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Ingredient · Vitamin B6

Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine / Pyridoxine HCl)

Forms graded
18
Dose zones
5
Updated
1 Sept 2026

Every Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine / Pyridoxine HCl) form, graded

18 forms scored on published absorption evidence. This is the comparison no supplement brand will publish about its own products.

  1. ×1.5Superior absorptionNone graded here
  2. ×1.25Well absorbedP5P, Pyridoxal-5-Phosphate, Pyridoxine-5-phosphate
  3. ×1Reference formB6, Pyridoxine, Pyridoxine HCl, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin B6, Vitamin B6 (from Certified Organic Guava, Holy Basil and Lemon extracts), Vitamin B6 (from Nutritional yeast), Vitamin B6 (Nutrient-enhanced Yeast), Vitamin B6 (Nutritional yeast), Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine HCl), Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine Hydrochloride), Vitamin B6 (Vitamin and Mineral enhanced Yeast), Vitamin B6 (Vitamin and Mineral Enhanced Yeast), Vitamin B6 (Vitamin and Mineral enhanced Yeast providing Vitamin B6), Vitamin B6 (Yeast)
  4. ×0.85Poor absorptionNone graded here

Multipliers are applied to each ingredient's dose score when a product is graded. How multipliers are assigned.

How much Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine / Pyridoxine HCl) should you take?

SuppScore grades doses across evidence zones rather than against a single recommended figure. Scored information, not a recommendation.

  1. Zone 10 to 0 mg per dayLow dose
  2. Zone 20 to 1 mg per dayGeneral maintenance dose
  3. Zone 31 to 2 mg per dayFor deficiency or elevated need
  4. Zone 52 to 3 mg per dayPractitioner-grade dose
  5. Zone 53 to 25 mg per dayPractitioner-grade dose

Zones describe what the evidence supports at a dose. They are not advice on what to take, and they do not replace a conversation with a doctor or pharmacist.

What is Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine / Pyridoxine HCl) good for?

Products containing Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine / Pyridoxine HCl)

Scored products that list it on the label, highest scoring first. Ordering is by SuppScore only. We have no commercial relationship with any brand shown.

References

  1. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  2. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
  3. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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