News — folate vs folic acid supplements

Your spinach and your supplement bottle use different names for a reason. Pick up a bag of spinach and you will probably hear the word folate. Turn over a supplement bottle and you may find folic acid instead. Look a little closer at the Supplement Facts panel and another term can appear: mcg DFE. At first, it can look like three different things. They are actually connected. The difference between folate and folic acid mainly depends on the type of vitamin B9. It also depends on where it comes from. It can also depend on how it is listed on...