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Acide palmitique in food supplements

1 supplement declared in France contains Acide palmitique as a substance or active ingredient.

Other names in the Compl'Alim list: palmitic acid.

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

What we know about this ingredient

Uses

  • CONSTITUENT OF COSMETIC FORMULATIONS, EG, CLEANSING CREAM; CHEM INT (UNISOLATED) IN SOAP MANUFACTURE; CHEM INT FOR ESTERS, EG, ISOPROPYL PALMITATE, METALLIC PALMITATES, EG, ALUMINUM PALMITATE, & SOLVENT BLUE 24

  • MEDICATION

  • Manufacture of metallic palmitates, soaps, lubricating oils, waterproofing, food-grade additives.

  • Reported uses (ppm):

  • Soap/cosmetics agent; non-drying oil (surface coatings)

  • Table: Reported uses (ppm): (Flavor and Extract Manufacturers' Association) [Table#4988]

  • Plastics -> Typical concentration range in plastic materials -> 1%

PubChem : Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) · 2026-10-29 · SRI; https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/source/hsdb/5001; Larranaga, M.D., Lewis, R.J. Sr., Lewis, R.A.; Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary 16th Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Hoboken, NJ 2016., p. 1027; Burdock, G.A. (ed.). Fenaroli's Handbook of Flavor Ingredients. 6th ed.Boca Raton, FL 2010, p. 1584; Ashford, R.D. Ashford's Dictionary of Industrial Chemicals. London, England: Wavelength Publications Ltd., 1994., p. 661.

Licence.

PubChem : NORMAN Suspect List Exchange · 2026-10-29 · S47 | ECHAPLASTICS | A list from the Plastic Additives Initiative Mapping Exercise by ECHAEuropean Chemicals Agency. | DOI:10.5281/zenodo.2658139.

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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 -> Emulsifying; Emollient

  • Plastics -> Other functions -> Mould release agent

  • Plastics -> Polymer Type -> Polyolefin-I; Polyolefin-II

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

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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; S47 | ECHAPLASTICS | A list from the Plastic Additives Initiative Mapping Exercise by ECHA | DOI:10.5281/zenodo.2658139.

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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): 842 taxa; examples: Hoya lacunosa, Hoya australis, Oenothera biennis, Oenothera argillicola, Cinnamomum verum.

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

Manufacturing

  • From palm acid using selective crystallization; coproduced with oleic acid

  • From spermaceti by saponification and from palm oil, hydrolysis of natural fats. Method of purification: crystallization

  • Obtained from fats and oils derived from edible sources.

  • Obtained from palm oil, Japan wax, or chinese vegetable tallow.

PubChem : Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) · 2026-10-29 · Ashford, R.D. Ashford's Dictionary of Industrial Chemicals. London, England: Wavelength Publications Ltd., 1994., p. 661; Larranaga, M.D., Lewis, R.J. Sr., Lewis, R.A.; Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary 16th Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Hoboken, NJ 2016., p. 1027; Burdock, G.A. (ed.). Fenaroli's Handbook of Flavor Ingredients. 6th ed.Boca Raton, FL 2010, p. 1584; O'Neil, M.J. (ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013., p. 1298.

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Appearance

  • Hard, white, or faintly yellowish, somewhat glossy crystalline solid, or as a white yellowish powder

  • Needles from alcohol

  • White crystalline needles

  • White crystalline scales

PubChem : Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) · 2026-10-29 · Burdock, G.A. (ed.). Fenaroli's Handbook of Flavor Ingredients. 6th ed.Boca Raton, FL 2010, p. 1584; Haynes, W.M. (ed.). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics. 95th Edition. CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton: FL 2014-2015, p. 3-294; O'Neil, M.J. (ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013., p. 1299; Larranaga, M.D., Lewis, R.J. Sr., Lewis, R.A.; Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary 16th Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Hoboken, NJ 2016., p. 1027.

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Odour described

  • Virtually odorless; slight characteristic odor

PubChem : Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) · 2026-10-29 · Burdock, G.A. (ed.). Fenaroli's Handbook of Flavor Ingredients. 6th ed.Boca Raton, FL 2010, p. 1584.

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Stability

  • Stable under recommended storage conditions.

PubChem : Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) · 2026-10-29 · Sigma-Aldrich; Safety Data Sheet for Palmitic acid. Product Number: P0500, Version 4.10 (Revision Date 12/02/2015). Available from, as of August 31, 2017: https://www.sigmaaldrich.com/safety-center.html.

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Taste described

  • Slight characteristic taste

PubChem : Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) · 2026-10-29 · Burdock, G.A. (ed.). Fenaroli's Handbook of Flavor Ingredients. 6th ed.Boca Raton, FL 2010, p. 1584.

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Other names: Palmitinsäure (German), ácido palmítico (Spanish), acido palmitico (Italian), ácido palmítico (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: PALMITIC ACID.

In plain words

À quoi il sert, selon les fabricants

Objectifs les plus souvent annoncés pour les compléments qui en contiennent (Acide palmitique) : immunité (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.

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): 176 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.

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