Enzymedica

About Enzymedica

Enzymedica is a brand built almost entirely around one category. Rather than a broad catalogue, the range is a set of enzyme formulas that differ in which enzymes they contain and in what proportions — plus a few that pair enzymes with probiotics or with apple cider vinegar.

What digestive enzymes are

Your body makes enzymes to break food into pieces small enough to absorb, and each works on a specific target: proteases on protein, amylases on starch, lipases on fat, lactase on the lactose in dairy. A supplemental enzyme blend supplies those same enzyme classes in a capsule. That's why the formulas differ from one another — a broad blend covers several classes at once, while a narrow one concentrates on a single target, and which is relevant depends entirely on what you're asking it to do.

Broad blends and targeted formulas

Digest Gold and Digest Spectrum are the broad end — multi-enzyme blends covering the main food groups, with Spectrum weighted toward a wider set of targets. Digest and Digest Basic are simpler blends. At the narrow end sit formulas built around one job: lactase for dairy sugars, a gluten-specific protease, a fat-focused lipase blend. There's a chewable for kids, and versions of the broad blends that add probiotics. If you're comparing across brands, our digestive enzyme range covers the same ground.

Enzymes and probiotics are different things

Worth separating, because they're often shelved together and sold in the same capsule. Enzymes are proteins that break food apart; probiotics are live bacteria that colonise the gut. They do unrelated jobs, and a combination product is doing two things at once rather than one thing better. The wider digestive aids range covers both, along with fibre and other approaches.

Enzymedica in Canada

Enzymedica products at Vitamart are licensed for sale in Canada — look for the NPN on the label — and ship from our Ontario warehouse.