Probiotic Vegan

The vast majority of probiotics are sourced from dairy or animals. All of these probiotics can be an issue for certain people as they are potential sources of allergens. For example, people who are lactose intolerant often react to dairy sourced probiotics. People who are sensitive to, or intolerant of, gluten may have reactions to animal sourced probiotics. Vegans, vegetarians and religious Jews and Muslims have a religious aversion to some of these probiotics.

Most probiotic species (especially those derived from dairy) are quite fragile and must be freeze dried (a process called liphilization) just to give them a fighting chance at survival. That is why you may only see probiotics in the freezer or refrigerated sections of your store. Freeze drying often weakens the cell structure of the probiotic, making it harder to activate when it reaches your intestine.

Unfortunately, virtually all probiotics are unstable at any warm temperature, even room temperature. As soon as you pull them out of the store's fridge or freezer they begin to lose potency. Too bad for you (and the probiotic) if it is a hot day and you live a distance from the store. The longer they are out of the "cold" the less potent they become until ultimately they lose all potency and become worthless. Just think of the rigors the probiotic had to endure (manufacturing, bottling, labelling, packaging and shipping) just to get to the store? Was it kept cold 100% of the time? This declining in potency starts the second the probiotic is created, and occurs regardless of the form of the probiotic, i.e. powder, capsule, tablet, liquid, etc.

The following are a few of the many probiotic species affected by this heat instability: Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus rhamnosus, Lactobacillus salivarius, Bifidobacterium bifidum, Bifidobacterium lactis, and Bifidobacterium longum. Fiberrific +probiotic is different. We use a very specific probiotic species, Lactobacillus sporogenes. We chose this species in part due to its source and stability properties. Lactobacillus sporogenes has emerged as the most useful probiotic among practitioners and educated consumers. This species is highly effective and can easily survive through to the harsh environment of your intestines. Since Lactobacillus sporogenes is entirely vegan (not sourced from dairy, animals or grown on a dairy medium) it is both more stable than dairy-based probiotics and easily tolerated by lactose intolerant, allergic and digestively compromised people.

Extensively researched, scientists found that Lactobacillus sporogenes is able to not just survive, but in fact thrive through manufacturing, packaging and storage. It remains stable even when subjected to high heat, acids, bile and harmful chemicals.
One of the reasons Lactobacillus sporogenes is so stable is that each individual cell is naturally encapsulated during its fermentation process. This coating dramatically increases the stability of the probiotic, enabling it to remain stable at room temperature while not interfering with its effectiveness once ingested.

Lactobacillus sporogenes may be the most beneficial probiotic species ever. It is vegan, heat and acid stable, and well tolerated by virtually everyone. This is why we chose it as the probiotic for Fiberrific +Probiotic.

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