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Bêta-alanine in food supplements

1,810 supplements declared in France contain Bêta-alanine as a substance or active ingredient.

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

What health agencies say

An opinion says what the agency recommends; it is not a rule binding on the product.

The BfR advises single doses below 400 mg of beta-alanine and, when several doses are spread over the day, a total below 1.2 g per day, for less than 12 weeks. Children, adolescents, pregnant or breastfeeding women and people aged 65 or over should not take beta-alanine products.

BfR, opinion of 19 August 2026, 046/2026.

What we know about this ingredient

Uses

  • Calculated removal (%): 92.1

  • Consumption (g per capita; approx.) in Germany (2009): 0.0122

  • Use (kg; approx.) in Germany (2009): >1000

PubChem : NORMAN Suspect List Exchange · 2026-10-29 · DOI:10.1021/acs.est.5b03332.

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): 27 taxa; examples: Limonium gerberi, Limonium latifolium, Prunus domestica, Solanum lycopersicum, Prunus avium.

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

Associated research

ClinicalTrials.gov · A trial is not proof: it tests a hypothesis.

2026-11-01

Other names: β-alanine (English), β-Alanin (German), Beta alanina (Spanish), Β-alanina (Italian), Beta-alanina (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: BETA-ALANINE.

In plain words

À quoi il sert, selon les fabricants

Objectifs les plus souvent annoncés pour les compléments qui en contiennent (Bêta-alanine) : sport (1252 produits), concentration (86 produits), système nerveux (62 produits), croissance et developpement (54 produits), ménopause (14 produits).

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.

Nouvel aliment ou pas

Consommé avant le 15 mai 1997, mais seulement dans des compléments alimentaires : il peut y être utilisé ; dans un autre aliment, il lui faudrait une autorisation.

Le catalogue de la Commission est indicatif : il ne remplace pas une décision.

Novel Food Catalogue (status of products under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283), retrieved 21 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.

Novel food catalogue (European Union), entry “Beta-alanine”: Consommé avant le 15 mai 1997, mais seulement dans des compléments alimentaires : il peut y être utilisé ; dans un autre aliment, il lui faudrait une autorisation.

POL-NF-00180. Novel Food Catalogue (status of products under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283), retrieved 21 October 2026.

Health claims register (European Union): 0 authorised and 11 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): 22 products.

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): 1499 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.

Declared daily quantities

Declared daily quantities: Bêta-alanine
UnitProductsMedianMinimumMaximum
mg2492,00039.232,000

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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