High Potency Protease
by Nature's Sunshine · capsule · 60 capsules
- On the market (NIH)
- UPC 0 99904 01876 1
- DSLD label 278115
- Serving 1 capsule
- 60 servings
High Potency Protease by Nature's Sunshine lists 2 ingredients, 1 with an amount per serving of 1 capsule, such as 400 mg of protease; 1 sits inside a blend without its own amount. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on October 24, 2022.
What is in High Potency Protease?
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).
| Ingredient | Amount | % DV | Among products listing it |
|---|---|---|---|
| ProteaseProtease Note: 180,000 HUT | 400 mg | Higher than 93% of 327 products listing proteolytic enzymes (proteases) (median 30 mg). Per day at the most servings: 1,200 mg. | |
| Proprietary Blend | 100 mg | ||
| Beet root Fiber | in the blend, no amount given | ||
| Trace Mineral concentrate | in the blend, no amount given |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 278115 (entered October 24, 2022), 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:
- Its 400 mg of proteolytic enzymes (proteases) is higher than 93% of the 327 proteolytic enzymes (proteases) products that print an amount; 21 list more.
The NIH database records 3 servings 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.
- Protease PlusNature's Sunshine same ingredients
- Beet Fiber PowderTerraVita Premium Collection 1 shared, 67% alike
- Beet Fiber 450 mgTerraVita Premium Collection 1 shared, 67% 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
- Recommended Use: Take 1 capsule between meals up to three times daily.
- Warnings
- Do not use if inner seal is missing or damaged.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 278115.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Capsule.
How many labels does High Potency Protease have?
3 labels are on file under this name since October 23, 2019: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 278115 (current) Entered October 24, 2022 · on the market · 60 capsules · UPC 0 99904 01876 1
- Label 277250 Entered September 22, 2022 · on the market · 60 capsules · UPC 0 99904 01876 1
- Label 207629 Entered October 23, 2019 · off the market January 21, 2022 · 60 capsules · UPC 0 99904 01876 1
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names Nature's Sunshine Products, Inc. (manufacturer), Spanish Fork, UT. All Nature's Sunshine products.