High Potency B-Complex Chewable Natural Strawberry Flavor

High Potency B-Complex Chewable Natural Strawberry Flavor

Solaray4.5 (2,382 ratings)
Format:Tablet Quantity: 50 Tablet(s) · 50 servings
Goals

Product analysis

51 out of 100

High Potency B-Complex Chewable Natural Strawberry Flavor supplies B vitamins that support normal nutrient metabolism and blood formation when intake is low. The sucrose amount and blend contents are not disclosed, making the full serving harder to compare.

AI assessment of the formula, label and price. How scoring works

Nutrient Quality45

Vitamin B5 uses a favorable form, while several other vitamin forms remain uncertain or unnamed. The additional mixture is also insufficiently described for a complete quality comparison.

Ingredient Transparency63

Most ingredient amounts are stated, but the sucrose amount is missing. Several forms and the blend contents are also undisclosed, limiting a full comparison.

Value For Money41

Riboflavin has a favorable value comparison, while niacin, B5 and choline are less favorable. Value remains uncertain for several other nutrients.

Customer Satisfaction81

Customer feedback is positive across a substantial number of ratings. The review pool provides useful satisfaction information without proving an energy boost.

Product Focus28

The B vitamins provide the clearest nutritional role, especially when dietary intake is low. The added ingredients and unidentified blend make the formula broader and less fully characterized.

Format
Tablet
Container
50 Tablet(s)
Per serving
$0.30
Customer rating
4.5 · 2,382 ratings
Report analysis

Goals

Impact
High effect
B Ingredient FitF PathwaysB+ EvidenceA+ Formulation Logic
Vitamin B5 · 50 mgRiboflavin · 8.5 mgThiamin · 7.5 mgVitamin B12 · 30 mg

B12, folate, vitamin B6 and vitamin C help maintain nutritional functions and can address tiredness associated with deficiency. Thiamin, riboflavin, niacin and pantothenic acid also contribute to normal nutrient metabolism. These roles do not establish an energy boost when nutritional needs are met. The exceptionally large B12 amount does not demonstrate a greater fatigue benefit.

How this product is rated for Energy

Ingredient fit77

The formula’s recognised ingredients connect with energy through nutritional support, with benefits depending on the relevant shortfall.
Goal fit
The formula includes ingredients relevant to energy alongside ingredients directed at other goals.
Dose adequacy
The declared amounts support the recognised ingredients to differing degrees; this does not make them proven fatigue-treatment doses.

Pathways0

The listed energy pathways have no recognised coverage; nutritional sufficiency is a separate role.
Depth
No coverage was found for the listed alertness, exercise or stress-fatigue pathways; nutritional support is considered separately.
Breadth
None of the listed pathways reaches the required coverage; this does not erase the ingredients’ nutritional roles.

Evidence81

Vitamin B12 leads the saved evidence finding; nutritional or deficiency-related benefits do not establish extra energy when needs are met.
Evidence strength
Vitamin B12 leads the saved evidence finding; nutritional or deficiency-related benefits do not establish extra energy when needs are met.
Studied preparation
The recognised preparations meet the saved preparation check, while any population and outcome limitations still apply.

Formulation logic100

The recognised ingredients meet the saved partner and minimum-amount checks, with no configured conflicts found.
Partner coverage
The recognised ingredients have no unmet partner requirement; this does not demonstrate an extra benefit from combining them.
Conflicts
No configured ingredient conflict was found in the supplied facts.
Effective doses
All ingredients retained in this check meet its minimum amount threshold; that threshold is not a proven effective fatigue dose.
Study evidence
Thiamin Disputed 12 studies

Ingredients

IngredientAmount per servingScore
Calories
15 Calorie(s)
Sugar
0 Gram(s)
Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid)
250 mg
Thiamine (Thiamine Mononitrate)
7.5 mg
Riboflavin
8.5 mg 54
Niacin (Niacinamide)
50 mg 71
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine Hydrochloride)
10 mg
Folate
400 mcg 14
Vitamin B12 (Cyanocobalamin)
30 mg
Biotin
300 mcg 59
Pantothenic Acid (Calcium D-Pantothenate)
50 mg 70
Inositol
30 mg
PABA
20 mg 64
Stress & Vitamin C Support Base
30 mg
Choline (Choline Bitartrate)
30 mg 44
Adults 18–50
Report overview
PABA · 20 mg OverallScore64
B+ Active Ingredient Quality & BioavailabilityC Dose, Safety & Label TransparencyD- Value
The serving lists 20 mg of PABA, a relatively small amount. The recorded ingredients include hydrogenated oil.
How this ingredient is rated

Active Ingredient Quality & Bioavailability80

PABA is identified by name; the available facts do not establish a pharmaceutical grade or purity designation.
PABA Source & Grade
PABA is identified by name; the available facts do not establish a pharmaceutical grade or purity designation.

Dose, Safety & Label Transparency60

The serving lists 20 mg of PABA, a relatively small amount. The recorded ingredients include hydrogenated oil.
PABA Dosage Alignment
The serving contains 20 mg of PABA, a relatively small amount.
Label Disclosure Clarity
The PABA amount is listed separately as 20 mg per serving.
Additive and Excipient Quality
The recorded ingredients include hydrogenated oil.

Value40

Using the whole-product price, the cost works out to about $1.55 per 100 mg of PABA, including any other ingredients.
Price per 100mg PABA
Using the whole-product price, the cost works out to about $1.55 per 100 mg of PABA, including any other ingredients.
A Active Ingredient Quality & BioavailabilityB Dose, Safety & Label TransparencyF Value
Each serving provides 50 mg of vitamin B5 from calcium D-pantothenate, a stable, well-absorbed form. The evaluation considers that amount suitable for general maintenance.
How this ingredient is rated

Active Ingredient Quality & Bioavailability90

The B5 source is calcium D-pantothenate, a stable form that is well absorbed.
Vitamin B5 Chemical Form
The named source is calcium D-pantothenate, a stable and well-absorbed form of vitamin B5.

Dose, Safety & Label Transparency76

The amount is 50 mg of vitamin B5 per serving, and its calcium D-pantothenate source is identified. The evaluation considers that amount suitable for general maintenance.
Dosage Potency and Efficacy
The serving provides 50 mg of vitamin B5, which the evaluation considers suitable for general maintenance.
Label Transparency & Source Clarity
The stored facts identify both the 50 mg B5 amount per serving and its calcium D-pantothenate source.

Value20

The calculated cost is about $3.10 per 500 mg of vitamin B5, based on whole-product serving prices.
Price per 500mg Vitamin B5
The calculated cost is about $3.10 per 500 mg of vitamin B5, based on whole-product serving prices.
A+ Active Ingredient Quality & BioavailabilityC+ Dose, Safety & Label TransparencyF Value
A serving provides 50 mg niacin as niacinamide, the form evaluated for the product's skin-support focus. Niacinamide is generally considered non-flushing, and the whole-product serving costs about $0.31.
How this ingredient is rated

Active Ingredient Quality & Bioavailability100

Niacinamide is the identified form and is evaluated in the context of the product’s skin-support focus.
Niacin Form & Goal Alignment
Niacinamide is the identified form assessed against the product’s skin-support focus.
Precursor Source Quality
The identified source is niacinamide, a standard form of vitamin B3.

Dose, Safety & Label Transparency67

The saved facts record 50 mg niacin per serving. Niacinamide is the identified form.
Clarity of Chemical Form
Niacinamide is identified as the niacin form.
Form-Specific Dosage Efficacy
The saved facts record 50 mg niacin per serving.
Flush Risk & Safety Labeling
Niacinamide is generally considered a non-flushing form.

Value20

The whole-product serving costs about $0.31.
Price Per Effective Serving
The whole-product serving costs about $0.31.
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Sources

Published studies used for the product analysis and the top-ranked studies for each ingredient and goal.

  1. Physicochemical properties of and volatile compounds in riboflavin fortified cloudy apple juice; study of its effect on job fatigue among Egyptian construction workers.
    Fouad S; Ibrahim GE; Hussein AMS; Ibrahim FA; El Gendy A · Heliyon · 2021
    Non-randomized trialEnergy forRiboflavin
  2. Vitamin B status in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.
    Heap LC; Peters TJ; Wessely S · Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine · 1999
    Case-control study30 participantsEnergy forRiboflavin
  3. B-vitamins, related vitamers, and metabolites in patients with quiescent inflammatory bowel disease and chronic fatigue treated with high dose oral thiamine.
    Bager P; Hvas CL; Hansen MM; Ueland P; Dahlerup JF · Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2023
    Observational studyEnergy forRiboflavin
  4. Metabolic features of chronic fatigue syndrome.
    Naviaux RK; Naviaux JC; Li K; Bright AT; Alaynick WA; Wang L; Baxter A; Nathan N; Anderson W; Gordon E · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2024
    Case-control study84 participantsEnergy forRiboflavin
  5. Effectiveness of Riboflavin in Inherited Metabolic Diseases: A Systematic Review
    Bregje Jaeger, Nina N Stolwijk, Femke Aaldering, Charlotte A Ruys, Marije Smits, Nicole I Wolf, Carla E M Hollak, Annet M Bosch · Journal of Inherited Metabolic Disease · 2026
    Systematic review381 studies pooledEnergy forRiboflavin
  6. Influence of thiamin supplementation on the health and general well-being of an elderly Irish population with marginal thiamin deficiency.
    Smidt LJ; Cremin FM; Grivetti LE; Clifford AJ · Journal of gerontology · 1991
    Randomized trial80 participantsEnergy forThiamin
  7. Randomised clinical trial: high-dose oral thiamine versus placebo for chronic fatigue in patients with quiescent inflammatory bowel disease.
    Bager P; Hvas CL; Rud CL; Dahlerup JF · Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · 2021
    Randomized trial40 participantsEnergy forThiamin
  8. Dietary reference values for thiamin.
    EFSA Panel on Dietetic Products, Nutrition and Allergies (NDA); Turck D; Bresson JL; Burlingame B; Dean T; Fairweather-Tait S; Heinonen M; Hirsch-Ernst KI; Mangelsdorf I; McArdle HJ; Naska A; Nowicka G; Pentieva K; Sanz Y; Siani A; Sjödin A; Stern M; Tomé D; Van Loveren H; Vinceti M; Willatts P; Lamberg-Allardt C; Przyrembel H; Tetens I; Gudelj Rakic J; Ioannidou S; de Sesmaisons-Lecarré A; Forss AC; Neuhäuser-Berthold M · EFSA journal. European Food Safety Authority · 2026
    Guideline / consensusEnergy forThiamin
  9. Effects of thiamine supplementation on exercise-induced fatigue.
    Suzuki M; Itokawa Y · Metabolic brain disease · 1996
    Randomized trial16 participantsEnergy forThiamin
  10. Long-term maintenance treatment with 300 mg thiamine for fatigue in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: results from an open-label extension of the TARIF study.
    Bager P; Hvas CL; Rud CL; Dahlerup JF · Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology · 2022
    Randomized trialEnergy forThiamin
  11. A new perspective on vitamin B12 deficiency in rheumatology: a case-based review.
    Dułak NA; Rytlewska M; Jaskólska M; Chmielewski M · Rheumatology international · 2024
    Case series3 participantsEnergy forVitamin B12
  12. Effects of Vitamin B12 Supplementation on Cognitive Function, Depressive Symptoms, and Fatigue: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Meta-Regression.
    Markun S; Gravestock I; Jäger L; Rosemann T; Pichierri G; Burgstaller JM · Nutrients · 2021
    Meta-analysis6,276 participants16 studies pooledEnergy forVitamin B12
  13. Patients' experiences with methylcobalamin injections in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
    Zubair AS; Saab L; Scharer K; Khokhar B · Brain circulation · 2024
    Qualitative study5 participantsEnergy forVitamin B12
  14. Cobalamin deficiency: clinical picture and radiological findings.
    Briani C; Dalla Torre C; Citton V; Manara R; Pompanin S; Binotto G; Adami F · Nutrients · 2014
    Narrative reviewEnergy forVitamin B12
  15. Vitamin B12 Deficiency: Common Questions and Answers.
    Patel H; McGuirk R · American family physician · 2025
    Narrative reviewEnergy forVitamin B12