These probiotics are a bit different to ones that you might be used to taking in capsules. This box contains individual sachets, which need to be mixed with 100-200ml of room temperature water. It does say you could also mix it with food below 45 degrees C, but I only tested mine using the water method. It’s also advised that these are best taken with a meal. When mixed with water, I was expecting the liquid might taste slightly sweet, due to the inclusion of a small amount of glucose and fructose, but it’s actually tasteless, and mixes up to be colourless and transparent.
As for how they perform, I can’t even pretend to understand all the science behind probiotics. From what I am able to figure out, these sachets contain only 3 different strains of live bacteria, Bifidobacterium adolescents BA02, Bifidobacterium bifidum BB01 and Bifidobacterium longum BL03. They also contain some vitamin B1 & B6, zinc, 3 different sources of dietary fibre, and a small amount of sugar. The bacteria from the 3 different strains contain 2 billion live colony forming units (CFU), which seems quite a low number in comparison to capsules I’ve taken in the past, which can have up to 10 times this amount from double the number of different strains of bacteria.
Maybe if I were a scientist, I might be able to say the 3 strains in this product might be different, or more beneficial strains than those commonly used in your average UK probiotic offering, or that they don’t need such a high number of CFU due to their patented formula, which is supposed to allow the bacteria to survive stomach acid, to make it to our colons still alive. The thing is, I’m not a scientist, and taking any probiotic will usually only have a hidden result. I could tell you these are great, but I have absolutely no way of knowing.
What I can say is that after taking them all, I noticed no difference in my health, good or bad. That doesn’t mean that didn’t make a difference internally, it just means that if they did benefit me, I was unable to tell from the outside. I found it a bit of a chore to measure out water, leave it to come up to room temperature, then mix the sachet contents, compared to just swallowing a capsule with water. The cost of these would definitely put me off, in comparison to other probiotics I’ve taken before. Like many probiotics these days, there is no need to store these ones in the fridge. The pack I received was very fresh, with 18 months left on them before the best before date. You only get 28 sachets in the box.
If you research the strains included, and believe they are the best for your personal circumstances, and you can afford the price, then you may want to consider them. Personally, I would give them a neutral 3 stars, as they just seem too expensive for this kind of product, and I felt no different after taking them.
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