Probiotic products - analysis and ingredients

[nomsmon]

Are there any marine probiotic products for which the manufacturer publishes analysis of the microfauna in the product or just list the ingredients transparently?

Salt, foods with probiotics, probiotic additives/innoculants, etc

There is a bunch of promising research on marine probiotics, but without transparent information on what is contained in these products consumers can't make informed choices.

The issue can be summarized with the fact that research indicates probiotic microfauna is not only unique to marine environments in many cases, but also unique to a given species of fish or invertebrate.

Selling a marine product containing something like lactobacilli because it's a probiotic for humans is not certain to be effective.

 

[nomsmon]

Cobalt Mysis Pellets list Bacillus Subtilis and Bacillus Lichenformis, both of which have some supporting research for probiotic effect in some species of fish, but it's listed as "dried fermentation product" rather than a live culture.

CA Mysis Pellets

Cobalt Mysis pellet is a Mysis based formula for all tropical and marine fish. Highly palatable formula is great for both freshwater and marine.

www.cobaltaquatics.com

 

[nomsmon]

Coral Frenzy also lists Bacillus Subtilis and Bacillus Lichenformis, which is interesting because I'm not aware of any evidence of associations between these two and coral (fish yes). It lists it as cfu/g (colony forming units per gram) so it probably is cells or spores.

Coral Frenzy, the ULTIMATE coral food.

Coral Frenzy, the ULTIMATE coral food. Coral reef aquarium food.

coralfrenzy.com