HMF Child

Child-specific high potency chewable probiotic
HMF Child is a delicious, naturally flavoured blackcurrant chewable tablet. Probiotics help contribute to a natural healthy gut flora.

High potency probiotic
Contains 12.5 billion CFU*/serving clinically. proven probiotic strains.

Great child-appeal increases compliance
Natural blackcurrant flavour.

Serving Size: 1 Chewable Tablet
Servings Per Container: 30

Active Ingredients:

Probiotic Consortium 12.5 billion CFU
• Lactobacillus acidophilus (CUL-60)
• Lactobacillus acidophilus (CUL-21)
• Bifidobacterium bifidum (CUL-20)
• Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis (CUL-34)
• Lactobacillus salivarius (CUL-61)
• Lactobacillus paracasei (CUL-08)

Inactive Ingredients: Sorbitol, xylitol, blackcurrant flavour, silica, magnesium stearate.

Recommended Dosage:
Children (4 years and older): Chew one tablet two times daily with meals, or as recommended by your healthcare practitioner

Risk information: If you are experiencing nausea, fever, vomiting, bloody diarrhoea or severe abdominal pain; or if you have an immune-compromised condition, do not use. If symptoms of digestive upset occur, worsen or persist beyond three days discontinue use and consult your healthcare practitioner.

Guaranteed to contain no added wheat, starch, corn, sodium, sugar, artificial coloring or flavoring or antimicrobial preservatives. Ideal for vegetarians.

3/2/2011 Ingredient Notice from Seroyal/Genestra:
It has been communicated to us by Seroyal/Genestra that Barley gluten, lactose and soy are used in the fermentation medium for growing the micro-organisms prior to manufacturing the final formulation. These nutrients are digested by the micro-organisms during fermentation and further removed during centrifugation (after fermentation).

"We have tested the HMF probiotics as worst-case scenarios based on total daily consumption and target populations and no gluten, dairy or soy was detected in the final product. Although our analytical assay for soy, gluten & dairy did not detect any proteins, these methods cannot detect total absence."

Read customer questions and answers about HMF Probiotics on our blog.

Seroyal research-driven probiotic therapies:

• Clinically proven in randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled adult human trials at 25 billion CFU? to:
  • Reduce symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)1
  • Prevent intestinal microflora disruption post antibiotics2, 3
  • Reduce the incidence of C. difficile associated diarrhoea (Pilot study)4
• Proprietary non-pathogenic human-sourced microflora bacterial strains have:
  • Strong epithelial adherence
  • Naturally high tolerance to stomach acid

References:

1. Williams EA, et al. Clinical trial: a multistrain probiotic preparation significantly reduces symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome in a double-blind placebo-controlled study. 2009; 29(1): 97-103.
2. Plummer SF, et al. Effects of probiotics on the composition of the intestinal microbiota following antibiotic therapy. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2005; 26(1); 69-74.
3. Madden JA, et al. Effect of probiotics on preventing disruption of the intestinal microflora following antibiotic therapy: a double-blind, placebo-controlled pilot study. Int Immunopharmacol. 2005; (6): 1091-7.
4. Plummer S, et al. Clostridium difficile pilot study: effects of probiotic supplementation on the incidence of C. difficile diarrhoea. Int Microbiol. 2004;7(1):59-62.

Are HMF products shipped with an ice pack?
No. But, after extensive product testing and new freeze drying technology performed by Genestra, it was concluded that the ice pack did not make a difference during shipping since the product potency was still well over 100% label claims when shipped with ice or no ice. The manufacturer states that it is no longer necessary to ship the HMF products with an ice pack for these reasons:

• Genestra has added in 50% more probiotic than what the label guarantees per bottle. For example, HMF Forte is guaranteed to have 6 billion L. acidophilus per serving, but there are 12 billion present at time of manufacturing and it is kept frozen until shipping.
  
  
• October 2004: The manufacturer has increased product stability again, allowing the probiotics to last up to 6 months at room temperature holding their GUARANTEED minimum potency on label!
  
  
• You will receive your HMF probiotic directly from the manufacturer in about 3-5 days. This product is very fresh and has not been sitting around on our shelves. And, you are guaranteed it will contain 50% more than what the label states.

How do I travel with my HMF probiotics?
We highly recommend you take your probiotics with you on all trips and vacations since their potency will last for up to 6 months at room temperature un-refrigerated. But, when possible and if convenient, we recommend you store your probiotics in the freezer or refrigerator, especially if you plan to preserve freshness of your product for months or years. Click the link to read more about HMF Probiotics, shipping and storage.