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Higher Potency, Lower Cost, One-A-Day Dose No Refrigeration Needed 2 Billion Active Cells At Best By Date Supports Digestive Health Dietary Supplement A combination of the important upper and lower digestive tract intestinal flora: Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium. A special polysaccharide matrix delivery system protects the probiotics from stomach acid to ensure optimum delivery in the gut. This product requires no refrigeration Key Features: Contains 4 billion viable bacterial cells at time of manufacture and guaranteed to contain at least 2 billion viable bacterial cells at expiration date (2 year shelf life). Potency is guaranteed at the best by date, not time of manufacture. No refrigeration required or recommended. Unique Polysaccharide Matrix Delivery System. Provides a comprehensive blend of four different beneficial bacterial strains in a one-a-day capsule. LA-5 (Lactobacillus acidophilus) and BB-12 (Bifidobacterium) have been used in experimental and clinical studies. Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus are the beneficial strains of bacteria used in yogurt. Polysaccharide Matrix Delivery SystemThis unique delivery system technology ensures probiotic survival through the acidic stomach and protects the probiotics from release until reaching the small intestine (for acidophilus) and large intestine (for bifidus) where these beneficial bacteria become rehydrated and released in their full biologically active state. The delivery system ensures bacteria survival through the passage of the stomach into the small intestine.The polysaccharides consist of carbohydrates, such as potato starch and cellulose. This special Polysaccharide Matrix is insoluble at a low pH (high acidity). The human stomach has an average pH of 1.0 – 3.5. The gelatin capsule dissolves in the low pH gastric juices while the polysaccharides become rehydrated and form an insoluble Gel Matrix. This Gel Matrix protects