Probiotic · 12 strain

Thirty billion colony-forming units across twelve strains, and the number is the count at the printed expiry date rather than at the moment of manufacture. That distinction is the only part of a probiotic label worth reading closely: live cultures die steadily in storage, and a bottle claiming fifty billion at manufacture may hold a small fraction of that by the time it reaches a kitchen. Guaranteeing the end-of-life figure means overfilling, which is why this costs what it does. Every strain is named to its subspecies and its deposit number, because the research attaches to strains and not to genera, and a label that says only "Lactobacillus" is telling you almost nothing. The capsule is acid-resistant so the contents reach the intestine rather than the stomach. One capsule a day, any time, with or without food. It does not need refrigeration. If you are immunocompromised, ask a doctor before starting any live culture.