How do you choose a good Probiotic? Aileen Green BSc (Hons) MPhil

With the explosion of many probiotic products on the market over the last few years, how do you know which one to choose? Which will work? How can you guarantee the quality of the product you are buying or prescribing? The information provided in this article will help you decide which products to use.

This article covers:

  • Strain selection, fermentation, microencapsulation and freeze drying
  • Packaging
  • Quality assurance
  • Safety including accuracy of microbe identification, pathogenic genes and European Qualifies Presumption of Safety List
  • Research
  • Multistrain and multispecies

 

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