Chewable Natural Papaya Plus Enzymes Natural Tropical Fruit Flavor
by VSN Vital Strength Nutrition · tablet or pill · 90 vegetarian tablets
- Off the market since November 2019 (NIH)
- UPC 7 19985 70134 4
- DSLD label 20802
- Serving 2 tablets
- 45 servings
Chewable Natural Papaya Plus Enzymes Natural Tropical Fruit Flavor by VSN Vital Strength Nutrition lists 4 ingredients, 4 with an amount per serving of 2 tablets, such as 200 mg of papain, 10 mg of natural papaya, 10 mg of bromelain and 10 mg of mycozyme, beside 2 Nutrition Facts rows (calories, fat and the like). Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on April 25, 2013.
What is in Chewable Natural Papaya Plus Enzymes Natural Tropical Fruit Flavor?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 tablets. The capsule beside an amount places it among every product in the NIH database that lists the same ingredient: the bar is the middle half of their amounts, the line in it the median, the whiskers the 10th and 90th percentiles; the green tick is the FDA Daily Value and the red dashed tick the adult upper limit (IOM).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calories | 5 Calories | ||
| Total Carbohydrates | 1 g | 1% | 74% of 21,979 products listing carbohydrate give more (median 3 g). |
| Sugar | 1 g | 69% of 11,807 products listing sugar give more (median 2 g). | |
| PapainPapain 3X Note: Equivalent to 600 mg papain. | 200 mg | Higher than 92% of 607 products listing papain (median 40 mg). | |
| natural Papaya | 10 mg | 84% of 250 products listing papaya give more (median 50 mg). | |
| Bromelainas PineappleBromelain (Form: from Pineapple) | 10 mg | 88% of 1,337 products listing bromelain give more (median 50 mg). | |
| Mycozyme | 10 mg |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 20802 (entered April 25, 2013), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD. Amounts are what the maker printed; DSLD does not test products. Daily Values: the FDA's Daily Value page.
Is that a lot?
The rows in the top or bottom tenth of the products that list the same ingredient, and any above the adult upper limit at the most servings a day the directions give:
- Its 200 mg of papain is higher than 92% of the 607 papain products that print an amount; 31 list more.
- 84% of the 250 products that print an amount of papaya list more than its 10 mg of natural papaya (filed by NIH under papaya) (median 50 mg).
- 88% of the 1,337 products that print an amount of bromelain list more than its 10 mg of bromelain (median 50 mg).
The NIH database records one serving a day from the label's directions; its % Daily Values are for adults and children 4 or more years of age. The directions as printed are further down this page.
The Tolerable Upper Intake Level is the most of a nutrient per day, from food, water and supplements together, that is likely to pose no risk for almost all adults (Institute of Medicine, 2011). It does not apply under medical supervision. This page compares labels; it is not medical advice.
Sources: amounts from the DSLD label; Daily Values from 21 CFR 101.9(c)(8)(iv); adult upper limits from the Institute of Medicine's DRI summary tables (2011). How positions are computed.
Which products have the closest formulas?
1 product lists the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.
- Chewable Natural Papaya Natural Tropical Fruit FlavorVitaCeutical Labs · off the market same ingredients
- Digest-A-MintAnabolic Laboratories · off the market 5 shared, 63% alike
- Papaya EnzymeNatrol 5 shared, 55% alike
- Chewable Papaya Enzyme Complex Papaya FlavorSpring Valley 5 shared, 55% alike
- Papaya Enzyme ChewableMeijer 5 shared, 55% alike
- Papaya Enzyme Chewables Natural Pineapple FlavorSolaray 5 shared, 49% alike
Source: ingredient lists of every product's current label in DSLD (version 9.4.0); similarity weights each shared ingredient by how rare it is.
What does the label say about taking it?
Quoted from the label as DSLD transcribed it: the maker's words, including any claim about what the product does, which the FDA has not evaluated and PlainVitamins does not endorse.
- Directions
- SUGGESTED USE: Chew two tablets with a meal.
- Warnings
- KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.
- Allergens and what it does not contain
- CONTAINS NO artificial colors, flavors or preservatives; no wheat, gluten, milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, crustacean shellfish or fish.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 20802.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Fructose, Sorbitol, Stearic Acid, Calcium Stearate, Natural Tropical Fruit Flavor, Citric Acid, Silica.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): VSN VITAL STRENGTH NUTRITION YOU DESERVE VITALITY; DOUBLE VERIFIED GLUTEN FREE(TM).
How many labels does Chewable Natural Papaya Plus Enzymes Natural Tropical Fruit Flavor have?
One label is on file, entered on April 25, 2013.
- Label 20802 (current) Entered April 25, 2013 · off the market November 20, 2019 · 90 vegetarian tablets · UPC 7 19985 70134 4
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).