Digestive Enzymes
How to Read Labels
Digestive enzymes
are measured in active units rather than weight in milligrams (mg). The exceptions are seaprose and superoxide dismutase, which are measured in milligrams. Any label that doesn’t give you active units doesn’t give you an accurate or true measure of the ingredient’s potency.
Below are examples of such units:
AGU- Amygalactosidase Units- Glucoamylase
AJDU- Apple Juice Depectinizing Units- Pectinase
Baker Units- Catalase
BGU- Betaglucanase Units- Beta-glucanase
CU- Cellulase Units- Cellulase
DP- Degrees of Diastatic Power- Maltase
DU- Dextrinizing Units- Amylase
FCCFIP- Food Chemical Codex Federation International
Pharmaceutique- Lipase
FCCPU- Papain Units- Bromelain
FU- Fibrinolytic Units- Nattokinase
GALU- Galactosidase Units-Alpha-galactosidase
GDU- Gelatin Digesting Units- Bromelain
HCU- Hemicellulase Units- Hemicellulase
IAU- Invertase Active Units- Invertase (Sucrase)
HUT- Hemoglobin Units in a Tyrosine base-Protease
LacU- Lactase Units- Lactase
LU- Lipase Units- Lipase
MSU- Mucolase Units- Mucolase
PU- Phytase Units- Phytase
SKB- Sanstedt Kneen Blish Units- Amylase
XU- Xylanase Units- Xylanase
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