Digestive enzymes & betaine hcl is the mealtime workhorse of the Igennus range: a broad-spectrum blend of plant-derived enzymes – proteases, lipase, amylase, with bromelain and papain from pineapple and papaya – partnered with betaine HCl, the stomach’s own acidity in supplemental form. Ninety capsules, one with each main meal, and the heaviest plates meet a better-prepared reception.

What digestive enzymes & betaine hcl brings to the table

Digestion is chemistry on a deadline: proteins, fats and starches each need their own enzyme family, and the stomach’s acid bath primes the whole cascade. This formula reinforces both stages – the enzyme spectrum matches mixed modern plates, while the betaine HCl supports the acidic environment in which protein digestion begins. The fruit enzymes bromelain and papain, centuries-old tenderisers from the tropics, round out the protease bench.

• Broad-spectrum plant enzymes: protease, lipase, amylase and more
• Bromelain from pineapple, papain from papaya
• Betaine HCl supporting the stomach’s natural acidity
• 90 capsules – three months of main-meal use
• Vegan-suitable; no bovine or porcine sourcing

When people reach for it

The occasions write themselves: rich restaurant weekends, festive seasons, travel where menus are an adventure, protein-heavy training diets, and the general observation – common from the mid-forties onward – that big meals feel bigger than they used to. Stomach acid and enzyme output are widely understood to drift downward with age, which is why this pairing anchors so many practitioner mealtime protocols.

It is a with-food product by definition: take a capsule at the start of the meal, not after the fact. Users typically deploy it selectively – dinner’s the heavy meal, dinner gets the capsule – making the 90-pot stretch well past three months in practice.

The Igennus execution

Enzyme products live or die on activity units, not milligrams, and Igennus states its activities plainly while sourcing every enzyme from fermentation rather than animal pancreas – vegan-suitable by design. The formulation rationale, in the Cambridge company’s referenced style, lives on the official Igennus site.

Sensible boundaries

Betaine HCl earns one caution: anyone with active ulcers, gastritis or on acid-suppressing medication should involve their doctor first – supplemental acidity belongs nowhere near an inflamed stomach lining. And persistent digestive trouble deserves a professional conversation rather than a permanent supplement workaround; this capsule supports good digestion, it does not investigate poor digestion.

For everyone else it is among the most immediately intuitive products we stock: the heavy meal, the single capsule, the noticeably calmer hour afterwards. Pair it with the range’s probiotics for the fuller gut shelf, and keep the pot in the kitchen where meals actually happen.

A short field guide helps place digestive enzymes & betaine hcl among its neighbours on our shelf. Probiotics seed the gut’s long-term residents; fibre feeds them; this capsule works the immediate shift – the two hours after a plate lands. The three approaches complement rather than compete, which is why practitioner protocols so often run them together: enzymes with dinner, probiotics at bedtime, fibre at breakfast.

The vegan sourcing deserves a final word, because the category’s history is frankly glandular: traditional enzyme products came from animal pancreas, and many still do. Fermentation-derived enzymes match the spectrum without the sourcing, keeping digestive enzymes & betaine hcl suitable for every diet at the table it serves – a small consistency that suits a product whose entire job is mealtime diplomacy.

Delivered across Malta and Gozo

Order digestive enzymes & betaine hcl from Sattva Health Shop and we deliver island-wide from St Paul’s Bay, free over €40. The rest of the digestive shelf lives in our gut health range.

Chemistry, reinforced at the table: broad-spectrum enzymes, the stomach’s own acid, and three months of better-received dinners in one honest pot.