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Vitamin B12 Methylcobalamin 1500 mcg
Methylcobalamin, assayed at 1,545 mcg against a 1,500 mcg claim. Not cyanocobalamin relabelled.
₹340
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Count: 60 tablets
₹340
60 tablets
The Shuunnya promise
One B12 form, named and assayed rather than blended and implied, in a four-ingredient sublingual tablet.
- Claim 1,500 mcg. Assayed 1,545 mcg by HPLC on the finished tablet
- 100 percent methylcobalamin, with no cyanocobalamin in the blend
- Release window 1,425 to 1,725 mcg. A lot outside it does not ship
- Four ingredients, descending order. Xylitol only, no sugar or sucralose
Quality & reports
Shuunnya VerifiedIndependent quality and lab reports for this product — download to verify.
- Methylcobalamin Assay and Cobalamin Form Identification by HPLC, Lot 26-B12-088 Lab report · FSSAI-notified Food and Nutraceutical Testing Laboratory, Hyderabad · 2026-05 Download
- Heavy Metals by ICP-MS and Microbiological Limits, per Lot Lab report · FSSAI-notified Food and Nutraceutical Testing Laboratory, Hyderabad · 2026-05 Download
Details
A sublingual B12 tablet for people eating a vegetarian or vegan diet, where the only reliable dietary sources of B12 are fortified foods and supplements. The form is methylcobalamin, one of the two forms the body uses directly, and every lot is assayed by HPLC on the finished tablet. The cheat in B12 is the form, and it is hidden in plain sight. Cyanocobalamin is the cheapest and most stable B12 salt and it costs a fraction of methylcobalamin. It is not a bad ingredient. What is not honest is a front panel that says vitamin B12 or B12 complex in large type, prices itself against methylcobalamin products, and only discloses cyanocobalamin in small print on the back, or discloses a blend without saying how much of each. Cyanocobalamin also carries a cyanide moiety that the body has to cleave and excrete, which is trivial at these doses but is a real difference between the molecules and not a marketing one. The second cheat is the number itself. B12 in a tablet is light sensitive and moisture sensitive, and a pink 1,500 mcg claim with no assay behind it is a hope.
- Claim 1,500 mcg. Assayed 1,545 mcg per tablet by HPLC, lot 26-B12-088, certificate on this page
- Release specification 1,425 to 1,725 mcg, which is 95 to 115 percent of claim, on the finished tablet
- 100 percent methylcobalamin. No cyanocobalamin, no adenosylcobalamin, no undeclared blend
- Sublingual, so it dissolves in the mouth. Useful where stomach acid or intrinsic factor is the limit rather than the diet
- Four ingredients in total, listed below in descending order. Sweetened with xylitol only, which is there to make a tablet you will hold under your tongue for two minutes
- No sugar, no sucralose, no artificial colour, no artificial flavour, no titanium dioxide, no gelatin
- B12 is one of the few nutrients where a vegetarian diet in India genuinely runs short, and a supplement is for that shortfall. It is not a medicine and it treats nothing. If you have symptoms, get a serum B12 test rather than guessing at a dose
- Methylcobalamin is naturally deep pink and it fades in light. That is why the bottle is opaque, and it is also why an unusually bright pink tablet is worth a question
Product information
The assay, and the form question
- Label claim
- 1,500 mcg methylcobalamin per tablet
- Assayed
- 1,545 mcg per tablet, 103 percent of claim, by HPLC with UV detection on the finished tablet
- Method
- Reverse-phase HPLC against a methylcobalamin reference standard, run per lot at an FSSAI-notified laboratory
- Release specification
- 1,425 to 1,725 mcg, 95 to 115 percent of claim
- Form
- Methylcobalamin, 100 percent of the B12 declared. Cyanocobalamin not detected at a limit of 1 percent of the total cobalamin
- Why the form is stated
- Cyanocobalamin is cheaper and more stable, and a pack may say only vitamin B12. The chromatogram separates the two, so this is checkable rather than assertable
- End of shelf life
- Not below 1,425 mcg at 24 months in the opaque bottle. Methylcobalamin degrades in light, which is what the packaging is for
Composition, in descending order
- 1. Xylitol
- About 76 percent of tablet weight. Base and sweetener for a tablet meant to be held in the mouth. Non-fermentable by mouth bacteria
- 2. Microcrystalline cellulose
- Diluent and binder, about 22 percent
- 3. Methylcobalamin
- 1,500 mcg, about 1 percent of tablet weight
- 4. Rice hull concentrate
- Flow agent, about 1 percent. Used in place of magnesium stearate
- Not present
- Sugar, sucralose, aspartame, artificial colour, artificial flavour, titanium dioxide, gelatin, lactose, gluten
- Tablet
- About 150 mg, 7 mm round, deep pink from the cobalamin itself. No colourant is added
Taking it, storing it, and the limits
- Dose
- One tablet a day, or the dose your doctor sets
- Method
- Place under the tongue and let it dissolve, about two minutes. Do not chew or swallow it whole, which defeats the point of a sublingual tablet
- What this is for
- A dietary shortfall, which is common on vegetarian and vegan diets because B12 is not reliably present in plant foods. Nothing here treats a disease
- Get a test first
- Serum B12, and ideally with folate. Supplementing blind can mask the blood picture of a B12 deficiency while nerve involvement continues
- Ask a doctor
- If on metformin or long-term acid-reducing medicines, both of which lower B12 absorption, or if pregnant or nursing
- Storage
- Below 25 degrees, opaque HDPE bottle with an induction seal, kept closed. Light fades methylcobalamin
- Regulatory
- A health supplement under the Food Safety and Standards (Health Supplements, Nutraceuticals) Regulations 2016, licensed under the FSS Act 2006. Not a drug
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