The Vegetarian Resource Group Blog

NUTRITIONAL YEAST AND VITAMIN B12

Posted on March 12, 2020 by The VRG Blog Editor

For those that are depending on nutritional yeast for B12, please take note that there are very large differences in amounts, depending on the brand. Some products do not have any B12. Please read labels. The same can apply to plant milks or any other fortified foods, which may be fortified at different amounts, or not fortified at all.

Many people sprinkle nutritional yeast on popcorn or other foods. Here are some recipes with nutritional yeast that you may want to try:
https://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2017issue3/2017_issue3_nutritional_yeast.php
https://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2017issue3/2017_issue3_vegan_cooking_tips.php
https://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2017issue3/VJ_issue3_2017.pdf

See this chart for nutrients in various nutritional yeast brands: https://www.vrg.org/nutrition/vitamin-b12-and-nutritional-yeast.pdf

Leave a Reply


  • Donate

  • Subscribe to the blog by RSS

  • VRG-NEWS

    Sign up for our newsletter to receive recipes, ingredient information, reviews of new products, announcements of new books, free samples of products, and other VRG materials.

    Your E-mail address:
    Your Name (optional):



↑ Top