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Vegetarian Pepsin?

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I’m told my daughter needs to supplement with HCL and Pepsin. However I can only find pepsin made from pigs and she is allergic to all things mammalian (alpha gal from a tick bite!). Does anyone know of a vegetarian form of pepsin?

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Have you Googled?

Now Foods do a vegetarian Betaine HCL with Pepsin

amazon.co.uk/Betaine-HCl-64...

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ConstantResearcher in reply to SeasideSusie

Thank you! I had but I honestly didnt see that protease is pepsin 🙄🤪.

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