# Why do energy shots have so much vitamin B6?

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**Created:** [January 26, 2017, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-energy-shots-have-so-much-vitamin-b6/778191 "2017-01-26T00:04:50Z")\
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Energy _drinks_ typically have B-vitamins in them, but usually only twice the daily requirement for B3 and B6 (and a lot of B12). However, energy _shots_ seem to always have **20** times the daily requirement of B6. Why is there so much B6 in the shots specifically?