Lyophilization is a fancy word for freeze-drying. "If a probiotic is refrigerated, it doesn’t mean it’s a better quality" is of course true. But nothing that I said is false. If I am getting probiotics from a quality source, I am going to prefer the refrigerated product over the "shelf-stable" one every time.
There's a difference between "choosing one over the other" and the original claim of shelf stabilized probiotics being not worth buying.
On a few occasions when my dog has gotten sick, or needed antibiotics, shelf stabilized probiotics cleaned their digestion right up.
Are strains that only survive when refrigerated probably a higher count? Maybe. Are there stains that are better but can't be freeze dried? Probably. Are there shelf stable probiotics that are worth buying, especially if you don't have access to refrigerated stuff? Absolutely!
The Internet almost universally disagrees, based on a quick search:
https://seed.com/cultured/probiotics-refrigeration-storage-g...
Lyophilization is a fancy word for freeze-drying. "If a probiotic is refrigerated, it doesn’t mean it’s a better quality" is of course true. But nothing that I said is false. If I am getting probiotics from a quality source, I am going to prefer the refrigerated product over the "shelf-stable" one every time.
There's a difference between "choosing one over the other" and the original claim of shelf stabilized probiotics being not worth buying.
On a few occasions when my dog has gotten sick, or needed antibiotics, shelf stabilized probiotics cleaned their digestion right up.
Are strains that only survive when refrigerated probably a higher count? Maybe. Are there stains that are better but can't be freeze dried? Probably. Are there shelf stable probiotics that are worth buying, especially if you don't have access to refrigerated stuff? Absolutely!
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Why do you think they’re here, sharing the info with you?
If you could just Google it up, not nearly as interesting to HN.
Thank you