Vitamin B6

Vitamin B6 is a water-soluble vitamin found in meat, fish, potatoes, bananas and wholegrains. This page sets out what may be said about vitamin B6 under the authorised UK wording and which foods carry the most of it per 100 g.

Vitamin B6 is a water-soluble vitamin found in meat, fish, potatoes, bananas and wholegrains.

The reference intake used on UK labels (the NRV) is 1.4 mg a day. A food is a source of vitamin B6 when 100 g carries at least 15 % of that (0.21 mg) and high in vitamin B6 at 30 % (0.42 mg). Those are the thresholds every food page here uses.

What Vitamin B6 does in the body.

Vitamin B6 contributes to the normal function of the immune system, to normal psychological function and to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.

Vitamin B6 contributes to the normal function of the immune system, to normal psychological function and to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue.

That is the authorised wording, and it is credited to the nutrient itself. Nothing on this page goes beyond it.

How much counts as a source.

The Nutrient Reference Value for vitamin B6 on UK labels is 1.4 mg a day. A food counts as a source of vitamin B6 at 15 % of that per 100 g (0.21 mg) and as high in vitamin B6 at 30 % (0.42 mg); drinks use half those percentages per 100 ml. Those are the thresholds every food page here applies, and the only basis on which a food page says “source of” or “high in”.

Foods with the most vitamin B6, per 100 g.

Per 100 g, these are the foods in the database with the most vitamin B6. Dishes and recipes are left out so the list shows single foods.

Where Vitamin B6 comes from in food.

wheatgerm (2.58 mg), turbot (2.52 mg), malted flake breakfast cereal (2.1 mg), tempeh (1.86 mg), milk shake (1.8 mg), rosemary (1.74 mg), cornflakes breakfast cereal (1.6 mg), rice breakfast cereal (1.5 mg)

Vitamin B6 in the Immufix formula.

Vitamin B6 is declared on the Immufix label at 0.5 mg per 25 g scoop, which is 35.7 % of the NRV. The full list of declared nutrients is on The Science page.

Questions people ask.

Where the numbers come from.

Food figures from the UK Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID, 2021), per 100 g; reference values from Regulation (EU) 1169/2011 Annex XIII as retained in GB law; claim wording from Wording already published on the site's Science page. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. All foods A to Z.