The short version
Only one company currently supplies this market — there is no backup if it stumbles. The price is up 14% over the past year, to $0.4759 per unit.
Market view
vitamins and minerals · Tablet, Chewable
1 marketed package NDCs · 1 active manufacturer
Most dispensed: FOLIC ACID 1 mg; .BETA.-CAROTENE 1000 [iU]; CALCIUM ASCORBATE 100 mg; CHOLECALCIFEROL 400 [iU]; .ALPHA.-TOCOPHEROL ACETATE, DL- 30 [iU]; THIAMINE MONONITRATE 3 mg; RIBOFLAVIN 3 mg; NIACINAMIDE 15 mg; PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE 20 mg; CYANOCOBALAMIN 12 ug; CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE 7 mg; CALCIUM CARBONATE 200 mg; FERROUS FUMARATE 29 mg; ZINC OXIDE 20 mg · Tablet, Chewable · #100 tablet, chewables/bottle
Price range and competition
RSS: changes for this drugEvery company selling this drug reports its own price. The line follows the middle of the pack; the shaded band holds the middle half of companies — the wider it is, the more they disagree.
Latest · Sep 2026 — typical price $0.4759 · middle half $0.4759–$0.4759 · full range $0.4759–$0.4759 · 1 products · 1 companies
ⓘ How this was built
Data sources
- CMS NADAC weekly survey + monthly archives back to 2013 (data.medicaid.gov)
- CMS Federal Upper Limit files (weighted AMP)
- FDA NDC Directory (openFDA) — maker roster
Method
Each month's band spans the NADAC unit prices of every NDC of this drug (min, quartiles, median, max), split into brand and generic cohorts by FDA marketing category. Maker counts come from distinct labelers with the NDC actively listed.
Pipeline and calculations built by Claude (Fable 5) from the public datasets above. Educational only — verify against primary sources before acting.
What changed in the last 90 days
Every detected change for vitamins and minerals, newest first — price moves, shortages, recalls, and manufacturers entering or leaving. Detected by comparing each day’s federal data against the day before.
- Se-Natal 19 ChewableSep 2, 2026Mfr exitedSeton Pharmaceuticals · vitamins and minerals
- Se-Natal 19 ChewableAug 26, 2026Mfr enteredSeton Pharmaceuticals · vitamins and minerals
- Se-Natal 19 ChewableJul 29, 2026Mfr exitedSeton Pharmaceuticals · vitamins and minerals
- Se-Natal 19 ChewableJul 22, 2026Mfr enteredSeton Pharmaceuticals · vitamins and minerals
Same drug class
Other molecules FDA puts in Vitamin B12, with whether each is in shortage right now. Same class is not the same drug — substitution is a clinical decision, and this is a supply picture, not a recommendation.
- .beta.-carotene, ascorbic acid, cholecalciferol, .alpha.-tocopherol acetate, dl-, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid, levomefolate calcium, calcium formate, ferrous asparto glycinate, cyanocobalamin, biotin, potassium iodide, magnesium oxide, zinc oxide and cupric oxide· 1 maker
- .beta.-carotene, ascorbic acid, cholecalciferol, .alpha.-tocopherol acetate, dl-, thiamine, riboflavin, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid, cyanocobalamin, calcium pantothenate, calcium carbonate, ferrous fumarate, zinc oxide and docusate sodium· 1 maker
- ascorbic acid, biotin, cholecalciferol, cyanocobalamin, levomefolate calcium, folic acid, ferrous asparto glycinate, potassium iodide, pyridoxine hydrochloride, .alpha.-tocopherol acetate, dl-, docosahexaenoic acid, and blueberry· 1 maker
- ascorbic acid, cholecalciferol, .alpha.-tocopherol acetate, d-, thiamine hydrochloride, riboflavin, niacin, pyridoxine hydrochloride, levomefolate magnesium, folic acid, cyanocobalamin, iron pentacarbonyl, potassium iodide, magnesium oxide, doconexent, and icosapent· 1 maker
- ascorbic acid, cholecalciferol, .alpha.-tocopherol acetate, dl-, folic acid, pyridoxine hydrochloride, cyanocobalamin, biotin, calcium carbonate, ferrous fumarate, magnesium oxide, lactic acid and doconexent· 1 maker
- ascorbic acid, cholecalciferol, .alpha.-tocopherol acetate, dl-, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid, levomefolate calcium, cyanocobalamin, biotin, calcium carbonate, ferrous asparto glycinate, iron, potassium iodide, magnesium oxide, doconexent and lowbush blueberry· 1 maker
- ascorbic acid, cholecalciferol, .alpha.-tocopherol acetate, dl-, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid, levomefolate calcium, cyanocobalamin, biotin, calcium formate, ferrous asparto glycinate, potassium iodide, magnesium oxide, doconexent and icosapent· 1 maker
- ascorbic acid, cholecalciferol, .alpha.-tocopherol acetate, dl-, pyridoxine, folic acid, cyanocobalamin, calcium, ferrous fumarate, magnesium, doconexent· 1 maker
- ascorbic acid, cholecalciferol, .alpha.-tocopherol, dl-, folic acid, levomefolate calcium, pyridoxine hydrochloride, cyanocobalamin, calcium formate, ferrous asparto glycinate, magnesium oxide and doconexent· 1 maker
- ascorbic acid, cholecalciferol, .alpha.-tocopherol, pyridoxine hydrochloride, folic acid, cyanocobalamin, calcium corbonate, ferrous fumarate, potassium iodide, magnesium, doconexent, icosapent· 1 maker
- b-balance liquescence· 1 maker
- ca98, carotenoid, dna, glutathione, omega 3, pituitarum, rna, vitamin b complex, vitamin c, vitamin d3, vitamin e· 1 maker
Common questions
- Is Vitamins and minerals in shortage right now?
- No. FDA does not currently list Vitamins and minerals in shortage. This page is rebuilt every morning from FDA's shortage database, so a new posting appears here the day it is published.
- Who makes Vitamins and minerals?
- 1 company has marketed Vitamins and minerals in the last 30 days, according to the FDA NDC Directory. That is a thin market — if one stops making it, supply is at risk quickly. Every manufacturer and package is listed on this page.
- What does Vitamins and minerals cost?
- The typical pharmacy pays about $0.4759 per unit, based on the most recent CMS NADAC survey of actual acquisition costs. That is what the pharmacy pays for the drug itself — not the cash price, and not what an insurer is billed.
All marketed products
Expand a strength to see its dosage forms, then package sizes, then each manufacturer and NDC. Click an NDC for its full detail page.