Hydroxyproline in food supplements
75 supplements declared in France contain Hydroxyproline 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
Use classification
Cosmetics -> Hair conditioning; Skin conditioning; Antistatic; Surfactant
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): 12 taxa; examples: Helianthus annuus, Oryza sativa, Capsicum annuum, Glycine max, Prunus domestica.
Wikidata: names of substances in six languages and taxa in which they occur (largely from the LOTUS database), retrieved 23 October 2026.
Other names: trans-4-hydroxy-L-proline zwitterion (English), (4R)-4-Hydroxy-L-prolin (German), Hidroxiprolina (Spanish), Idrossiprolina (Italian), Hidroxiprolina (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: HYDROXYPROLINE.
In plain words
À quoi il sert, selon les fabricants
Objectifs les plus souvent annoncés pour les compléments qui en contiennent (Hydroxyproline) : peau (22 produits), articulations (17 produits), cheveux et ongles (10 produits), os (9 produits), antioxydant (8 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.
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): 18 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
| Unit | Products | Median | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mg | 31 | 86 | 18 | 2,430 |
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
- Vollagen + Hyaluronsäure Vegavero, gélule, declared in 2022
- WeightWorld Bovine Collagen Peptides (90% Protein) 500g Powder poudre, declared in 2020
- Youth Biotics gélule, declared in 2025
- collagène vegan argalys, gélule, declared in 2024
- nutrabytes - Advanced Marine Collagen flacon, declared in 2025
- ALPHA FOODS - VEGAN COLLAGEN FORMATION SUPPORT poudre, withdrawn from the market
- Arthro2vie poudre, withdrawn from the market
- Circulation veinotonic soir gélule, withdrawn from the market
- Collagène anti-âge poudre, withdrawn from the market
- Détox soir poudre, withdrawn from the market
- Hépato process - soir poudre, withdrawn from the market
- Ongles et cheveux gélule, withdrawn from the market
- Ostéo2vie poudre, withdrawn from the market
- Phanères complex gélule, withdrawn from the market
- Ultra Sport Vitamines flacon, withdrawn from the market