PlainVitamins

Homocysteine Formula

by Swanson Premium Brand · capsule · 120 capsules

  • Off the market since January 2024 (NIH)
  • UPC 0 87614 11418 7
  • DSLD label 308839
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 120 servings

Homocysteine Formula by Swanson Premium Brand lists 5 ingredients, 5 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 50 mg of vitamin B6, 665 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 April 23, 2024.

What is in Homocysteine Formula?

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).

Homocysteine Formula: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 308839, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Vitamin B6as Pyridoxine Hydrochloride50 mg2,941%Vitamin B6 in Homocysteine Formula 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). Per day at the most servings: 100 mg.

Folate665 mcg DFE167%
Folic Acid400 mcg
Vitamin B12as Cyanocobalamin500 mcg20,833%Vitamin B12 in Homocysteine Formula 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). Per day at the most servings: 1,000 mcg.

Trimethylglycineas Betaine Hydrochloride500 mgBetaine in Homocysteine Formula 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). Per day at the most servings: 1,000 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 308839 (entered April 23, 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 2 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.

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 capsule two times per day with water.
Warnings
Do not use if seal is broken.
Keep out of reach of children.
Storage
Store in a cool, dry place.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 308839.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Gelatin, Magnesium Stearate, Silica, Rice Flour.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Guaranteed Purity & Potency.

How many labels does Homocysteine Formula 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 308839 (current) Entered April 23, 2024 · off the market January 24, 2024 · 120 capsules · UPC 0 87614 11418 7
  2. Label 181228 Entered September 21, 2018 · off the market December 4, 2023 · 120 capsules · UPC 0 87614 11418 7

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 Premium Brand products.

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