L-Tryptophan Powder

L-Tryptophan Powder

CAS No: 73-22-3
Specifications: 95%, 98% and 99% L-Tryptophan; 98% 5-hydroxytryptophan
Appearance: White powder
Test Method: HPLC
Origin: China
Lead time: 1-3 days
Storage: Cool, dry place, and avoid light
Shelf Life: 2 years
MOQ: 1KG
Sample: Free sample available
Certs: GMP, ISO9001:2015, ISO22000:2018, HACCP, HALAL
Advantage: 100,000-level clean production workshop, non-additive, non-GMO, radiationless qualified product.
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Description

L-Tryptophan Powder Supplier/Manufacturer/Factory

 

L-Tryptophan (L-Trp) is an essential amino acid that cannot be synthesized by the human body or animals on their own. As an important nutritional supplement, its core efficacy is reflected in effectively promoting the synthesis of serotonin and melatonin, helping regulate sleep rhythms, relieve anxiety, and improve neurological status. It also supplements the body's amino acid nutrition, enhances immunity, regulates protein metabolism, and boosts the growth performance and feed utilization rate of animals.

Healthkintai® is a leading manufacturer and supplier of dietary supplement raw materials in China, specializing in L-Tryptophan Powder. Inquiries and cooperation are warmly welcome! Please contact us at health@kintaibio.com.

 

Healthkintai's L-Tryptophan specifications

 

L-Tryptophan Structure

 

L-Tryptophan Structure

 

Healthkintai's 99% L-Tryptophan powder

 

The TDS of L-Tryptophan Powder

 

Item

Specification

Testing method

Assay

99% L-tryptophan

HPLC

Appearance (Color)

White powder

Organoleptic

Particle Size

99% Through 80 mesh

USP<786>

Loss on drying

≤5.0%

GB 5009.3

E. coli

Negative

GB 4789.3

Salmonella

Negative

GB 4789.4

Heavy Metals (Total)

≤10.0ppm

GB 2762-2025/ICP-MS

Arsenic (As)

≤ 1.0ppm

GB 2762-2025/ICP-MS

Lead (Pb)

≤ 3.0ppm

ICP-MS

Mercury (Hg)

≤ 0.1 ppm

ICP-MS

Cadmium (Cd)

≤ 1.0ppm

ICP-MS

 

Is L-Tryptophan Safe?

 

United States (FDA)

Supplements: Reintroduced in 2005.

Food: Considered a safe food additive when used according to regulations.

Animal Feed: Generally safe, with the FDA reviewing new fermentation products for use in animal feed.

European Union (EFSA)

Supplements: Regulated under purity standards (like European Pharmacopoeia) and maximum daily intake (e.g., 220 mg/day) to ensure safety.

Feed Additive: Approved for use in animal nutrition but requires strict purity standards and conditions.

 

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L-Tryptophan Benefits

 

For Humans

 

Regulates Nerve and Mood: L-tryptophan acts as a key precursor for serotonin synthesis. As an important "happy neurotransmitter", serotonin can directly regulate the emotional perception of the central nervous system, effectively calm negative emotions such as anxiety, tension, and worry, and alleviate anxiety states. It can also improve irritability, short temper, and other problems caused by emotional disorders, helping to maintain a peaceful physical and mental state.

 

L-Tryptophan Regulates Nerve and Mood

 

Enhances Sleep Quality: L-tryptophan is an important nutrient for improving and enhancing sleep quality. It provides sufficient raw materials for the body's melatonin secretion and effectively promotes melatonin production in the brain. As a key substance that regulates the human biological clock and controls sleep rhythms, melatonin helps shorten sleep onset time and alleviate difficulty falling asleep. It also increases sleep depth, reduces frequent nighttime awakenings and vivid dreaming, and prolongs the duration of quality sleep. In addition, l-tryptophan can improve sleep conditions by calming emotions, enhancing overall sleep quality, and making sleep more stable and lasting.

 

L-Tryptophan Enhances Sleep Quality

For Animals

 

Improves Growth Performance: Supplements essential amino acids for animals, promotes protein synthesis, accelerates growth rate, increases market weight and feed conversion rate, and reduces breeding costs.

Enhances Breeding Welfare: Relieves anxiety and tension in animals caused by environmental factors and stress, reduces problems such as fighting and stress-induced weight loss, and improves animal survival rate.

Optimizes Physical Health: Participates in the construction of the animal immune system and enhances disease resistance; meanwhile, it improves intestinal digestive and absorptive functions, increases nutrient utilization rate, and reduces the occurrence of intestinal diseases.

 

L-Tryptophan for pets

 

L-Tryptophan Applications

 

L-Tryptophan used in the supplements

01

Dietary Supplement Field

L-tryptophan is widely used as a core raw material in sleep-aiding, sedative, and mood-soothing dietary supplements. It can also be formulated into compound formulas with B vitamins, magnesium, and other nutrients to meet adults' needs for daily nutritional supplementation, sleep regulation, and mood management.

02

Food and Beverage Field

As a natural amino acid fortifier, l-tryptophan is often added to functional drinks, meal replacement powders, baked foods, and dairy

products.

L-Tryptophan used in the beverage

L-Tryptophan used in feed additives

03

Feed Additive Field

L-tryptophan is an essential amino acid raw material for livestock, poultry, aquatic, and pet feed. It can be added individually or compounded into complete feed and premix to improve the growth performance of farmed animals, alleviate their stress state, and increase the survival rate.

 

Where to Buy the Best L-Tryptophan Powder?

 

Healthkintai has been deeply engaged in the production and supply of dietary supplement raw materials for more than a decade. If you are interested, please feel free to contact us at health@kintaibio.com.

Our L-Tryptophan Powder features the core advantage of high purity and is fully compliant with the application standards of various fields, including food grade, feed grade, and cosmetic grade.

 

FAQ

 

FAQ

Q: Can L-tryptophan make you sleepy?

A: Over the past 20 yr, 40 controlled studies have been described concerning the effects of L-tryptophan on human sleepiness and/or sleep. The weight of evidence indicates that L-tryptophan in doses of 1 g or more produces an increase in rated subjective sleepiness and a decrease in sleep latency.

Q: Which foods are high in tryptophan?

A: Foods high in tryptophan (an essential amino acid for serotonin/melatonin) are generally protein-rich, including poultry (turkey, chicken); fish (salmon, tuna); dairy (milk, cheese, and eggs); soy products (tofu, edamame); nuts and seeds (pumpkin, sesame, sunflower, and cashews); and grains (oats, quinoa), with some fruits like bananas also containing it. Turkey and chicken are often cited, but seeds, fish, and tofu offer concentrated amounts.

 

Foods high in tryptophan

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