PROBIOTICS | GUT

Gastrointestinal flora, or gut flora, refers to all the microorganisms that inhabit the intestines of humans and animals. This dynamic and complex bacterial ecosystem has several important tasks as the gut flora influences digestion, the immune system, produces nutrients and neurotransmitters and represents a central element of health.

Our oligo- and polysaccharides are unique in that, although indigestible for humans, they can be fermented by numerous strains of bacteria in the microbiome. Depending on their structure, they are metabolised at different speeds and by specific types of bacteria such as bacteroidetes, firmicutes, lactobacilli and bifidobacteria. It is therefore advantageous to have a wide variety of different fibres in one's diet.

All of our plant-based fibres are purely vegan. Our new human milk oligosaccharides (HMO) are vegetarian.

The gut is an organ of particular importance; relieving it plays a vital role in our well-being.

Human breast milk contains unique components of various non-digestible carbohydrates called human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs). After lactose and lipids, they are the third most common solid component found in human breast milk.