The "vegetarian" supplements that I take are derived from the bacteria directly.
This is the information I was looking for when I came across the stuff excerpted above. You will notice that there is no mention of it there (there is some mention of bacteria producing it, in the lower intestine, but nothing about how and if veggie supplements derive their B12).
What I need to see, is a statement to the effect of "Vegetarian B12 supplements are derived from the bacterium, [insert bacterium's latin name here] which is cultured in captivity/ centrifuged from otter scat/ whatever.
I suspect that the bacterium in question is our friend Spirulina spp. who goes around town getting called "blue-green algae" but who we know is a cyanobacterium.
Re: The supplements are not from animals.
The "vegetarian" supplements that I take are derived from the bacteria directly.
This is the information I was looking for when I came across the stuff excerpted above. You will notice that there is no mention of it there (there is some mention of bacteria producing it, in the lower intestine, but nothing about how and if veggie supplements derive their B12).
What I need to see, is a statement to the effect of "Vegetarian B12 supplements are derived from the bacterium, [insert bacterium's latin name here] which is cultured in captivity/ centrifuged from otter scat/ whatever.
I suspect that the bacterium in question is our friend Spirulina spp. who goes around town getting called "blue-green algae" but who we know is a cyanobacterium.
Can you check around?