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Monohydrate de créatine in food supplements

2,721 supplements declared in France contain Monohydrate de créatine as a substance or active ingredient.

Other names in the Compl'Alim list: créatine.

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.

ANSES reiterates a maximum dose of 3 000 mg of creatine per day for supplements and fortified foods, taking into account the combined intake from all sources. It recommends informing consumers about this combined intake. It advises against creatine for people with kidney disease or diabetes, or who have had a kidney removed.

ANSES, opinion of 24 December 2024, 2023-SA-0216.

Maximum dose in France

Créatine: La quantité présente dans la portion journalière recommandée ne doit pas dépasser 3 000 mg. This limit concerns the quantity of créatine: the mass of Monohydrate de créatine declared on the label is not directly comparable.

Order of 26 September 2016, Annex I. French orders of 9 May 2006 (nutrients), 24 June 2014 (plants) and 26 September 2016 (other substances), consolidated LEGI collection, retrieved 23 October 2026.

What we know about this ingredient

Associated research

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

Searched on 1 November 2026.

In plain words

À quoi il sert, selon les fabricants

Objectifs les plus souvent annoncés pour les compléments qui en contiennent (Monohydrate de créatine) : sport (1707 produits), croissance et developpement (93 produits), système nerveux (67 produits), concentration (61 produits), os (24 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.

Health claims register (European Union): 2 authorised and 5 refused claim(s) for this substance.

  • « Creatine increases physical performance in successive bursts of short-term, high intensity exercise »
    Conditions: The claim may be used only for food which provides a daily intake of 3 g of creatine. In order to bear the claim information shall be given to the consumer that the beneficial effect is obtained with a daily intake of 3 g of creatine.
  • « Daily creatine consumption can enhance the effect of resistance training on muscle strength in adults over the age of 55. »
    Conditions: Information shall be provided to the consumer that: the claim is tarteting adults over the ag of 55, who are engagted in regular resistance training, the bneficial effect is obtaine with a daily intake of 3 g of creatine in conjunction with resistance training, which allows an increase in the workload over time and which should be performed at least three times per week for several weeks, at an intensity of at leat 65 % - 75 % of one repetition maximum load* The claim may be used only for foods targeting adults over the age of 55, who are engagd in regular resistance training. *Repetition maximum loead is the maximum weight or force an individual can exert in a single lift.

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): 1 product.

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): 278 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.

Official warnings (Health Canada)

Creatine Monohydrate

Route of administration: Oral

Cautions and warnings

When using this product you may gain weight (Volek and Rawson 2004; Bemben et al. 2001; Mihic et al. 2000).

3 studies cited in the text have no matching reference in the monograph (see the anomalies listed on the sources page).

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

Ask a health care practitioner/health care provider/health care professional/doctor/physician before use if you have a kidney disorder (Pline and Smith 2005; Pritchard and Kalra 1998).

2 studies cited in the text have no matching reference in the monograph (see the anomalies listed on the sources page).

Health Canada monograph dated 28 June 2024

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

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