Vitamin B12 Hydroxocobalamin
Also called B12, cobalamin, methylcobalamin and 3 more
cyanocobalamin, adenosylcobalamin, hydroxocobalamin.
The best price per 1 mg and per month across 1 UK retailer, and where to buy it cheapest. A unit for comparing, not advice.
Comparing vitamin B12
Labels give cobalamin in micrograms, and some in milligrams: 1 mg is 1,000 mcg. We put every product in one unit before pricing it. Vitamin B12 comes as methylcobalamin, cyanocobalamin, hydroxocobalamin and form not stated, and each form has its own table, because someone buying one would not usually take another as a like-for-like substitute. Products that combine vitamin B12 with other ingredients are listed separately, because their price buys more than cobalamin. 1 mg is our unit for comparing prices, not a dose to take: the label’s directions and a pharmacist decide that.
| Rank | Product | Per 1 mg | Per month | Lasts | Buy | How it is worked out |
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| 1 | ![]() Cheapest per doseBest value under 6 months' supplyHydroxo B12 - 60 lozengesDetails and price historyAdd to my stack | 14p | £4.25 | 4 months | £16.99View at Healf (opens in a new tab)Free delivery over £50.00, otherwise £3.99AmazonFind it on Amazon (opens in a new tab)A search, not a matched product. Price not compared. | Show the working
What the retailer's listing says
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| 2 | ![]() Cheapest per doseBest value under 6 months' supplyHydroxo B12 with Folinic Acid - 60 lozengesDetails and price historyAdd to my stackalso contains vitamin b9 | 30p | £8.99 | 2 months | £17.98View at Healf (opens in a new tab)Free delivery over £50.00, otherwise £3.99AmazonFind it on Amazon (opens in a new tab)A search, not a matched product. Price not compared. | Show the working
What the retailer's listing says
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| 3 | ![]() Cheapest per doseBest value under 6 months' supplyVitamin B12Details and price historyAdd to my stackclaimed: veganclaimed: vegetarian | 99p | £29.78 | 15 days | £14.89View at Healf (opens in a new tab)Free delivery over £50.00, otherwise £3.99AmazonFind it on Amazon (opens in a new tab)A search, not a matched product. Price not compared. | Show the working
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| + | ![]() Cheapest per doseBest value under 6 months' supplyB ComplexDetails and price historyAdd to my stackCombination: price counts the vitamin b12 onlyalso contains magnesium, vitamin b6, vitamin c…claimed: vegan | £6.18 | £185.27 | 5 days | £27.79View at Healf (opens in a new tab)Free delivery over £50.00, otherwise £3.99AmazonFind it on Amazon (opens in a new tab)A search, not a matched product. Price not compared. | Show the working
What the retailer's listing says
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| + | ![]() Cheapest per doseBest value under 6 months' supplyB ComplexDetails and price historyAdd to my stackCombination: price counts the vitamin b12 onlyalso contains magnesium, vitamin b6, vitamin c…claimed: vegan | £7.13 | £213.80 | 2 days | £10.69View at Healf (opens in a new tab)Free delivery over £50.00, otherwise £3.99AmazonFind it on Amazon (opens in a new tab)A search, not a matched product. Price not compared. | Show the working
What the retailer's listing says
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Only combination products for this form
The 2 products here contain vitamin b12 alongside other ingredients, so they are not ranked against single-ingredient products. Their price per dose counts the vitamin b12 only.
By shop
Each shop's vitamin B12 products, with where its cheapest sits in the market.
How we work out these prices
We count the amount of cobalamin stated on the label, converting between units (for example micrograms and IU) so every product is on the same scale.




