Many of the most recent studies support innovative applications based on functional and well-characterized probiotic combinations.

Gnosis can offer custom probiotic blends specially designed to meet client requirements, offered in powder, capsules and sachets. Tailor-made combinations of probiotics with Gnosis's nutritional ingredients may be formulated to create appealing and exclusive formulations to meet customer' specific needs.

Multi-strain and multi-species probiotics should have improved functionality versus a single strain. The effects of probiotics are strain-specific, condition-specific and dose-specific.

Probiotic products are recommended to be administered in combinations, as these may be functionally more efficient than individual strains. Introducing several strains together enhances their probability to colonize intestinal niches, and the strains may complement each other's health effects.

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• Immunostimulatory activity of potential probiotic yeast strains in the dorsal air pouch system and the gut mucosa. J Appl Microbiol. 2009 Dec 15.

• Probiotics for treatment of acute diarrhoea in children: randomised clinical trial of five different preparations. BMJ. 2007 Aug 18;335(7615):340. Epub 2007 Aug 9.

• Effect of Lactobacillus strains and Saccharomyces boulardii on persistent diarrhea in children. Medicina (B Aires). 2003;63(4):293-8.