Aluminum nicotinate

Aluminium nicotinate is a niacin source permitted for foods for special dietary use, supplying vitamin B3 in a form that avoids the flushing plain niacin causes.

Where it is and isn’t permitted

Status of Aluminum nicotinate by jurisdiction. Every jurisdiction this site covers is listed, including those where the substance does not appear.
JurisdictionStatusScope and limitsCitation
United StatesFood and Drug AdministrationPermitted, with conditions21 CFR 172.310retrieved 2026-09-07
Codex AlimentariusCodex Alimentarius Commission / JECFANot listedDoes not appear on this jurisdiction’s permitted list. That is not the same as being prohibited.

What it is made from

Made by reacting nicotinic acid with an aluminium source.

  • Vegan
  • Vegetarian
InChIKey
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PubChem
CID 16098

Every name it appears under

18 recorded names. A label may use any of them.

CAS registry number

  • 1976-28-9

As it appears in regulation

  • Aluminum nicotinate

Other names

  • 3-Pyridinecarboxylic acid, aluminum salt
  • aluminium nicotinate
  • Aluminium trinicotinate
  • Aluminium tripyridine-3-carboxylate
  • Aluminum 3-pyridinecarboxylate
  • Aluminum nicotinate
  • Aluminum, tris(nicotinato)-
  • BDI80PUH9N
  • MICALEX
  • NIACIN ALUMINIUM
  • NIACIN ALUMINUM
  • NICOTINIC ACID, ALUMINIUM SALT
  • Nicotinic acid, aluminum salt
  • Tris(nicotinato)aluminum
  • TRIS(NICTINATO)ALUMINIUM
  • TRIS(NICTINATO)ALUMINUM

Hazard reference values

No reference value for this substance in the sources we hold.

Evidence and how bodies read it

Studies, and the differing conclusions regulators drew from them, are curated by hand rather than machine-read, and none has been written for this substance yet.

Sources for this page

  • ecfr retrieved 2026-09-07

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