PlainVitamins

Activated Homocysteine

by Swanson · capsule · 60 veggie capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 0 87614 02713 5
  • DSLD label 308447
  • Serving 1 veggie capsule
  • 60 servings

Activated Homocysteine by Swanson lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 1 veggie capsule, such as 50 mg of vitamin B6, 800 mcg DFE of folate, 500 mcg of vitamin B12 and 500 mg of trimethylglycine. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on October 24, 2024.

What is in Activated Homocysteine?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 veggie capsule. The capsule beside an amount places it among every product in the NIH database that lists the same ingredient: the bar is the middle half of their amounts, the line in it the median, the whiskers the 10th and 90th percentiles; the green tick is the FDA Daily Value and the red dashed tick the adult upper limit (IOM).

Activated Homocysteine: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 308447, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin B6as Pyridoxal 5-Phosphate50 mg2,941%Vitamin B6 in Activated Homocysteine against 15,277 products50 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 2 mg to 20 mg, the median 6 mg.DV 1.7 mgUL 100 mg50 mg

Higher than 87% of 15,277 products listing vitamin B6 (median 6 mg).

Folateas Calcium L-5-Methyltetrahydrofolate800 mcg DFE200%
Vitamin B12as Methylcobalamin500 mcg20,833%Vitamin B12 in Activated Homocysteine against 14,425 products500 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 6 mcg to 200 mcg, the median 36 mcg.DV 2.4 mcg500 mcg

Higher than 82% of 14,425 products listing vitamin B12 (median 36 mcg).

Trimethylglycineas Betaine, Natural500 mgBetaine in Activated Homocysteine against 731 products500 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 1,250 mg, the median 250 mg.500 mg

Higher than 55% of 731 products listing betaine (median 250 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 308447 (entered October 24, 2024), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD or its label image (PDF). Amounts are what the maker printed; DSLD does not test products. Daily Values: the FDA's Daily Value page.

Is that a lot?

Every amount on this label with a position sits within the middle 80% of the products that list the same ingredient.

The NIH database records one serving a day from the label's directions; its % Daily Values are for adults and children 4 or more years of age. The directions as printed are further down this page.

The Tolerable Upper Intake Level is the most of a nutrient per day, from food, water and supplements together, that is likely to pose no risk for almost all adults (Institute of Medicine, 2011). It does not apply under medical supervision. This page compares labels; it is not medical advice.

Sources: amounts from the DSLD label; Daily Values from 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8)(iv); adult upper limits from the Institute of Medicine's DRI summary tables (2011). How positions are computed.

Which products have the closest formulas?

6 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.

Source: ingredient lists of every product's current label in DSLD (version 9.4.0); similarity weights each shared ingredient by how rare it is.

What does the label say about taking it?

Quoted from the label as DSLD transcribed it: the maker's words, including any claim about what the product does, which the FDA has not evaluated and PlainVitamins does not endorse.

Directions
Suggested use: As a dietary supplement, take one veggie capsule per day with water.
Warnings
Warning: For adults only. Keep out of reach of children.
Consult your healthcare provider before using this or any product if you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication or have a medical condition.
Do not use if seal is broken.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 308447.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Hypromellose, Brown Rice Flour, Magnesium Stearate.

How many labels does Activated Homocysteine have?

2 labels are on file under this name since September 21, 2018: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 308447 (current) Entered October 24, 2024 · on the market · 60 veggie capsules · UPC 0 87614 02713 5
  2. Label 181492 Entered September 21, 2018 · off the market August 29, 2024 · 60 veggie capsules · UPC 0 87614 02713 5

Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).

Who makes it?

The label names Swanson Health Products (distributor), Fargo, ND. All Swanson products.

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