BioActive Vitamin B

BioActive Vitamin B

Terry Naturally4.8 (59 ratings)
Format:Capsule Quantity: 60 Capsule(s) · 60 servings
Goals
$15.50 $0.25 per serving

Product analysis

81 out of 100

BioActive Vitamin B can help fill gaps in folate, B6 and B12 that affect normal energy use, blood formation and nerve function. Its clearly disclosed formula offers favorable value for folate and B6.

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

Nutrient Quality80

Folate and vitamin B6 use clearly identified forms the body can use. Vitamin B12 is named as methylcobalamin, though its preparation quality remains uncertain.

Ingredient Transparency100

All listed amounts and forms are disclosed, making the formula straightforward to compare. You can see which preparation of each B vitamin is included.

Value For Money77

Folate and vitamin B6 offer favorable value at the full product cost. Vitamin B12 value cannot be established confidently.

Customer Satisfaction73

Customer ratings are positive, but the review base is modest. Broader feedback would give a firmer picture of satisfaction.

Product Focus70

The compact B-vitamin formula mainly supports nutritional needs that affect energy and nerve function. Its many health aims share those nutrient roles, without establishing extra benefit when intake is already adequate.

Format
Capsule
Container
60 Capsule(s)
Per serving
$0.25
Customer rating
4.8 · 59 ratings
Report analysis

Goals

Impact
Highest effect
A Ingredient FitC PathwaysB+ EvidenceA+ Formulation Logic
Folate · 800 mcgVitamin B12 · 1000 mcg

Folate, B12 and B6 contribute to normal blood formation and related metabolism, with B6 and B12 also connecting to energy metabolism. They can help fill dietary gaps, but the supplied facts do not establish extra energy or improved health above adequate intake. The named forms and high amounts do not establish superior benefits.

How this product is rated for Everyday Health

Ingredient fit91

The assessed ingredients concentrate on nutritional roles relevant to general health. The relevant amounts fully meet the saved comparison amounts; that does not establish extra benefit above nutritional adequacy.
Goal fit
The assessed ingredients concentrate on nutritional roles relevant to general health.
Dose adequacy
The relevant amounts fully meet the saved comparison amounts; that does not establish extra benefit above nutritional adequacy.

Pathways60

The strongest connection is to blood formation and related metabolism, through the relevant nutrients in the selected serving. The broader findings cover blood formation and related metabolism.
Depth
The strongest connection is to blood formation and related metabolism, through the relevant nutrients in the selected serving.
Breadth
The broader findings cover blood formation and related metabolism.

Evidence82

Vitamin B9 (Folate) provides the strongest supported contribution at the supplied amount, with usefulness conditional on nutritional need.
Evidence strength
Vitamin B9 (Folate) provides the strongest supported contribution at the supplied amount, with usefulness conditional on nutritional need.
Studied preparation
The preparations of the contributing nutrients match those accepted in the supplied findings; this does not establish a superior form or delivery method.

Formulation logic100

All counted nutrients have amounts that meet the saved minimum contribution. The contributing nutrients can act independently or have the relevant partner present; no additional combination benefit is established.
Partner coverage
The contributing nutrients can act independently or have the relevant partner present; no additional combination benefit is established.
Conflicts
No assessed ingredient conflict was identified for the selected serving. This finding does not assess every possible interaction.
Effective doses
All counted nutrients have amounts that meet the saved minimum contribution.
Study evidence
Folate Supportive 80 studies
Hair Health
Impact
High effect
A Ingredient FitF PathwaysB EvidenceA+ Formulation Logic

Vitamin B12 is a B-complex cofactor, but the supplied context does not establish a standalone hair-growth benefit. Folate also supports normal cell division without establishing an independent hair-outcome dose. The serving reaches the saved amount comparison; this does not establish a proven hair-treatment dose or additional growth.

How this product is rated for Hair Health

Ingredient fit91

The formula’s relevant nutrients contribute to the saved ingredient and amount findings. Their normal nutritional roles should be distinguished from a demonstrated increase in hair growth.
Goal fit
The declared active ingredients are focused on the nutrients considered here, although nutrient functions alone do not establish hair growth.
Dose adequacy
The declared amounts reach the saved comparison anchors; these anchors are not proven hair-treatment doses.

Pathways0

No contribution is recorded for the four specified hair mechanisms. This does not establish that the nutrient is ineffective in deficiency.
Depth
No contribution is recorded for the four specified hair mechanisms.
Breadth
The findings do not establish broad coverage of the specified hair mechanisms.

Evidence78

B12 leads the saved evidence finding, but the supplied scientific context does not establish a standalone hair-growth benefit.
Evidence strength
B12 provides the strongest saved finding, while the supplied context does not establish standalone hair-growth benefit.
Studied preparation
The compared preparations match the saved references, without proving that this product produces additional hair growth.

Formulation logic100

The counted ingredients have no missing required partners or configured conflicts. Amount findings describe the saved comparison, without establishing synergy or a treatment regimen.
Partner coverage
No required partner is missing for the ingredients receiving a contribution; this does not demonstrate an added combination benefit.
Conflicts
No configured ingredient conflict was identified in the supplied findings.
Effective doses
The counted ingredients reach the saved minimum amount comparison, which is not a proven effective hair-treatment threshold.
Study evidence
Folate Mixed 15 studies

Ingredients

IngredientAmount per servingScore
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxal 5-Phosphate)
25 mg 82
Folate ((6S)-5-Methylfolate)
800 mcg 100
Vitamin B12 (Methylcobalamin)
1000 mcg 90
Gluten Free Adults 18–50 Vegan Dairy Free Sugar Free Vegetarian
Report overview
A+ Ingredient Form & Label QualityC Dose, Safety & Label TransparencyA Value
A+ Active Ingredient Quality & BioavailabilityA+ Dose, Safety & Label TransparencyA+ Value
Each serving provides 800 mcg of folate as L-methylfolate, an active form. The whole-product serving costs about $0.26.
How this ingredient is rated

Active Ingredient Quality & Bioavailability100

The folate is in the L-methylfolate form.
Folate Form Hierarchy
L-methylfolate is an active form that bypasses the MTHFR conversion step.
Patented Sources & Isomeric Purity
A branded methylfolate source is recorded in the saved information; the claim is not independently verified.

Dose, Safety & Label Transparency100

The declared folate amount is 800 mcg per serving from the identified reduced-folate source.
Folate Dosage by Declared Basis
The 800 mcg is assessed on its declared microgram basis; it is not stated as a dietary folate equivalent amount.

Value100

The whole-product serving is relatively inexpensive in this comparison.
Price per Bioavailable Serving
The whole-product serving costs about $0.26, with the folate form considered in the comparison.
A+ Active Ingredient Quality & BioavailabilityA+ Dose, Safety & Label TransparencyD+ Value
A serving provides 1,000 mcg of B12 as methylcobalamin. The whole-product price works out to about $0.26 per 1,000 mcg of B12.
How this ingredient is rated

Active Ingredient Quality & Bioavailability100

The B12 is methylcobalamin, a bioactive form.
Bioactive B12 Form Selection
The listed B12 form is methylcobalamin.

Dose, Safety & Label Transparency100

The label identifies the form and lists 1,000 mcg of B12 per serving.
Therapeutic Dosage Level
A serving contains 1,000 mcg of vitamin B12.
Label and Form Transparency
The label identifies methylcobalamin and specifies the B12 amount per serving.

Value50

The whole-product price works out to about $0.26 per 1,000 mcg of B12.
Price per 1,000 mcg B12
The whole-product price works out to about $0.26 per 1,000 mcg of B12.
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Sources

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

  1. Intakes of Folate, Vitamin B6, and Vitamin B12 in Relation to All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality: A National Population-Based Cohort.
    Bo Y; Xu H; Zhang H; Zhang J; Wan Z; Zhao X; Yu Z · Nutrients · 2022
    Cohort study55,569 participantsEveryday Health forFolate
  2. The responsiveness of plasma homocysteine to small increases in dietary folic acid: a primary care study.
    Schorah CJ; Devitt H; Lucock M; Dowell AC · European journal of clinical nutrition · 1998
    Randomized trial119 participantsEveryday Health forFolate
  3. Associations of Serum Folate and Homocysteine Concentrations with All-Cause, Cardiovascular Disease, and Cancer Mortality in Men and Women in Korea: the Cardiovascular Disease Association Study.
    Song S; Song BM; Park HY · The Journal of nutrition · 2023
    Cohort study21,260 participantsEveryday Health forFolate
  4. The concept of folic acid supplementation and its role in prevention of neural tube defect among pregnant women: PRISMA.
    Seyoum Tola F · Medicine · 2024
    Systematic reviewEveryday Health forFolate
  5. Systematic review of adverse health outcomes associated with high serum or red blood cell folate concentrations.
    Colapinto CK; O'Connor DL; Sampson M; Williams B; Tremblay MS · Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2017
    Systematic review71,847 participants46 studies pooledEveryday Health forFolate
  6. Oral Vitamin B12 versus Placebo for the Prevention of Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Gynecological Cancer Patients: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.
    Insin P; Chaiwongsa T; Prueksaritanond N · Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP · 2026
    Randomized trial40 participantsEveryday Health forVitamin B12
  7. Vitamin B12 Supplementation in Diabetic Neuropathy: A 1-Year, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.
    Didangelos T; Karlafti E; Kotzakioulafi E; Margariti E; Giannoulaki P; Batanis G; Tesfaye S; Kantartzis K · Nutrients · 2021
    Randomized trial90 participantsEveryday Health forVitamin B12
  8. A single-center randomized controlled trial of local methylcobalamin injection for subacute herpetic neuralgia.
    Xu G; Lv ZW; Feng Y; Tang WZ; Xu GX · Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2014
    Randomized trial98 participantsEveryday Health forVitamin B12
  9. Local Injection of Methylcobalamin Combined with Lidocaine for Acute Herpetic Neuralgia.
    Xǔ G; Xu S; Tang WZ; Xú G; Cheng C; Xu J · Pain medicine (Malden, Mass.) · 2017
    Randomized trial204 participantsEveryday Health forVitamin B12
  10. The Effect of Vitamin B12 and Folic Acid Supplementation on Serum Homocysteine, Anemia Status and Quality of Life of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis.
    Nozari E; Ghavamzadeh S; Razazian N · Clinical nutrition research · 2022
    Clinical trial50 participantsEveryday Health forVitamin B12
  11. Hair Loss After Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
    Zhang W; Fan M; Wang C; Mahawar K; Parmar C; Chen W; Yang W; Global Bariatric Research Collaborative · Obesity surgery · 2021
    Meta-analysis2,538 participants18 studies pooledHair Health forFolate
  12. Quantitative Analysis of Selected Circulating Hematological Biomarkers, Essential Minerals, Vitamins, and Thyroid Hormones in Females Affected by Hair Loss.
    Al-Fawaeir S; Al-Odat I · Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
    Case-control study200 participantsHair Health forFolate Hair Health forVitamin B12
  13. Twelve weeks of protracted venous infusion of fluorouracil (5-FU) is as effective as 6 months of bolus 5-FU and folinic acid as adjuvant treatment in colorectal cancer.
    Saini A; Norman AR; Cunningham D; Chau I; Hill M; Tait D; Hickish T; Iveson T; Lofts F; Jodrell D; Ross PJ; Oates J · British journal of cancer · 2003
    Randomized trialHair Health forFolate
  14. Role of oxaliplatin combined with 5-fluorouracil and folinic acid in the first- and second-line treatment of advanced colorectal cancer.
    Jonker D; Rumble RB; Maroun J; Gastrointestinal Cancer Disease Site Groupof Cancer Care Ontario’s Program in Evidence-Based Care · Current oncology (Toronto, Ont.) · 2012
    Randomized trialHair Health forFolate
  15. Phase I-II study of vinorelbine in combination with 5-fluorouracil and folinic acid as first-line chemotherapy in metastatic breast cancer: a regimen with a low subjective toxic burden.
    Nolè F; de Braud F; Aapro M; Minchella I; De Pas TM; Zampino MG; Monti S; Andreoni G; Goldhirsch A · Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology · 1997
    Randomized trialHair Health forFolate
  16. Factors Associated with Premature Hair Graying in a Young Indian Population.
    Chakrabarty S; Krishnappa PG; Gowda DG; Hiremath J · International journal of trichology · 2016
    Case-control study74 participantsHair Health forVitamin B12
  17. Risk Factors for Pediatric Alopecia Areata: Clinical and Biochemical Findings from a Case - Control Study.
    İritaş SY · Dermatology practical & conceptual · 2026
    Case-control study600 participantsHair Health forVitamin B12
  18. Hair Loss After Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.
    Katsogridaki G; Tzovaras G; Sioka E; Perivoliotis K; Zachari E; Magouliotis D; Tasiopoulou V; Chatedaki C; Zacharoulis D · Obesity surgery · 2019
    Cohort study50 participantsHair Health forVitamin B12
  19. Demographic Characteristics and Association of Serum Vitamin B12, Ferritin and Thyroid Function with Premature Canities in Indian Patients from an Urban Skin Clinic of North India: A Retrospective Analysis of 71 Cases.
    Sonthalia S; Priya A; Tobin DJ · Indian journal of dermatology · 2022
    Cross-sectional study71 participantsHair Health forVitamin B12