Acide linoléique in food supplements
1 supplement declared in France contains Acide linoléique 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
Uses
MEDICATION
Manufacture paints, coatings, emulsifiers, vitamins. Aluminum salt used to manufacture lacquers.
Soaps; special driers for protective coatings, emulsifying agents; feeds; biochemical research; dietary supplement; margarine
Calculated removal (%): 100
Consumption (g per capita; approx.) in Germany (2009): 0.0122
Use (kg; approx.) in Germany (2009): >1000
PubChem : Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) · 2026-10-29 · https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/source/hsdb/5200; O'Neil, M.J. (ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013., p. 1024; Lewis, R.J. Sr.; Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary 15th Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, NY 2007., p. 759.
PubChem : NORMAN Suspect List Exchange · 2026-10-29 · DOI:10.1021/acs.est.5b03332.
Use classification
EPA Safer Chemical Functional Use Classes -> Skin Conditioning Agents
EPA Safer Chemical Functional Use Classes -> Surfactants
Safer Chemical Classes -> Green circle - The chemical has been verified to be of low concern
Cosmetics -> Skin conditioning; Hair conditioning; Antistatic; Surfactant; Cleansing; Emollient
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): 566 taxa; examples: Oenothera biennis, Oenothera argillicola, Hoya lacunosa, Hoya australis, Prunus armeniaca.
Wikidata: names of substances in six languages and taxa in which they occur (largely from the LOTUS database), retrieved 23 October 2026.
Manufacturing
Grape-seed oil is a valuable oil obtained from the grapeseed left in winery pomace. The oil content averages 15% (dry weight basis).
Linoleic acid may be prepared from edible fats and oils by various methods including hydrolysis and saponification, the Twitchell method, low pressure splitting with catalyst, continuous high pressure counter current splitting, and medium pressure autoclave splitting with catalyst.
PubChem : Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) · 2026-10-29 · Thomas A; Fats and Fatty Oils. Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry 7th ed. (1999-2014). NY, NY: John Wiley & Sons. Online Posting Date: June 15, 2000; 21 CFR 184.1065 (USFDA); U.S. National Archives and Records Administration's Electronic Code of Federal Regulations. Available from, as of March 17, 2014: https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/ECFR?page=browse.
Appearance
Colorless oil
Colorless to straw-colored liquid
Linoleic acid is a colorless to straw colored liquid. A polyunsaturated fatty acid essential to human diet.
PubChem : Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) · 2026-10-29 · O'Neil, M.J. (ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013., p. 1024; Lewis, R.J. Sr.; Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary 15th Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. New York, NY 2007., p. 759.
PubChem : CAMEO Chemicals · 2026-10-29 · https://cameochemicals.noaa.gov/chemical/20571.
Stability
Easily oxidized by air.
Other names: Linolsäure (German), Ácido linoleico (Spanish), acido linoleico (Italian), ácido linoleico (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: LINOLEIC ACID.
In plain words
À quoi il sert, selon les fabricants
Objectifs les plus souvent annoncés pour les compléments qui en contiennent (Acide linoléique) : antioxydant (1 produit), digestion (1 produit), détoxifiant / draineur (1 produit), grossesse et allaitement (1 produit), transit (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 0 refused claim(s) for this substance.
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.
Canada, licensed natural health products (LNHPD): 1 product.
Licensed Natural Health Products Database (LNHPD), Health Canada: licensed products, ingredients, doses, uses and risks, retrieved 27 October 2026.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Health Canada, LNHPD)
Licence du gouvernement ouvert – Canada 2.0 (OGL-Canada 2.0)
United States, supplement labels (DSLD; supplements need no prior approval): 928 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.
Products
- Greens & Superfoods Bloom, poudre, declared in 2025
Other related records
- Bio-Nagre Natural health product licensed in Canada