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Zywobin Forte

by Ecological Formulas · tablet or pill · 200 tablets

  • On the market (NIH)
  • DSLD label 22941
  • Serving 1 to 3 tablets; amounts per 3 tablets
  • 200 servings

Zywobin Forte by Ecological Formulas lists 9 ingredients, 9 with an amount per serving of 3 tablets, such as 60 mg of papain, 50 mg of rutin, 45 mg of bromelain and 24 mg of trypsin. Its current label entered the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database on June 25, 2013.

What is in Zywobin Forte?

Each row as the label prints it, per serving of 3 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).

Zywobin Forte: Supplement Facts rows against the market (DSLD label 22941, January 2026 release)
IngredientAmount% DVAmong products listing it
PancreatinPancreatin Note: 8X USP100 mg
AmylaseAmylase Note: 20,000 USP UNITS20,000 units
ProteaseProtease Note: 20,000 USP units20,000 units
LipaseLipase Note: 1,600 USP units1,600 units
PapainPapain Note: 1600 GDU/g60 mgPapain in Zywobin Forte against 607 products60 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 20 mg to 75 mg, the median 40 mg.60 mg

Higher than 69% of 607 products listing papain (median 40 mg). Per day at the most servings: 120 mg.

Rutin50 mgRutin in Zywobin Forte against 1,232 products50 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 10 mg to 50 mg, the median 25 mg.50 mg

Higher than 69% of 1,232 products listing rutin (median 25 mg). Per day at the most servings: 100 mg.

BromelainBromelain Note: 1200 DU/gm45 mgBromelain in Zywobin Forte against 1,337 products45 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 200 mg, the median 50 mg.45 mg

61% of 1,337 products listing bromelain give more (median 50 mg). Per day at the most servings: 90 mg.

Trypsin24 mgTrypsin in Zywobin Forte against 77 products24 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 35 mg to 100 mg, the median 75 mg.24 mg

81% of 77 products listing trypsin give more (median 75 mg). Per day at the most servings: 48 mg.

PepsinPepsin Note: 10M X10 mgPepsin in Zywobin Forte against 223 products10 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 25 mg to 130 mg, the median 50 mg.10 mg

84% of 223 products listing pepsin give more (median 50 mg). Per day at the most servings: 20 mg.

Chymotrypsin1 mgChymotrypsin in Zywobin Forte against 49 products1 mg per serving; the middle half of products list 2 mg to 5 mg, the median 3 mg.1 mg

80% of 49 products listing chymotrypsin give more (median 3 mg). Per day at the most servings: 2 mg.

Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database, label 22941 (entered June 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:

  • 84% of the 223 products that print an amount of pepsin list more than its 10 mg of pepsin (median 50 mg).

The NIH database records 2 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 Zywobin Forte's, rare ingredients counting for more.

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
DIRECTIONS Take one to three tablets two times daily, at least 45 minutes before a meal or as recommended by a physician.

Source: label statements in DSLD label 22941.

What else is on the label?

Other ingredients: Dicalcium Phosphate, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Stearic Acid, Methocel, Magnesium Stearate, Silicon Dioxide, Polyvinyl Alcohol, Talc, PEG 3350, Polysorbate 80.

Seals and symbols as the label prints them (the maker's; a certifier's own list confirms a seal): ECOLOGICAL FORMULAS.

How many labels does Zywobin Forte have?

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

  1. Label 22941 (current) Entered June 25, 2013 · on the market · 200 tablets

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

Who makes it?

The label names ECOLOGICAL FORMULAS (distributor), CONCORD, CA. All Ecological Formulas products.

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