Vital Nutrients Vegan Pancreatic Enzymes - for Women & Men - Enzymes for Digestion Support Gut Health - Relief from Gas & Bloating - Gluten, Dairy, Soy Free - 90 Capsules

Great pancreatin alternative. No fiber digesting enzymes as I don’t want those. Less capsules needed than the porcine ones.

This product does work

Updated review to 5 stars: VN has real time chat with prompt service, and solved the mystery of units dosed for me. The equivalencies are: HUT= 6.5 USP, DU = 48, FIP = 1. FIP is Fédération International Pharmaceutique, HUT is Hemoglobin units, and DU is Dobson Units. My Google-Fu is not agile, apparently, and could not ferret this info. Math required, but that part is easy. Vegan means no worries about prions that you could conceivably get from animal sourced products. (There is one isolated, documented case in the scientific literature, NOT this product) Former review: Pancreatic enzymes are dosed by USP IU (international units). This is how you know how much you are taking. What are HUT, DU and FIT units? Nothing about this in the product description. They may be quality ingredients, lab tested, environmentally packaged… but I have no idea if they are the potency I need. It’s just trial…and error, which could mean a LOT of physical discomfort for me. I’m sorry I didn’t see this BEFORE I ordered. I wouldn’t recommend these without knowing their strength as compared to your prescription. (Hemoglobin Unit Tyrosine, or Fungi Lipase International = how many USPs? What is a DU? Is it Diagnostic Unit? Why doesn’t it qualify for USP certification of potency? Why isn’t this discussed in product description? I could’ve avoided the error of ordering non-returnable merchandise).

Anecdotal, yes. All I know if that my A1C registered 8.7 and I was freaked out. I adjusted the metformin and tried these two a day before meals after reading an NIH white paper on not this product, but these enzymes in general as relates to diabetes management. My next A1C check 3 months later was 5.9. So if only out of superstition, I'm going to keep taking them.

As someone with digestive issues, I need to take digestive enzymes with every meal or suffer consequences. These enzymes do the job for the most part, but they don't seem to be quite as effective as animal pancreatic enzymes. (Could also be because they don't have bile or HCL like my other enzymes.) If you're a vegetarian, these are great! But if you're not, I'd suggest also trying the animal pancreatic enzymes from this brand and just seeing which work best for you. At any rate, these are a clean product from a trusted brand and don't have any fillers or other unnecessary ingredients.

I think it helps but watch out for diarrhea. Don’t use more then dosage

Dr. Gave me a prescription for Creon and the cost for 30 pills was over $300 even with great insurance. Then he wanted me to take 5-6 a day. Really? I called pharmacist and she suggested only Vegan Pancreatic Enzymes. They seem to work good however, price went up by $10 a bottle in a short period of time.

This is an outstanding product. It has helped my wife to digest and assimilate food better than anything we have tried in years. HOWEVER, The shipping process is terrible. Our order took over six weeks to arrive, and by that time we had already gotten a refund. Now we have no mechanism for paying for the product. EVEN WORSE, Amazon hides literally hundreds of negative reviews on this seller for delayed or failed shipping, claiming it is not the seller's fault. Not sure whose fault it is then, but don't count on getting anything in a reasonable time frame.