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Bétaïne in food supplements

501 supplements declared in France contain Bétaïne as a substance or active ingredient.

Other names in the Compl'Alim list: betaine, triméthylglycine anhydre.

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

What we know about this ingredient

Associated research

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

2026-11-01

In plain words

À quoi il sert, selon les fabricants

Objectifs les plus souvent annoncés pour les compléments qui en contiennent (Bétaïne) : sport (166 produits), digestion (49 produits), détoxifiant / draineur (32 produits), antioxydant (24 produits), système nerveux (16 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.

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 “Betaine”: 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-09241. Novel Food Catalogue (status of products under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283), retrieved 21 October 2026.

Novel food catalogue (European Union), entry “Betaine”: Nouvel aliment autorisé : il s'utilise dans les conditions de la liste de l'Union (aliments concernés, doses, étiquetage).

POL-NF-09241. Novel Food Catalogue (status of products under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283), retrieved 21 October 2026.

Listed in the Union list of authorised novel foods (“Betaine”): it may be used under the conditions of that list (foods concerned, doses, labelling).

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/2470, Union list of novel foods, latest consolidated version, retrieved 21 October 2026.

Health claims register (European Union): 1 authorised and 0 refused claim(s) for this substance.

  • « Betaine contributes to normal homocysteine metabolism »
    Conditions: The claim may be used only for food which contains at least 500 mg of betaine per quantified portion. In order to bear the claim information shall be given to the consumer that the beneficial effect is obtained with a daily intake of 1,5 g of betaine.

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): 9 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): 599 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.

Malaysia, registered products: 5 products.

NPRA, Malaysian pharmaceutical products register, retrieved 27 October 2026.

Ministère de la santé de Malaisie / NPRA, Pharmaceutical Products, CC BY 4.0

CC BY 4.0

Declared daily quantities

Declared daily quantities: Bétaïne
UnitProductsMedianMinimumMaximum
mg1312503400

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.

Official warnings (Health Canada)

BETAINE / BETAINE HYDROCHLORIDE

Route of administration: Oral

Cautions and warnings

All products

Ask a health care practitioner/health care provider/health care professional/doctor/physician before use if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.

Products containing Betaine hydrochloride (as a medicinal ingredient or as a source ingredient)

Ask a health care practitioner/health care provider/health care professional/doctor/physician before use if you have a peptic ulcer or excess stomach acid (RSC 2024; Hendler and Rorvik 2008).

Products providing 600 milligrams or more of Betaine or 780 milligrams or more of Betaine hydrochloride as a medicinal ingredient, per day

Ask a health care practitioner/health care provider/health care professional/doctor/physician before use if you have high cholesterol (Olthof et al. 2005; Swab et al. 2002).

Health Canada monograph dated 30 January 2026

Texts from the monograph of Health Canada, the Canadian authority, reproduced without modification. They do not replace medical advice.

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