PlainVitamins

Enzymes-HCl

by Protocol For Life Balance · capsule · 120 capsules

  • On the market (NIH)
  • UPC 7 07359 12963 4
  • DSLD label 292261
  • Serving 1 capsule
  • 120 servings

Enzymes-HCl by Protocol For Life Balance lists 10 ingredients, 7 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 200 mg of betaine hydrochloride, 100 mg of ox bile extract, 45 mg of papaya, powder and 40 mg of bromelain; 3 sit inside a blend without their own amounts. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on October 24, 2023.

What is in Enzymes-HCl?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 capsule. 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).

Enzymes-HCl: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 292261, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
Betaine Hydrochloride200 mgBetaine Hydrochloride in Enzymes-HCl against 914 products200 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 178 mg, the median 50 mg.200 mg

Higher than 76% of 914 products listing betaine hydrochloride (median 50 mg).

Ox Bile extractas Total Cholic Acids100 mgBile in Enzymes-HCl against 160 products100 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 50 mg to 129.25 mg, the median 100 mg.100 mg

39% of 160 products listing bile give more (median 100 mg).

Papaya, Powder45 mgPapaya in Enzymes-HCl against 250 products45 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 150 mg, the median 50 mg.45 mg

60% of 250 products listing papaya give more (median 50 mg).

Pancreatin11X, supplying134 mg
Amylase37,000 USP unitsin the blend, no amount given
Protease37,000 USP unitsin the blend, no amount given
Lipase2960 USP unitsin the blend, no amount given
Bromelainas Pineapple120 GDU40 mgBromelain in Enzymes-HCl against 1,337 products40 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 200 mg, the median 50 mg.40 mg

62% of 1,337 products listing bromelain give more (median 50 mg).

Acid Proteaseas Aspergillopepsinacid stable protease, 50 SAPU10 mgProteolytic Enzymes (Proteases) in Enzymes-HCl against 327 products10 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 10 mg to 100 mg, the median 30 mg.10 mg

72% of 327 products listing proteolytic enzymes (proteases) give more (median 30 mg).

Papainas Papaya100,000 FCC PU2 mgPapain in Enzymes-HCl against 607 products2 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 20 mg to 75 mg, the median 40 mg.2 mg

94% of 607 products listing papain give more (median 40 mg).

Cellulase10 CU0.1 mgCellulase in Enzymes-HCl against 184 products0.1 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 3.74 mg to 30 mg, the median 10 mg.0.1 mg

97% of 184 products listing cellulase give more (median 10 mg).

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 292261 (entered October 24, 2023), version 9.4.0. See the label on DSLD or its label image (PDF). 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:

  • 94% of the 607 products that print an amount of papain list more than its 2 mg of papain (median 40 mg).
  • 97% of the 184 products that print an amount of cellulase list more than its 0.1 mg of cellulase (median 10 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.

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 usage: take 1 capsule with a meal, or as directed by your healthcare practitioner.
Warnings
Cautions/interactions: Do not take on an empty stomach. Do not take in case of stomach or duodenal ulcers. If you are a diabetic, consult your healthcare practitioner before using this product.
Consult physician if pregnant/nursing, taking medication (especially blood thinners), or have a medical condition (including allergy to papaya, pineapple).
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients. Produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.
Contains sulfites.
Allergens and what it does not contain
Not manufactured with wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nut or sesame ingredients.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 292261.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Microcrystalline Cellulose, Gelatin, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide.

How many labels does Enzymes-HCl have?

5 labels are on file under this name since November 21, 2012: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.

  1. Label 292261 (current) Entered October 24, 2023 · on the market · 120 capsules · UPC 7 07359 12963 4
  2. Label 69383 Entered January 25, 2017 · off the market June 9, 2022 · 120 capsules · UPC 7 07359 12963 4
  3. Label 68939 Entered December 23, 2016 · off the market November 30, 2016 · 120 capsules · UPC 7 07359 12963 4
  4. Label 39035 Entered October 27, 2014 · off the market April 21, 2016 · 120 capsules · UPC 7 07359 12963 4
  5. Label 15306 Entered November 21, 2012 · off the market October 8, 2014 · 120 capsules · UPC 7 07359 12963 4

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

Who makes it?

The label names Protocol For Life Balance (manufacturer, distributor), Bloomingdale, IL. All Protocol For Life Balance products.

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