[citation needed] Berocca was originally established in Switzerland in 1969 by Roche, and is available in a number of countries worldwide.
[2] Berocca causes urine to turn deep yellow in colour[citation needed] – this is due to the excess vitamin B2[citation needed] (also known as Riboflavin, with "flavus" meaning "yellow" in Latin) being passed via urine.
Berocca's effervescent tablets contain small quantities of aspartame (phenylalanine).
[3] In March 2011, the Health Department of Australia moved to withdraw the advertising of Berocca for its unsubstantiated claims of providing invigoration.
[4] In June 2014, a 30-second television ad entitled "Mind and Body," featuring Joel McHale and Kali "Muscle" Kirkendall,[5][better source needed] and backed by the song "Sirius" from the 1982 album "Eye in the Sky" by The Alan Parsons Project, first appeared on US national television and cable networks.