Healthy Gut Gummies | 60 Gummies | Himalaya

Healthy Gut Gummies by Himalaya

Prefer not to swallow capsules? Then Himalaya's Healthy Gut Gummies are a tasty alternative. Each daily dose of two gummies contains 3 billion CFU of Bacillus subtilis HS43 and 50mg of pomegranate powder. The gummies have a natural strawberry flavor and are made with fruit pectin instead of gelatin, so they are also suitable if you are vegetarian.

What Bacillus subtilis is as a bacterium

Bacillus subtilis is a rod-shaped bacterium that occurs naturally in the soil and lives on plants. Humans have known it for centuries through food: in Japan, it is the bacterium behind natto, fermented soybeans. The special thing about this species is that it forms spores. A spore is a kind of protective jacket in which the bacterium goes dormant when conditions are unfavorable, for example in heat or drought. Only when the weather is favorable does it become active again. HS43 is the name of the specific strain in these gummies. In short: it is a living bacterium that is in a dormant state in the gummy.

Why spore-formers are in a gummy

The difference with most lactic acid bacteria lies in that spore. Lactic acid bacteria are sensitive to heat and moisture, and that makes them difficult to process in a gummy. During the production of gummies, the mass is heated. Bacillus subtilis in spore form can withstand this better, and also remains stable during storage and transport. That is why Himalaya chooses this species. Many people wonder what CFU means. That stands for colony-forming units: the number of living bacteria that can grow into a colony in a laboratory. A gummy contains 1.5 billion of them, so a daily dose contains 3 billion.

Pomegranate and the rest of the formula

In addition to the bacterium, each daily dose contains 50mg of pomegranate juice powder (Punica granatum). Pomegranate is a beloved fruit in Ayurveda (traditional Indian herbal medicine) and is rich in polyphenols, plant substances that give the fruit its deep color. The rest of the gummy is what you expect from a candy: brown rice syrup, sugar, pectin, and natural flavoring. The red color comes from anthocyanins from plants, and a layer of carnauba wax ensures that the gummies do not stick together. Good to know: sugar and rice syrup are the main ingredients, so just count them if you are watching your sugar intake.

With these Bacillus subtilis gummies, Himalaya combines a special bacterial strain with an Ayurvedic fruit, in a form that you take without water. The jar contains 60 gummies, enough for a month if you chew two per day.