Tryptophane in food supplements
1,711 supplements declared in France contain Tryptophane as a substance or active ingredient.
Other names in the Compl'Alim list: L-5-Hydroxytryptophane, 5-Hydroxytryptophane.
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.
BfR states that taking L-tryptophan on its own can impair the ability to drive. The warning cited concerns intakes of 1 000 to 2 000 mg per day.
In plain words
À quoi il sert, selon les fabricants
Objectifs les plus souvent annoncés pour les compléments qui en contiennent (Tryptophane) : sport (427 produits), sommeil (334 produits), système nerveux (197 produits), humeur (153 produits), immunité (39 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 and flagged as a novel food.
Compl'Alim, reference list of ingredients, retrieved 21 October 2026.
Canada, licensed natural health products (LNHPD): 342 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)
Declared daily quantities
| Unit | Products | Median | Minimum | Maximum |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| mg | 523 | 157 | 0.009 | 3,000 |
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
- ÉQUILIBRE DES SUCRES gélule, declared in 2026
- 8 MEL+ gommes 1.8 mg 8:Mel+, gomme à mâcher, flavour gout mûre, withdrawn from the market
- ALMETAX comprimé, withdrawn from the market
- AUDISTIM® RENFORT+ AUDISTIM, comprimé, withdrawn from the market
- Amino Prime Prozis, poudre, flavour citron, withdrawn from the market
- Amino Prime Caffeine Free Prozis, poudre, flavour neutre, withdrawn from the market
- Amino Prime Caffeine Free Prozis, poudre, flavour citron, withdrawn from the market
- Amino Prime No Caffeine PROZIS, poudre, flavour neutre, withdrawn from the market
- Amino Recovery PROZIS, poudre, flavour citron-kiwi, withdrawn from the market
- Amino Recovery PROZIS, poudre, flavour naturel, withdrawn from the market
- Amino Recovery Xcore Series Prozis, poudre, flavour fusion de fruit, withdrawn from the market
- Amino Recovery Xcore Series Prozis, poudre, flavour fusion de fruit, withdrawn from the market
- BCAA 2.1.1 poudre, withdrawn from the market
- BED TIME HOT CHOCOLATE HSN, poudre, flavour chocolat, withdrawn from the market
- BED TIME HOT CHOCOLATE HSN, poudre, flavour chocolat, withdrawn from the market
- BIOSTIME KIDS SOMMEIL gomme à mâcher, withdrawn from the market
- BOOSTER SUPER-DODO SYSNAT, autre : monodose, flavour fraise, withdrawn from the market
- BURN OUT Les Préparations de l'Apothicaire, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- Bien Être Inflamactiv Laboratoire Activa, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- Big Shot Pre-Workout PROZIS, poudre, flavour explosion de fruit, withdrawn from the market
- Burner FG Eiyolab, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- Burner XT Eiyolab, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- Burner XT Eiyolab, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- Burner XT Eiyolab, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- CC complex n°5 gélule, withdrawn from the market
- COMPLEXE RECOVERY AMINO+ gélule, withdrawn from the market
- CONCEPTIO ENDOLIB GRANIONS, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- CONCEPTIO ENDOLIB GRANIONS, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- Cap Sommeil LORICA, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- Cap Sommeil Lorica, comprimé, flavour fleur d'oranger, withdrawn from the market
- Cap Sommeil Lorica, comprimé, flavour mandarine, withdrawn from the market
- Cap Sérénité Lorica, comprimé, withdrawn from the market
- Cap Sérénité G+ Lorica, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- Chrono 18-22 gélule, withdrawn from the market
- Collagène marin Herbier Naturel, flacon, withdrawn from the market
- DORLON gélule, withdrawn from the market
- DORLON gélule, withdrawn from the market
- EAA PROZIS, comprimé, withdrawn from the market
- EAA (Blackcurrant) Alpha01, poudre, flavour cassis, withdrawn from the market
- EAA + BCAA Lemon Addict Sport Nutrition, poudre, withdrawn from the market
- EAA - Acides Aminés Essentiels PROZIS, poudre, flavour pomme verte, withdrawn from the market
- EAA - Acides Aminés Essentiels PROZIS, poudre, flavour citron-citron vert, withdrawn from the market
- EAA - Acides Aminés Essentiels Prozis, poudre, flavour tropical, withdrawn from the market
- EAA - Acides Aminés Essentiels PROZIS, poudre, flavour cola, withdrawn from the market
- EAA - Acides Aminés Essentiels Prozis, poudre, flavour blueberry-melon, withdrawn from the market
- EAA - Acides Aminés Essentiels PROZIS, poudre, flavour mangue-pêche, withdrawn from the market
- EAA - Acides Aminés Essentiels PROZIS, poudre, flavour (sans goût), withdrawn from the market
- EAA - Acides Aminés Essentiels Prozis, poudre, flavour orange, withdrawn from the market
- EAA saveur citron poudre, flavour citron, withdrawn from the market
- EAA with Histidine PROZIS, poudre, flavour mangue-pêche, withdrawn from the market
- EAAs Tabs PROZIS, comprimé, withdrawn from the market
- EAAs Tabs Prozis, comprimé, withdrawn from the market
- ELLYCARE MENOACTIVE ELLYCARE, comprimé, withdrawn from the market
- ERGYSTRESS SEREN NUTERGIA, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- ESSENTIAL AMINO ENERGY poudre, flavour pamplemousse, withdrawn from the market
- ESSENTIAL AMINOACIDS 150 COMPRIMÉS 1600 MG HX NUTRITION, comprimé, withdrawn from the market
- EVAREL Laboratoire Santarel, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- EVOEAA'S (ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS) HSN, poudre, flavour energy drink, withdrawn from the market
- EVOEAA'S (ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS) HSN, poudre, flavour watermelon, withdrawn from the market
- EVOEAA'S (ESSENTIAL AMINO ACIDS) HSN, poudre, flavour mango, withdrawn from the market