What purpose does a prebiotic serve?
A prebiotic is a non-digestible food ingredient that beneficially affects the body by selectively stimulating the growth, activity, or both of one or a limited number of bacteria residing in the intestinal tract.1 Breast milk contains a significant level of prebiotic substances, including oligosaccharides. The prebiotic used in Baby’s Only Essentials® Probiotic is Fructooligosaccharide (FOS), an oligosaccharide naturally derived from beet sugar. 1. Gibson, G. R. and Roberfroid, M. B., “Dietary modulation of the human colonic microbiota: Introducing the concept of prebiotics,” J Nutr 1995; 125: 1401-1412.
