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Papaya Digestive Enzyme Complex (Chewable)
Mason Natural
4.7
★ ★ ★ ★ ★
(919 ratings)
Bromelain 6 mg
Score 25.0
This chewable enzyme complex from Mason Natural is significantly underdosed in its active ingredients like bromelain and papain. Despite its low price per serving, the minimal enzyme quantities mean it offers negligible benefits for digestion, joint health, immunity, or inflammation. It is a poor value compared to more potent and often similarly priced alternatives available.
Quantity: 100 Tablet(s)Servings size: 2 Tablet(s) (50 servings)
Selected goals:
Other goals:
Joint Health
Digestive Health
Immunity
Anti-Inflammatory Support
leaderboard Score 25.0
This chewable enzyme complex from Mason Natural is significantly underdosed in its active ingredients like bromelain and papain. Despite its low price per serving, the minimal enzyme quantities mean it offers negligible benefits for digestion, joint health, immunity, or inflammation. It is a poor value compared to more potent and often similarly priced alternatives available.
Mason Natural's Papaya Digestive Enzyme Complex is formulated to support digestive health, joint health, immunity, and anti-inflammatory processes. However, a critical analysis reveals that the dosages of its key ingredients, such as 6mg of bromelain and 10mg of papain, are remarkably low. Nutritionists and online reviews frequently indicate that therapeutically effective levels for these enzymes are considerably higher, often in the hundreds of milligrams, for noticeable benefits. While the product boasts a very low price per serving, this comes at the cost of efficacy, rendering it largely insufficient for achieving its stated comprehensive health goals.
- Very affordable price per serving
- Convenient chewable tablet form
- Extremely low and ineffective dosages of active enzymes (Bromelain, Papain, Amylase, Protease, Pancreatin)
- Unlikely to provide significant therapeutic benefits for any of the stated goals
- Offers poor value when considering efficacy per dollar spent compared to alternatives
- Individuals seeking actual relief for digestive issues or inflammatory conditions should consider products with much higher enzyme potencies.
- May give a false sense of benefit due to very low active ingredient levels.
$4.42($0.08 per serving)
 iHerb | $ 4.42 |
| Ingredient | Amount per serving |
|---|---|
| Pancreatin | 40 mg |
| Protease (Papain) | 10 mg |
| Papaya fruit powder | 10 mg |
| Bromelain | 6 mg |
| Amylase | 4 mg |
Categories
Bromelain 10.0
The 6mg of Bromelain per serving is an extremely low dosage, making this product a very poor source of Bromelain for any desired therapeutic effect, especially compared to supplements offering hundreds of milligrams.
Goals
Digestive Health 30.0
While containing various digestive enzymes, their combined quantities are modest, providing only marginal support for digestion compared to comprehensive enzyme blends with higher activity units. Effective dosage for this goal is significantly higher.
Immunity 15.0
The minimal amounts of enzymes in this product offer virtually no direct or indirect support for bolstering the immune system effectively, especially when compared to supplements with higher enzyme activity or targeted immune ingredients.
Joint Health 10.0
The 6mg Bromelain dose is exceedingly low and completely insufficient to provide any measurable support for joint health or to reduce inflammation, falling far short of clinical recommendations.
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