For Kids (Powdered)

This product contains a proprietary blend of plant enzymes to nutritionally support the digestive system.

Ingredients
Proprietary Enzyme Blend
Glucoamylase (from Rhizopus nitveus) and Amylase (from Aspergillus oryzae) are carbohydrate-digesting enzymes. Glucoamylase has the ability to break down the carbohydrates found in beans, peas, nuts, seeds, grains and vegetables such as beets, broccoli, pumpkin, and cabbage. Supplementation of amylase allows digestion of carbohydrates to proceed during the time food is held in the stomach, which is usually about one hour.

Maltase (from Aspergillus oryzae) is closely related to amylase and works to digest the grain sugar maltose.

Protease (from Aspergillus oryzae) is a protein-digesting enzyme. Protease is used to break apart proteins (with the addition of water) to form smaller polypeptides.

Lactase (from Aspergillus oryzae) is used to digest lactose.

Lipase (from Aspergillus niger) is a fat-digesting enzyme. It splits emulsified fats into monoglycerides and fatty acids.

Invertase (from Saccharomyces cerevisiae) is an enzyme that breaks sucrose down into glucose and fructose, both of which are readily absorbed into the blood.

Cellulase (from Trichoderma) is an enzyme that is found in plants, not in humans. It digests only the soluble fibers that occur in cellulose, which cannot be broken down in the human body.

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