recommendation coverage fell from 55.6% in July 2026 to 48.0% in September 2026, a significant decline of 7.6 points. The steepest drop occurred between July and August, when coverage fell 8.3 points; the September reading was up 0.7 points from August, suggesting a partial stabilization. Amazing Grass held 156 valid recommendations in September 2026.

Raw presence declined from 63.6% in July 2026 to 58.5% in September 2026. Its rank-one rate, however, improved from 1.4% to 3.4% over the same period, reaching 11 rank-one placements in September 2026.

Amazing Grass lost overall coverage but its small set of first-place wins nearly doubled in rate. The September stabilization combined with the higher rank-one rate suggests the brand remains competitive in specific answer contexts even as its overall footprint narrowed.

Highest-priority diagnostic: Where is Amazing Grass still winning the top spot, and which prompts account for the coverage it lost?

Buyer-Intent Interpretation

In September 2026, all 325 qualified observations fell into the discovery and consideration class, with no observations registered in the comparison or pricing-and-cost classes. The public benchmark therefore captures how AI systems recommend brands in response to direct discovery-style prompts, but it cannot yet answer the commercial questions that belong to later-stage buying behavior. Price sensitivity, value perception, and direct head-to-head brand comparisons are not represented in the current qualified set, a gap that matters for brands competing on subscription economics and ingredient transparency rather than top-of-funnel awareness.

Brand Opportunity Summary

The benchmark identifies where attention is warranted; a company-level analysis is needed to explain why.

Evidence Behind the Benchmark

The aggregate metrics are built from prompt-level observations (query, surface, recommendation outcome, rank, sentiment, and citations where exposed). Company-level analysis can go deeper into prompt, competitor, surface, and evidence patterns. Source presence is not automatically treated as proof of causation.

About This Benchmark

This report is part of the LLM Authority Index AI Market Discovery research program.

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Report-Specific Interpretation Notes

• Small-count brands: coverage rates for KOS (2.8%, 9 valid recommendations), Nested Naturals (3.1%, 10 valid recommendations), and Organifi's early readings are based on small absolute counts; their percentage movements should be read with that context.
• The qualified denominator (325 observations in September 2026) is smaller than the raw collection (800 prompts); brand percentages reflect only the qualified set.
• Directional analysis identifies where movement occurred; it does not establish why that movement happened.
• The category-level shift is driven by multi-month trends for Organifi, Bloom Nutrition, Live it Up, and Amazing Grass rather than by a single month's isolated change.

Next Step

The Public Benchmark Shows Where a Brand Is Winning or Losing. A Company-Level Audit Shows Why.

Beneath the aggregate percentages sit the questions that matter for strategy: which high-intent prompts are won, which competitor takes the recommendation when a brand loses, what attributes AI systems associate with each option, and which external sources shape those answers. For a category where several established brands lost ground while one challenger rose across two consecutive months, understanding the specific prompts behind those shifts is essential.

A company-specific AI visibility audit maps those prompt, surface, competitor, ranking, sentiment, and evidence-source patterns into a prioritized visibility strategy. It moves from the benchmark's category-level finding to the brand-level diagnosis needed to act.

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