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
- EVOFUEL - BLACKCURRANT HSN, poudre, flavour blackcurrant, withdrawn from the market
- EVOFUEL - BLUE RASPBERRY HSN, poudre, flavour blue raspberry, withdrawn from the market
- FATBURNER DAY&NIGHT sachet, withdrawn from the market
- GH TURBO NIGHT Trec Nutrition, capsule, withdrawn from the market
- GH UP Trec Nutrition, capsule, withdrawn from the market
- GORELAX NUIT gélule, withdrawn from the market
- Goodnight gélule, withdrawn from the market
- Griffonia Complex Zenement, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- HAIR RELAX ADERANS HAIR CARE, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- HYDRO-S Circulation Serie Radieuse, compte-gouttes, withdrawn from the market
- HYDRO-S Relax Serie Radieuse, compte-gouttes, withdrawn from the market
- IRON PERFORMANCE ERIC FAVE SPORT, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- IRON PERFORMANCE ERIC FAVE SPORT, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- IRON ULTRA FAT BURNER ERIC FAVRE SPORT, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- Iron ultra fat burner gélule, withdrawn from the market
- L TRYPTOPHANE 350 gélule, withdrawn from the market
- L-TRYPTOPHAN 500 MG HSN, capsule, withdrawn from the market
- L-TRYPTOPHAN 500MG VITAMINALIA, comprimé, withdrawn from the market
- L-TRYPTOPHAN POWDER HSN, poudre, withdrawn from the market
- L-Tryptophan Prozis, poudre, withdrawn from the market
- L-Tryptophane Cuure, comprimé, withdrawn from the market
- L-tryptophane 220 mg Ortifo bioactive, comprimé, withdrawn from the market
- LoriSport LORICA, poudre, flavour abricot, withdrawn from the market
- M13 Trec Nutrition, poudre, flavour tropicale, withdrawn from the market
- M13 Trec Nutrition, poudre, flavour fruit, withdrawn from the market
- MENO gélule, withdrawn from the market
- MORAL BOOST gélule, withdrawn from the market
- Melatonin + L-Tryptophan Gummies Sugar Free Vitaldin, gomme, flavour saveur de pêche, withdrawn from the market
- Melatonin + L-Tryptophan Gummies Sugar Free Vitaldin, gomme, flavour saveur de fruits tropicaux, withdrawn from the market
- Melatonin + L-Tryptophan Gummies Sugar Free Vitaldin, gomme, flavour saveur de mûre, withdrawn from the market
- Melatonin + L-Tryptophan Gummies Sugar Free Vitaldin, gomme, flavour saveur de mûre, withdrawn from the market
- Mood BRAINEFFECT, capsule, withdrawn from the market
- Ménopause sans phytoestrogène gélule, withdrawn from the market
- NUTRISOMME NUTRISOMME, comprimé, withdrawn from the market
- Neurobiane gélule, withdrawn from the market
- Noctima Yves Ponroy, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- ON gélule, withdrawn from the market
- OPTINUIT comprimé, withdrawn from the market
- OREXIDE NHCO NUTRITION, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- OVO + jolly mama!, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- PHYTO Sommeil Nutrigée, comprimé, withdrawn from the market
- PIÙLIFE - GRIFFONIA comprimé, withdrawn from the market
- POST-PARTUM gélule, withdrawn from the market
- PRECURSOR GH - new gélule, withdrawn from the market
- Pianto Agrumes Pianto, flacon, withdrawn from the market
- Pure zen gélule, withdrawn from the market
- QUANTACALM PHYTOQUANT, autre : comprimé sphérique, withdrawn from the market
- QUANTACALM+ PHYTOQUANT, flacon, withdrawn from the market
- RELAX MAX ITSMY, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- RENFORT + AUDISTIM, comprimé, withdrawn from the market
- SEROKRILL ELLIKRIL, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- SEROPHAR gélule, withdrawn from the market
- SEROTOREL Laboratoire Santarel, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- SEROTOREL Laboratoire Santarel, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- SLEEP-ER Trec Nutrition, poudre, flavour fruits exotiques, withdrawn from the market
- SOMACTIFS Laboratoires SYNActifs, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- SOMMEIL GR HEALTHCARE, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- SOMMEIL GRHEALTHCARE, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- SOMMEIL GRHealthCare, gélule, withdrawn from the market
- SOMMEIL 30 MELATONINE DIET HORIZON, comprimé, withdrawn from the market