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DB12 Digestives + Vitamin B12

by Systemic Formulas Bio Function · capsule · 60 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 6 35585 00191 5
  • DSLD label 21847
  • Serving 1 capsule

DB12 Digestives + Vitamin B12 by Systemic Formulas Bio Function lists 6 ingredients, 6 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 30 mg of niacin/niacinamide, 1 mg of vitamin B12, 18 mg of calcium D-pantothenate and 6.5 mg of calcium. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on May 24, 2013.

What is in DB12 Digestives + Vitamin B12?

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).

DB12 Digestives + Vitamin B12: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 21847, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Niacin/Niacinamide30 mg150%Niacin in DB12 Digestives + Vitamin B12 against 12,413 products30 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 13.2 mg to 48 mg, the median 20 mg.DV 16 mgUL 35 mg30 mg

Higher than 63% of 12,413 products listing niacin (median 20 mg). Per day at the most servings: 90 mg. 2.6 times the adult UL a day.

Vitamin B12as Cyanocobalamin1 mg68%

This amount is far outside what other labels list for vitamin B12, or disagrees with the label's own %DV: possibly a unit or transcription slip in the database. Check the label image on DSLD.

Calcium D-Pantothenate18 mg180%Calcium in DB12 Digestives + Vitamin B12 against 17,831 products6.5 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 252 mg, the median 115 mg.DV 1,300 mgUL 2,500 mg6.5 mg

98% of 17,831 products listing calcium give more (median 115 mg). Per day at the most servings: 19.5 mg.

Calcium6.5 mg0%
Folic Acid700 mcg175%Folate in DB12 Digestives + Vitamin B12 against 7,022 products700 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 200 mcg to 400 mcg, the median 400 mcg.700 mcg

Higher than 81% of 7,022 products listing folate (median 400 mcg). Per day at the most servings: 2,100 mcg.

Biotin50 mcg17%Biotin in DB12 Digestives + Vitamin B12 against 9,447 products50 mcg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mcg to 300 mcg, the median 200 mcg.DV 30 mcg50 mcg

73% of 9,447 products listing biotin give more (median 200 mcg). Per day at the most servings: 150 mcg.

Proprietary Blendas Alfalfa, Ammonium Chloride, Aspartic Acid500 mg

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 21847 (entered May 24, 2013), 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?

The rows in the top or bottom tenth of the products that list the same ingredient, and any above the adult upper limit at the most servings a day the directions give:

  • At 3 servings a day, the most its directions give, the label lists 90 mg of niacin, 2.6 times the adult Tolerable Upper Intake Level.
  • 98% of the 17,831 products that print an amount of calcium list more than its 6.5 mg of calcium (2 rows of the label added together) (median 115 mg).

The NIH database records 1 to 3 servings 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.

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
DIRECTIONS FOR NUTRITIONAL USE: 1capsule up to 3x daily with food or as directed. Increase the amount of liquids you drink each day while taking this product.
Warnings
May cause niacin flush (a hot tingling effect to the skin) that may last 1-2 hours.
Keep away from Heat, Sunlight and Children.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 21847.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, Leucine.

How many labels does DB12 Digestives + Vitamin B12 have?

One label is on file, entered on May 24, 2013.

  1. Label 21847 (current) Entered May 24, 2013 · on the market · 60 capsules · UPC 6 35585 00191 5

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

Who makes it?

The label names Systemic Formulas Inc. (manufacturer), Ogden, UT. All Systemic Formulas Bio Function products.

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