Palmitoyléthanolamide in food supplements
261 supplements declared in France contain Palmitoyléthanolamide as a substance or active ingredient.
Other names in the Compl'Alim list: Palmitoylethanolamide, N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-hexadecanamide.
Compl'Alim declarations. Compl'Alim, food supplement declarations (France), retrieved 23 October 2026.
What we know about this ingredient
Use classification
Cosmetics -> Foam boosting; Antistatic; Viscosity controlling
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): 1 taxon; examples: Caenorhabditis elegans.
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.
- NCT05246670 : PEA for the Relief of Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · PHASE2 · Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy, Hematopoietic and Lymphoid Cell Neoplasm, Malignant Solid Neoplasm · 2025-09-22 · Palmidrol; Palmidrol (synonym declared in the registry)
- NCT07772141 : Palmitoylethanolamide Modulates Central Sensitisation and Neuroinflammation in Chronic Low Back Pain
RECRUITING · NA · Chronic Low-back Pain · 2026-08-19 · Palmitoylethanolamide
- NCT07028528 : Levagen+ Efficacy Study on Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
RECRUITING · PHASE2 · Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy · 2025-07-23 · Levagen+ (synonym declared in the registry)
2026-11-01
Other names: palmidrol (English), Palmitoiletanolamida (Spanish), Palmitoiletanolamide (Italian).
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: PALMITAMIDE MEA.
In plain words
À quoi il sert, selon les fabricants
Objectifs les plus souvent annoncés pour les compléments qui en contiennent (Palmitoyléthanolamide) : articulations (51 produits), système nerveux (36 produits), cycles féminins (34 produits), immunité (13 produits), sport (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): 55 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 | 123 | 400 | 5 | 10,600 |
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
- Dolactifs SYNActifs, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- EndoConcept LABORATOIRES FENIOUX, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- Endometix gélule, withdrawn from the market
- Endometix comprimé, withdrawn from the market
- FIBRO24 PHARMALAB24, comprimé, withdrawn from the market
- LE FÉMININ gélule, withdrawn from the market
- LE PEA gélule, withdrawn from the market
- La formule RECUPERATION gélule, withdrawn from the market
- MUSCLE RELAX gélule, withdrawn from the market
- MUSCLE RELAX gélule, withdrawn from the market
- NIVELDOL Api Nature, capsule, withdrawn from the market
- Nutralgic 1000 SANTE VERTE, comprimé, withdrawn from the market
- OLIG'ALGIC gélule, withdrawn from the market
- PEA Nature Attitude, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- PEA gélule, withdrawn from the market
- PEA LABORATOIRES FENIOUX, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- PEA & Mag HSN, capsule, withdrawn from the market
- PEA 400 ORFITO, comprimé, withdrawn from the market
- PEA 400 mg Janine Benoit, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- PEA LP comprimé, withdrawn from the market
- PEA forte SANTEREL, gélule, withdrawn from the market