Mouth sore after eating pineapple? It’s all due to the enzyme called bromelain

If you're mouth is burning right now, eat something fatty like yogurt or butter!!

Within the innocuous-looking pineapple lurks the culprit of all that itchy, burning, and stinging sensations. It's an enzyme called bromelain, which is naturally found in yellow flesh and stem of the fruit.

Bromelain is a protease, or an enzyme that can chop apart proteins. This includes any proteins that make up our mouth, cheeks, and tongue.

It's the action of bromelain cutting up proteins that are meant to form protective barriers that leaves us with an aggravated mouth.

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