Citicoline in food supplements
257 supplements declared in France contain Citicoline as a substance or active ingredient.
Other names in the Compl'Alim list: citicoline.
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.
- NCT07089238 : Evaluate the Effects of Citicoline on Mood in Healthy Adults
RECRUITING · NA · Healthy · 2025-09-02 · Citicoline
- NCT05881135 : Supplemental Citicoline Administration to Reduce Lung Injury Efficacy Trial (SCARLET)
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · PHASE1, PHASE2 · COVID-19 · 2025-04-02 · Citicoline
- NCT07763145 : Effect of Citicoline on Neurological Severity Score and Cerebral Doppler Resistive Index in Neonatal Hypoxic Ischemic Encephalopathy
NOT_YET_RECRUITING · NA · Hypoxic Ischaemic Encephalopathy (HIE) · 2026-08-24 · Citicoline
2026-11-01
In plain words
À quoi il sert, selon les fabricants
Objectifs les plus souvent annoncés pour les compléments qui en contiennent (Citicoline) : concentration (58 produits), mémoire (53 produits), sport (51 produits), système nerveux (50 produits), œil / vision (20 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.
Listed in the Union list of authorised novel foods (“Citicoline”): 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.
Compl'Alim ingredient list (France): listed and flagged as a novel food.
Compl'Alim, reference list of ingredients, retrieved 21 October 2026.
United States, supplement labels (DSLD; supplements need no prior approval): 100 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: 17 products.
NPRA, Malaysian pharmaceutical products register, retrieved 27 October 2026.
Ministère de la santé de Malaisie / NPRA, Pharmaceutical Products, CC BY 4.0
Declared daily quantities
| Unit | Products | Median | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mg | 140 | 185 | 3.178 | 500 |
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.
Products
- GROSSESSE BOOME, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- GROSSESSE gélule, withdrawn from the market
- MENTAL + AUDISTIM, comprimé, withdrawn from the market
- MULTI GROSSESSE gélule, withdrawn from the market
- Memoptic gélule, withdrawn from the market
- Memoptic gélule, withdrawn from the market
- Memoptic comprimé, withdrawn from the market
- Neuro + mémoire et concentration Nutrissime, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- O.Retine Phytocea, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- RENFORT + AUDISTIM, comprimé, withdrawn from the market
- TNnaturals - CITICOLINE TSUNAMI NUTRITION, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- X-Boost PROZIS, poudre, flavour fruits des bois, withdrawn from the market
- X-Boost PROZIS, poudre, flavour cola, withdrawn from the market
- X-Boost PROZIS, poudre, flavour agrumes, withdrawn from the market
- YAMAMOTO NUTRITION - FLEXOTOR poudre, withdrawn from the market
- ÉLITE UNAE, sachet, withdrawn from the market
- ÉLITE poudre, withdrawn from the market