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Enzyme Caps

by VSN Vital Strength Nutrition · capsule · 100 capsules

  • Off the market since November 2019 (NIH)
  • UPC 7 19985 70340 9
  • DSLD label 20804
  • Serving 2 capsules
  • 50 servings

Enzyme Caps by VSN Vital Strength Nutrition lists 8 ingredients, 8 with an amount per serving of 2 capsules, such as 100 mg of pepsin, 100 mg of diastase, 100 mg of betaine HCl and 100 mg of papain. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on April 25, 2013.

What is in Enzyme Caps?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 2 capsules. 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).

Enzyme Caps: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 20804, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Pancreatin 5xPancreatin 5x Note: supplying100 mg
Amylase12,500 USP Units
Protease12,500 USP Units
Lipase1,000 USP Units
Pepsin100 mgPepsin in Enzyme Caps against 223 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 130 mg, the median 50 mg.100 mg

Higher than 70% of 223 products listing pepsin (median 50 mg).

DiastaseDiastase Note: 2,500 DP100 mgDiastase (unspecified) in Enzyme Caps against 35 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 7.5 mg to 64 mg, the median 20 mg.100 mg

Higher than 89% of 35 products listing diastase (unspecified) (median 20 mg).

Betaine HCl100 mgBetaine Hydrochloride in Enzyme Caps against 914 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 178 mg, the median 50 mg.100 mg

Higher than 60% of 914 products listing betaine hydrochloride (median 50 mg).

PapainPapain (Form: from papaya) Note: Supplying 600,000 USP units100 mgPapain in Enzyme Caps against 607 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 20 mg to 75 mg, the median 40 mg.100 mg

Higher than 77% of 607 products listing papain (median 40 mg).

Ox Bile extract260 mgBile in Enzyme Caps against 160 products260 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 129.25 mg, the median 100 mg.260 mg

Higher than 89% of 160 products listing bile (median 100 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 20804 (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?

Every amount on this label with a position sits within the middle 80% of the products that list the same ingredient.

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?

2 products list the very same ingredients; the nearest amounts come first.

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: Take two capsules per 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 20804.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Capsule, Cellulose, Stearic Acid, Modified Cellulose, Silica.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): DOUBLE VERIFIED GLUTEN FREE(TM); VSN VITAL STRENGTH NUTRITION YOU DESERVE VITALITY.

How many labels does Enzyme Caps have?

One label is on file, entered on April 25, 2013.

  1. Label 20804 (current) Entered April 25, 2013 · off the market November 20, 2019 · 100 capsules · UPC 7 19985 70340 9

Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).

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