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Active Bio-B

by EuroMedica · capsule · 60 capsules

  • Off the market since September 2021 (NIH)
  • UPC 3 67703 68006 0
  • DSLD label 220958
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 60 servings

Active Bio-B by EuroMedica lists 3 ingredients, 3 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 25 mg of vitamin B6, 800 mcg of folate and 1,000 mcg of vitamin B12. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on May 22, 2020.

What is in Active Bio-B?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 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).

Active Bio-B: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 220958, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin B6as Pyridoxal 5-PhosphateVitamin B6 (Form: as Pyridoxal-5-Phosphate)25 mg1,250%Vitamin B6 in Active Bio-B against 15,277 products25 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 2 mg to 20 mg, the median 6 mg.DV 1.7 mgUL 100 mg25 mg

Higher than 76% of 15,277 products listing vitamin B6 (median 6 mg).

Folateas (6S)-5-MethylfolateFolate (Form: as (6S)-5-Methylfolate Note: (equivalent to 1,600 mcg of (6S)-5-methyltetrahydrofolic acid, glucosamine salt) (US patent no. 7,947,662))800 mcg200%Folate in Active Bio-B against 7,022 products800 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 200 mcg to 400 mcg, the median 400 mcg.800 mcg

Higher than 81% of 7,022 products listing folate (median 400 mcg).

Vitamin B12as MethylcobalaminVitamin B12 (Form: as Methylcobalamin)1,000 mcg16,667%Vitamin B12 in Active Bio-B against 14,425 products1,000 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 6 mcg to 200 mcg, the median 36 mcg.DV 2.4 mcg1,000 mcg

Higher than 89% of 14,425 products listing vitamin B12 (median 36 mcg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 220958 (entered May 22, 2020), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD. 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
Recommendations: 1 capsule daily, or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.
Warnings
If pregnant or nursing, consult a healthcare practitioner before using.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Non-GMO
No sugar, salt, yeast, wheat, gluten, corn, soy, dairy products, artificial coloring, artificial flavoring, or artificial preservatives.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 220958.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Dicalcium Phosphate, organic Rice Bran extract, Hydroxypropyl Methylcellulose, Silica.

How many labels does Active Bio-B have?

4 labels are on file under this name since November 25, 2013: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 220958 (current) Entered May 22, 2020 · off the market September 20, 2021 · 60 capsules · UPC 3 67703 68006 0
  2. Label 82014 Entered December 22, 2017 · off the market August 6, 2018 · 60 capsules · UPC 3 67703 68006 0
  3. Label 51642 Entered October 22, 2015 · off the market October 5, 2017 · 60 capsules · UPC 3 67703 68006 0
  4. Label 27923 Entered November 25, 2013 · off the market October 8, 2015 · 60 capsules · UPC 3 67703 68006 0

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

Who makes it?

The label names EuroMedica (distributor), Green Bay, WI. All EuroMedica products.

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