Lactobacillus acidophilus: the lactobacillus that prevails in the human intestine. It is also present in other parts of the human body (oral cavity, vagina). It is involved in B group vitamin assimilation and production, and enhances the activity of the enzyme beta-galactosidase, which improves tolerance to lactose in subjects presenting lactase deficiency.
Bifidobacterium lactis: it is especially found in the colon. Its health-related properties include: preventing food allergies; reducing diarrhoea, either viral or traveller’s diarrhoea; stimulating the immune system; producing vitamins and performing its antibacterial action against undesirable microorganisms.
Fructooligosaccharides (F.O.S.): dietary fibre soluble and resistant to digestion in the superior tract of the gastrointestinal system, they encourage growth of bifidobacteria in the large intestine, thus reducing putrefactive flora and the related microbial degradation.