Inositol in food supplements
1,087 supplements declared in France contain Inositol 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.
AFSSA identified no evidence against an additional intake of 2 000 mg of inositol per day from supplements and fortified foods combined. This opinion predates 2012; no more recent official safety opinion specifically addressing this inositol intake was found.
What we know about this ingredient
Use classification
Cosmetics -> Hair conditioning; Humectant; Antistatic
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): 19 taxa; examples: Primula veris, Primula officinalis, Sandoricum indicum, Sandoricum koetjape, Centella asiatica.
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.
- NCT07896642 : Brown Adipose Tissue Modulation in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Using Infrared Thermography
RECRUITING · NA · Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) · 2026-10-27 · inositol
- NCT06575868 : Myo-inositol During Pregnancy to Prevent Gestational Diabetes
RECRUITING · NA · Pregnancy Related · 2025-04-29 · Myo-inositol
- NCT06840613 : Glucophage Plus Myo-Inositol vs Glucophage in Glycemic Control Among Patients With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus
NOT_YET_RECRUITING · NA · Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM) · 2025-02-25 · Myo-Inositol
Searched on 1 November 2026.
Other names: myo-inositol (French), myo-inositol (English), myo-Inositol (German), Mioinositol (Spanish).
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: INOSITOL.
In plain words
À quoi il sert, selon les fabricants
Objectifs les plus souvent annoncés pour les compléments qui en contiennent (Inositol) : cheveux et ongles (172 produits), sport (89 produits), immunité (85 produits), système nerveux (76 produits), peau (68 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 “Inositol ”, part “Myoinositol” only: Consommé de façon significative dans l'Union avant le 15 mai 1997 : ce n'est pas un nouvel aliment, il n'a pas besoin d'autorisation à ce titre.
POL-NF-13885. Novel Food Catalogue (status of products under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283), retrieved 21 October 2026.
Novel food catalogue (European Union), entry “Inositol ”, part “D-chiro-inositol” only: 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-13885. Novel Food Catalogue (status of products under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283), retrieved 21 October 2026.
Health claims register (European Union): 0 authorised and 2 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): 1893 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): 4708 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: 143 products.
NPRA, Malaysian pharmaceutical products register, retrieved 27 October 2026.
Ministry of Health Malaysia / NPRA, Pharmaceutical Products, CC BY 4.0
Taiwan, registered products: 486 products.
TFDA, Taiwan tablets, capsules and medical nutrition registers, retrieved 27 October 2026.
Taiwan Food and Drug Administration (TFDA), Open Government Data License, version 1.0
United States, supplements listed by the USDA: 28 products.
USDA FoodData Central Branded, supplement cohort, retrieved 29 October 2026.
Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, FoodData Central, Branded Foods. Data published under CC0 1.0 Universal, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/.
Declared daily quantities
| Unit | Products | Median | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mg | 187 | 50 | 0 | 4,000 |
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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