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Acide alpha-linolénique in food supplements

5 supplements declared in France contain Acide alpha-linolénique as a substance or active ingredient.

Compl'Alim declarations. Compl'Alim, food supplement declarations (France), retrieved 23 October 2026.

What we know about this ingredient

Use classification

  • EPA Safer Chemical Functional Use Classes -> Surfactants

  • Safer Chemical Classes -> Green circle - The chemical has been verified to be of low concern

  • Cosmetics -> Surfactant; Emollient; Cleansing; Antistatic; Skin conditioning; Hair conditioning

PubChem : EPA Safer Choice · 2026-10-29 · https://www.epa.gov/saferchoice/safer-ingredients.

Licence.

PubChem : NORMAN Suspect List Exchange · 2026-10-29 · S13 | EUCOSMETICS | Combined Inventory of Ingredients Employed in Cosmetic Products (2000) and Revised Inventory (2006) | DOI:10.5281/zenodo.2624118.

Licence.

A molecule found naturally in plants or organisms; in a supplement it may be extracted from them, made by fermentation or synthesised: the declaration does not say which.

Basis: one CosIngThe European Commission's database of cosmetic ingredients. CAS and natural occurrence recorded in Wikidata (LOTUS database).

Wikidata: names of substances in six languages and taxa in which they occur (largely from the LOTUS database), retrieved 23 October 2026.

Natural occurrence recorded in Wikidata (LOTUS database): 395 taxa; examples: Oenothera biennis, Oenothera argillicola, Hoya lacunosa, Hoya australis, Scrophularia nodosa.

Wikidata: names of substances in six languages and taxa in which they occur (largely from the LOTUS database), retrieved 23 October 2026.

Appearance

  • Linolenic acid is a clear colorless liquid. (NTP, 1992)

PubChem : CAMEO Chemicals · 2026-10-29 · National Toxicology Program, Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health (NTP). 1992. National Toxicology Program Chemical Repository Database. Research Triangle Park, North Carolina..

Licence.

Other names: alpha-linolenic acid (English), α-Linolensäure (German), Ácido alfa-linolénico (Spanish), acido α-linolenico (Italian), ácido alfalinolénico (Portuguese).

Wikidata: names of substances in six languages and taxa in which they occur (largely from the LOTUS database), retrieved 23 October 2026.

Same substance in cosmetics: LINOLENIC ACID.

In plain words

À quoi il sert, selon les fabricants

Objectifs les plus souvent annoncés pour les compléments qui en contiennent (Acide alpha-linolénique) : antioxydant (3 produits), digestion (1 produit), détoxifiant / draineur (1 produit), grossesse et allaitement (1 produit), mémoire (1 produit).

Ce sont les objectifs déclarés par les fabricants à l'administration, pas des effets démontrés. Sur l'emballage, seules les allégations de santé autorisées par l'Union peuvent être écrites.

Compl'Alim, food supplement declarations (France), retrieved 23 October 2026.

What the registers say, country by country

Each line repeats what an official register says on the date it was consulted. Not being in a register means neither allowed nor banned.

Health claims register (European Union): 1 authorised and 1 refused claim(s) for this substance.

  • « ALA contributes to the maintenance of normal blood cholesterol levels »
    Conditions: The claim may be used only for food which is at least a source of ALA as referred to in the claim SOURCE OF OMEGA 3 FATTY ACIDS as listed in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1924/2006. Information shall be given to the consumer that the beneficial effect is obtained with a daily intake of 2 g of ALA.

EU Register of nutrition and health claims, retrieved 21 October 2026.

Compl'Alim ingredient list (France): listed.

Compl'Alim, reference list of ingredients, retrieved 21 October 2026.

United States, supplement labels (DSLD; supplements need no prior approval): 864 products.

Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD), US National Institutes of Health: current and off-market labels, retrieved 27 October 2026.

Source: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, Dietary Supplement Label Database (CC0); US market labels.

Japan, notified foods with function claims: 49 products.

CAA, Japan Foods with Function Claims notifications, retrieved 27 October 2026.

Source : Agence de la consommation du Japon (CAA), https://www.fld.caa.go.jp/caaks/s/cssc01/. Données traitées par CompoAtlas à partir de l'export officiel ; cette présentation est celle de CompoAtlas et n'est pas publiée telle quelle par l'État japonais. Public Data License 1.0.

Public Data License 1.0 (公共データ利用規約 第1.0版), compatible CC BY 4.0

Declared daily quantities

Declared daily quantities: Acide alpha-linolénique
UnitProductsMedianMinimumMaximum
mg520810307

Calculated from Compl'Alim declarations that provide a quantity. These are quantities declared by manufacturers, not measurements, and preparation is not distinguished (powder, extract of varying concentration): differences between products can be very large.

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