BioActive Complete B-Complex
En vente sur le marché américain (selon le DSLD)
Life Extension, food supplement from the US market
BioActive Complete B-Complex (Life Extension), a food supplement au code-barres 737870194569, is described by its US market label, recorded on 23 August 2020. If sold in France, it would be subject to 1 point of French or European regulation, detailed below. Doses of folates, niacine are not compared: their US units depend on the form. The formula sold in Europe under the same name may differ.
Official label, entered on 23 August 2020. Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD), US National Institutes of Health: current and off-market labels, retrieved 27 October 2026.
Source: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, Dietary Supplement Label Database (CC0); US market labels.
Displayed label: Official label. Labels on the market are prioritised, followed by the most recent for the same status.
If this product were sold in France
- Dose déclarée au-delà d'une limite
Vitamine B6: up to 100 mg a day according to the label (at most 1 serving a day), above the maximum dose of 2 mg set in France for a food supplement (2006 Order, not revised since November 2006).
Source: French orders of 9 May 2006 and 14 November 2006 as published in the Official Journal (maximum daily doses), arrêté du 9 mai 2006, annexe III.
- À vérifier
Vitamine B6: up to 100 mg a day according to the label, above the limite de sécurité from EFSAEuropean Food Safety Authority. for adults (12 mg a day). Le repère de l'EFSA porte sur l'apport total d'une journée, alimentation et compléments.
Source: EFSA, Overview on Tolerable Upper Intake Levels (version 11, August 2025), limite supérieure de sécurité (UL).
A daily dose is calculated only if the label gives the maximum number of servings and a unit of mass (or international units for vitamin D). Quantities come from the label, not an analysis. In the United States, the label presents this product as a ‘dietary supplement’; in France, a product of this type may belong to another category (a sports powder, for example), and maximum food supplement doses do not apply to it.
Label composition
- Brand
- Life Extension
- Barcode
- 737870194569
- Form
- Capsule
- One serving
- 2 vegetarian capsules
- Servings
- up to 1 serving per day
- Other ingredients (in English, as written)
- Vegetable Cellulose, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Stearic Acid, purified Water, Silica
| Ingredient (as written, in English) | Category | Per serving |
|---|---|---|
| Thiamine | Vitamin | 100 mg |
| Riboflavin | Vitamin | 75 mg |
| Niacin | Vitamin | 100 mg NE (niacin equivalent) |
| Vitamin B6 | Vitamin | 100 mg |
| Folate | Vitamin | 680 µg DFE (dietary folate equivalent) |
| Vitamin B12 | Vitamin | 300 µg |
| Biotin | Vitamin | 1,000 µg |
| Pantothenic Acid | Vitamin | 500 mg |
| Calcium | Mineral | 90 mg |
| Inositol | Other substance | 100 mg |
| PABA | Other substance | 50 mg |
Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD), US National Institutes of Health: current and off-market labels, retrieved 27 October 2026.
Source: NIH Office of Dietary Supplements, Dietary Supplement Label Database (CC0); US market labels.
Other versions of this label
The differences below describe each other version relative to the label shown on this page. They concern active ingredient rows and quantities per serving as written. Missing quantities are not estimated and different units are not converted. Dates refer to entry into DSLD, not necessarily to a formula change.
Official label: BioActive Complete B-Complex
Entered into DSLD on 23 August 2020. Retirée du marché américain le 14 July 2020 (selon le DSLD).- Different quantity per serving : Folate: 400 mcg DFE in this version; 680 mcg DFE on the displayed label
Official label: BioActive Complete B-Complex
Entered into DSLD on 22 December 2019. En vente sur le marché américain (selon le DSLD).- Different unit, without conversion : Folate: 400 mcg in this version; 680 mcg DFE on the displayed label
- Different unit, without conversion : Niacin: 100 mg in this version; 100 mg NE on the displayed label
Official label: BioActive Complete B-Complex
Entered into DSLD on 22 December 2019. Retirée du marché américain le 11 April 2019 (selon le DSLD).- Different unit, without conversion : Folate: 400 mcg in this version; 680 mcg DFE on the displayed label
- Different unit, without conversion : Niacin: 100 mg in this version; 100 mg NE on the displayed label
Official label: Bioactive Complete
Entered into DSLD on 24 June 2016. Retirée du marché américain le 11 April 2019 (selon le DSLD).- Different quantity per serving : Calcium: 100 mg in this version; 90 mg on the displayed label
- Different unit, without conversion : Folate: 400 mcg in this version; 680 mcg DFE on the displayed label
- Different unit, without conversion : Niacin: 100 mg in this version; 100 mg NE on the displayed label
Source
This information reproduces the US label recorded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). It does not say whether the product is effective and does not replace advice from a doctor or pharmacist, particularly during pregnancy or when taking medication.
List declared on (register: Dietary Supplement Label Database (DSLD), US National Institutes of Health: current and off-market labels).
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Brand : Life Extension