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Resvératrol in food supplements

700 supplements declared in France contain Resvératrol as a substance or active ingredient.

Other names in the Compl'Alim list: resveratrol.

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

What we know about this ingredient

Uses

  • Nutritional supplement

  • Resveratrol dietary supplements available in the U.S. contain extracts of the root of Polygonum cuspidatum, also known as Hu Zhang or kojo-kon. Red wine extracts and red grape extracts containing resveratrol and other polyphenols are also available in the US as dietary supplements. Resveratrol supplements may contain anywhere from 10-50 mg of resveratrol.

  • Resveratrol is a pigment from red wine that ... inhibits LDL /low-density lipoprotein/ oxidation

  • Resveratrol is found in red wine, red grape skins, purple grape juice, mulberries, and in smaller amounts in peanuts. It is used as a medicine.

PubChem : Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) · 2026-10-29 · Thomson Healthcare. PDR for Nutritional Supplements. Thomson Health Care Inc. Montvale, NJ. p.400 (2001); Linus Pauling Institute; Resveratrol, Micronutrient Information Center, Oregon St Univ. Available from, as of Feb 11, 2014: https://lpi.oregonstate.edu/infocenter/phytochemicals/resveratrol/; Kunkee RE, Eschnauer HR; Wine. Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. 7th ed. (1999-2014). New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons; Wine. Online Posting Date: 15 Jun 2000; Rxlist; Resveratrol; RxList, The Internet Drug Index. Available from, as of Feb 11, 2014: https://www.rxlist.com/resveratrol/supplements.htm.

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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): 137 taxa; examples: Vitis vinifera, Vitis labrusca, Gnetum gnemon, Gnetum gnemonoides, Smilax aspera.

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

Manufacturing

  • Isolated from white hellebore; ... from fescue grass; ... Isolation of monomers, oligomers, isomers and glucosides from wine.

  • Isolation from fresh root of Polygonum cuspidatum. /3-beta-mono-D-glucoside/

  • Resveratrol is produced by grape vines in response to fungal infection and is known to occur in grapes(1). Its presence is also induced by stress, injury or ultraviolet irradiation(2).

PubChem : Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) · 2026-10-29 · O'Neil, M.J. (ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013., p. 1515; (1) Lamuela-Raventos RM et al; J Agric Food Chem 41: 521-23 (1993) (2) Slominki G; The Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine. Grape skin. Longe JL, ed. 2nd ed. Detroit, MI: Gale (2005). On-line Date: July 1, 2006..

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Appearance

  • Off-white powder from methanol

PubChem : Hazardous Substances Data Bank (HSDB) · 2026-10-29 · O'Neil, M.J. (ed.). The Merck Index - An Encyclopedia of Chemicals, Drugs, and Biologicals. Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry, 2013., p. 1515.

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Associated research

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

2026-11-01

Other names: resveratrolo (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: RESVERATROL.

In plain words

À quoi il sert, selon les fabricants

Objectifs les plus souvent annoncés pour les compléments qui en contiennent (Resvératrol) : antioxydant (197 produits), peau (143 produits), immunité (58 produits), sport (35 produits), cheveux et ongles (33 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 “Resveratrol”: 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-00647. Novel Food Catalogue (status of products under Regulation (EU) 2015/2283), retrieved 21 October 2026.

Health claims register (European Union): 0 authorised and 1 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): 13 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): 827 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: 50 products.

NPRA, Malaysian pharmaceutical products register, retrieved 27 October 2026.

Ministère de la santé de Malaisie / NPRA, Pharmaceutical Products, CC BY 4.0

CC BY 4.0

Poland, notified supplements: 4 products.

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

Główny Inspektorat Sanitarny (GIS), Rejestr produktów objętych powiadomieniem

CC BY 4.0

Declared daily quantities

Declared daily quantities: Resvératrol
UnitProductsMedianMinimumMaximum
mg2827511,060

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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