Vitamin B12, Coenzyme Q10

Hefty pricing.



http://www.naturalnews.com/SpecialReports/BioidenticalVitamins.pdf briefly describes differences in vitamin B12 that is commonly used in supplements.

... a form that is known as hydroxycobalamin, which your body can much more readily use and it doesn’t leave poison in your body.
Mike: What’s the cost difference on this? Is it a factor of ten or what?
Greg: Well, vitamin B12 is an expensive product no matter what just because of the process in which it’s fermented. You could spend as much as $6,000 more per kilo to get the better vitamin B12.

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Coenzyme Q10, you know, is a very expensive vitamin. It can be priced as much as $5000 a kilogram. Typically, when you’re buying vitamins you paying $6.00 a kilo. Right now I think coenzyme Q10 is probably in the neighborhood of between $1000 and $1300 per kilogram.