Digestive Enzymes
by Swanson Premium Brand · tablet or pill · 180 tablets
- Off the market since January 2018 (NIH)
- UPC 0 87614 01668 9
- DSLD label 207252
- Serving 1 tablet
Digestive Enzymes by Swanson Premium Brand lists 9 ingredients, 6 with an amount per serving of 1 tablet, such as 150 mg of ox bile extract, 80 mg of diastase, 30 mg of papain and 20 mg of cellulase; 3 sit inside a blend without their own amounts. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on September 24, 2019.
What is in Digestive Enzymes?
Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 1 tablet. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PancreatinPancreatin Note: 4x | 250 mg | ||
| Protease | in the blend, no amount given | ||
| Amylase | in the blend, no amount given | ||
| Lipase | in the blend, no amount given | ||
| Ox Bile extract | 150 mg | Higher than 78% of 160 products listing bile (median 100 mg). Per day at the most servings: 450 mg. | |
| Diastaseas Barley MaltDiastase (Form: from Barley Malt) | 80 mg | Higher than 83% of 35 products listing diastase (unspecified) (median 20 mg). Per day at the most servings: 240 mg. | |
| Papainas Carica papayaPapain (Form: from Carica papaya Genus: Carica Species: papaya) | 30 mg | 52% of 607 products listing papain give more (median 40 mg). Per day at the most servings: 90 mg. | |
| Cellulaseas Aspergillus nigerCellulase (Form: from Aspergillus niger Genus: Aspergillus Species: niger) | 20 mg | Higher than 65% of 184 products listing cellulase (median 10 mg). Per day at the most servings: 60 mg. | |
| Bromelainas PineappleBromelain (Form: from Pineapple) Note: 2,400 GDU | 10 mg | 88% of 1,337 products listing bromelain give more (median 50 mg). Per day at the most servings: 30 mg. | |
| Betaine HCl | 5 mg | 96% of 914 products listing betaine hydrochloride give more (median 50 mg). Per day at the most servings: 15 mg. |
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 207252 (entered September 24, 2019), 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:
- 88% of the 1,337 products that print an amount of bromelain list more than its 10 mg of bromelain (median 50 mg).
- 96% of the 914 products that print an amount of betaine hydrochloride list more than its 5 mg of betaine HCl (filed by NIH under betaine hydrochloride) (median 50 mg).
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?
The products whose ingredient lists overlap most with Digestive Enzymes's, rare ingredients counting for more.
- Enzyme CapsVitamer Laboratories 7 shared, 81% alike
- Enzymes-HClProtocol For Life Balance 8 shared, 76% alike
- Super EnzymesNOW 8 shared, 76% alike
- Digestive EnzymesSwanson 6 shared, 72% alike
- Enzyme CapsVSN Vital Strength Nutrition · off the market 7 shared, 70% alike
- Enzyme CapsVitaCeutical Labs 7 shared, 70% 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: As a dietary supplement, take one tablet three times per day with food and water.
- Warnings
- Do not use if seal is broken.
- Keep out of reach of children.
- Storage
- Store in a cool, dry place.
Source: label statements in DSLD label 207252.
What else is on the label?
Other ingredients: Dicalcium Phosphate, Stearic Acid, Croscarmellose Sodium, Magnesium Stearate, Silica, Food Glaze, Magnesium Silicate.
Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): Guaranteed purity & potency.
How many labels does Digestive Enzymes have?
3 labels are on file under this name since June 25, 2018: other sizes, label designs and reformulations. The current one leads this page.
- Label 207252 (current) Entered September 24, 2019 · off the market January 10, 2018 · 180 tablets · UPC 0 87614 01668 9
- Label 174686 Entered June 25, 2018 · off the market September 19, 2018 · 90 tablets · UPC 0 87614 01712 9
- Label 174678 Entered June 25, 2018 · off the market December 3, 2018 · 180 tablets · UPC 0 87614 01668 9
DSLD also links this label to: Digestive Enzymes (package size difference, same product), Digestive Enzymes (image difference, same product), Digestive Enzymes (package size difference, same product), Digestive Enzymes (package size difference, same product), Digestive Enzymes (package size difference, same product).
Source: DSLD label entry and market events, version 9.4.0 (labels entered through September 25, 2025).
Who makes it?
The label names Swanson Health Products (distributor), Fargo, ND. All Swanson Premium Brand products.