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Lacto-N-néotétraose in food supplements

3 supplements declared in France contain Lacto-N-néotétraose 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

No natural occurrence recorded in Wikidata (LOTUS database); this does not prove that the ingredient is synthetic.

Basis: one CosIngThe European Commission's database of cosmetic ingredients. CAS, with no natural occurrence recorded in this database.

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

Other names: beta-D-Gal-(1->4)-beta-D-GlcNAc-(1->3)-beta-D-Gal-(1->4)-D-Glc (English).

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: LACTO-N-NEOTETRAOSE.

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 (“Lacto-N-neotetraose”): 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.

Declared daily quantities

Declared daily quantities: Lacto-N-néotétraose
UnitProductsMedianMinimumMaximum
g30.780.260.78

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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