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Source Naturals Essential Enzymes Digestive Aid*
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What the label discloses
The listing-image panel publishes 8 separately quantified rows and 1 combined blend total. Ingredients inside a blend do not have separate amounts.
| Panel row | Amount | %DV | What to notice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential Enzymes® Blend | 500 mg† | — | |
| Fungal Pancreatin | 28,625 HUT† | — | |
| Acid Stable Protease | 70 SAP† | — | |
| Lipase | 375 FIP† | — | |
| alpha-Amylase | 630 DU† | — | |
| Amyloglucosidase | 2 AG† | — | |
| Cellulase | 100 CUT† | — | |
| Hemicellulase | 325 HCU† | — | |
| Lactase | 40 ALU† | — |
FDA rules (21 CFR 101.36) require the amount of each dietary ingredient per serving unless hidden in a declared “proprietary blend” (legal, but a transparency yellow flag). A label stating no amount at all is non-compliant — a checkable red flag. This panel states amounts; the open question is whether those declared amounts are independently verified and how they compare with relevant research.
vision:google/gemini-flash-1.5 Amounts are shown as declared panel data, not independently lab-tested contents.
Every check we ran
Ingredient amounts are hidden inside a blend
The panel lists “Essential Enzymes® Blend” as a combined amount. A blend total can’t tell you whether any single ingredient reaches a dose used in research.
Multi-ingredient formula — panel read, serving weight unknown
We read the full Supplement Facts panel from the listing-image panel (below), but the label doesn’t state a serving weight, so the arithmetic can’t run. A gap in the label’s information, not evidence of a problem.
Not found in NIH's DSLD label registry
The NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database has no matching label yet. Ingestion lags the market — recorded as a gap, not a strike.
FDA recall appears in this brand's history
Brand-level context only, not a finding about this product. Threshold Enterprises Ltd recalled a different or not-exactly-bound product on 2019-09-10: “Labeling error; incorrect supplement facts panel and label claims for two ingredients were lower than the product formulation.” (status: Terminated). The recalled product was: “Source Naturals Dietary Supplement Brain Charge Advanced Cognitive Support 30 tablets, 60 tablets Manufactured for: Source Natural, Inc. PO Box 2118 Santa Cruz, CA 95062 ” — not necessarily the product on this page. Verify at FDA’s recall database.
UPC valid, no independent record
Check digit passes; no third-party database record found yet. Coverage gaps are common — not a strike.
180-day review-count history is on file
Exact-listing history records written-review counts from 679 on 2026-01-31 to 682 on 2026-06-07 (net +3). Count movements can reflect sales, listing variants, collection resets, or moderation; this history does not establish whether reviews are authentic.
This item belongs to a catalog variation family
The paid catalog links this exact item to a parent listing. Review counts on public product pages may be shared across sizes, flavors, or other variants, so the count history is listing context — not evidence that reviewers received or tested this exact variant.
What the listing promises — claim by claim
Why is this shown?
| Claim | Status | What we found |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing claim “…Manufactured in Scotts Valley, CA, under the Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) established by the US Food and Drug…” | Claimed, not verifiable We looked for: the facility registration or certificate behind the claim | Facility-level claims can be accurate and still say nothing about this product’s contents. No registration document was located. |
| Origin claim “…veryone’s potential to enjoy optimal health. Manufactured in the USA. Manufactured in Scotts Valley, CA, under th…” | Claimed, not verifiable We looked for: customs records or label filings showing where ingredients were sourced and where it was made | “Made in USA” can describe only final bottling. Ingredient-sourcing records were not located for this product. |
| Benefit claim “…s was created in 1982 by CEO Ira Goldberg to support everyone’s potential to enjoy optimal health…” | Not assessed We looked for: whether the ingredient doses on the label match the doses used in published research | Ingredient-level evidence for this formula isn’t in our knowledge base yet. Recorded as not assessed — not as a negative. |
“No evidence located” does not mean a claim is false — it means the seller has not put evidence proportionate to the claim on the public record, and we could not find any. Absence of proof is not proof of absence.
Verifiability profile — 3 of 6 public signals
What this listing gives the public to check. Publishing these signals doesn't prove quality — but withholding them means claims can only be taken on faith.
Identity
| UPC (barcode) — also our record ID | 021078009696 |
| Brand | Source Naturals |
| Source listing identifier | B0009EXOTQ |
| Retailer listing title | Source Naturals Essential Enzymes Digestive Aid* - 500mg - 240 Capsule… show full titleSource Naturals Essential Enzymes Digestive Aid* - 500mg - 240 Capsules |
From the label (photo-read)
| Serving size | 1 Capsule |
| Pack statement | 240 CAPSULES |
| Badges printed on pack | BIO ALIGN |
Supplement Facts panel (photo-read):
| Ingredient | Amount per serving | Reading confidence |
|---|---|---|
| Essential Enzymes® Blend | 500 mg† | High clearly legible in the photo |
| Fungal Pancreatin | 28,625 HUT† | High clearly legible in the photo |
| Acid Stable Protease | 70 SAP† | High clearly legible in the photo |
| Lipase | 375 FIP† | High clearly legible in the photo |
| alpha-Amylase | 630 DU† | High clearly legible in the photo |
| Amyloglucosidase | 2 AG† | High clearly legible in the photo |
| Cellulase | 100 CUT† | High clearly legible in the photo |
| Hemicellulase | 325 HCU† | High clearly legible in the photo |
| Lactase | 40 ALU† | High clearly legible in the photo |
Claims printed on the packaging:
“DIGESTIVE AID*” · “TO BREAK DOWN PROTEIN*” · “TO BREAK DOWN FATS*” · “TO BREAK DOWN CARBOHYDRATES*” · “TO BREAK DOWN FIBER*” · “TO BREAK DOWN MILK SUGAR*” · “Contains no yeast, dairy, egg, gluten, soy or wheat. Contains no sugar, salt, preservatives, or artificial color, flavor” · “*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose,”
Read by a vision model from 6 listing photos — verbatim extraction; OCR errors possible. Spot a mistake? It will be corrected on review.
Where it sells
A brand storefront was found, but no exact-product price was published or identity-bound at build time.
Brand store sourcenaturals.com: 245 supplement products (+5 merch items) — for comparison, single-focus brands typically carry 5–30 products; very broad catalogs are common among companies that rebrand ready-made formulas — a pattern note, not a verdict.
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Ingredient science
No knowledge-base entry yet for this formula's active ingredients — entries are added as the KB grows. Absence of a science card is a coverage gap, not a judgment.
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