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Nicotinamide Adénine Dinucléotide in food supplements

51 supplements declared in France contain Nicotinamide Adénine Dinucléotide as a substance or active ingredient.

Other names in the Compl'Alim list: NAD+.

Compl'Alim declarations. Compl'Alim, food supplement declarations (France), retrieved 23 October 2026.

What we know about this ingredient

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): 2 taxa; examples: Caenorhabditis elegans, Homo sapiens.

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.

2026-11-01

Other names: Nicotinamidadenindinukleotid (German), nicotinamida adenina dinucleótido (Spanish), nicotinammide adenina dinucleotide (Italian), dinucleótido de nicotinamida e adenina (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: NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE.

In plain words

À quoi il sert, selon les fabricants

Objectifs les plus souvent annoncés pour les compléments qui en contiennent (Nicotinamide Adénine Dinucléotide) : antioxydant (16 produits), cheveux et ongles (4 produits), digestion (4 produits), immunité (4 produits), peau (4 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.

Nouvel aliment ou pas

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.

Le catalogue de la Commission est indicatif : il ne remplace pas une décision.

Novel Food Catalogue (status of products under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283), retrieved 21 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 “Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide ”: 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-09841. Novel Food Catalogue (status of products under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283), retrieved 21 October 2026.

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): 39 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.

Poland, notified supplements: 49 products.

GIS, products notified in Poland, retrieved 27 October 2026.

Główny Inspektorat Sanitarny (GIS), Rejestr produktów objętych powiadomieniem

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Declared daily quantities

Declared daily quantities: Nicotinamide Adénine Dinucléotide
UnitProductsMedianMinimumMaximum
mg4930031,500

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.

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