Biotin - Change History

Fact Sheet for Health Professionals

January 10, 2022

View change — Updated link to reference #32.

March 29, 2021

Updated the Daily Value text, linked to the new edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, and updated the associated text.

June 3, 2020

Updated the link to the Dietary Supplement Label Database in reference 17.

February 19, 2020

Updated Sources of Biotin to reflect the new Daily Value and the new Nutrition Facts and Supplement Facts Labels.

July 9, 2019

Updated the link to USDA’s FoodData Central.

September 17, 2018

Added a paragraph after Table 2 to acknowledge the updated Nutrition and Supplement Facts labels and the addition of a biotin Daily Value on these labels.

March 2, 2018

Updated Dietary Reference Intake definitions.

December 8, 2017

Added information about a new FDA advisory that taking biotin supplements may interfere with some laboratory tests.

October 3, 2017

Added a study by Li et al. about the interference between biotin and biotinylated assays.