What is an enzyme?
An enzyme is a protein that speeds up a job inside a living thing. Your own body makes many enzymes for digesting food. Plants and fruits make their own too.
Meet bromelain
Bromelain is a group of protein-digesting enzymes found in pineapple. The stem has the most. That is why fresh pineapple makes your mouth tingle: the enzyme is gently breaking down proteins on your tongue.
Bromelain in the kitchen
Cooks use fresh pineapple juice to tenderise meat, which is the enzyme at work. This is also why fresh pineapple ruins gelatin desserts, while canned pineapple does not, since heat stops the enzyme.
Bromelain in BreathiZen
The formula includes bromelain as its enzyme ingredient, next to mullein and cordyceps. It gives the formula a different kind of ingredient from the rest.
Try this at home
Cut a small piece of fresh pineapple and hold it on your tongue for a few seconds. That tingle is a natural, safe, everyday demonstration of what bromelain does.
