What is ProbiTec® Akkermansia?
ProbiTec® Akkermansia is a food supplement based on pasteurised Akkermansia muciniphila MucT™ together with vitamin B2, which helps care for the intestinal mucosa. In Europe, pasteurised Akkermansia muciniphila MucT™ is the only form of Akkermansia approved for use as a food supplement, deemed safe by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA).
What is Akkermansia muciniphila?
Akkermansia muciniphila is a beneficial microorganism that lives in the human intestinal mucosa. It is present in the human gut from infancy, and its abundance increases with maturity. In adults, it makes up between 0.5% and 5% of the gut microbiota under optimal conditions. According to the scientific evidence (Cani et al., 2022; Plovier et al., 2017), it has the capacity to positively influence the integrity of the intestinal barrier and support healthy metabolic conditions.
Postbiotic or probiotic?
Unlike traditional probiotics, the mechanism of action of pasteurised Akkermansia muciniphila does not depend on its ability to actively colonise the gut, but rather on the interaction of various molecules derived from its cell structure (primarily proteins) with the intestinal membrane. Because these bacterial proteins do not need to colonise, they interact directly with the gut in a healthy way.
What is a postbiotic?
What are the advantages of pasteurised Akkermansia muciniphila MucTTM?
- Beneficial postbiotic: owing to its preparation method, it shows enhanced efficacy compared with its live equivalents.
- Does not interact with the diet: being a postbiotic, it neither competes nor interacts with the diet or with other food supplements, unlike what happens with probiotics.
- Stability: postbiotics are more stable than live probiotics and less sensitive to oxygen, gastric acids and bile salts, remaining functionally active when it reaches the small intestine and the colon.
- High concentration and efficacy.
What makes ProbiTec® Akkermansia special?
- Contains pasteurised Akkermansia muciniphila MucTTM (150 mg / 3x10¹⁰ TFU – Total Functional Units).
- Vitamin B2, key to the health of the intestinal mucosa (2.8 mg, 200% NRV – Nutrient Reference Value).
- Convenient blister presentation for better preservation.
- Box of 30 capsules, in blister. National Code requested.
1 capsule contains:
| Akkermansia muciniphila MucTTM
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150 mg / 3x1010 TFU* |
Vitamin B2
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2,8 mg (200% VRN**)
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*TFU = Total Functional Units.
**VRN=Nutrient Reference Value.
Ingredients: pasteurised bacterium Akkermansia muciniphila MucT™; bulking agent: microcrystalline cellulose; hydroxypropyl methylcellulose vegetable capsule; anti-caking agents: magnesium salts of fatty acids and silicon dioxide; riboflavin (vitamin B2).
- Adults: 1 capsule/day or as recommended by a specialist.
- We recommend taking it on an empty stomach, 15 minutes before breakfast or before going to sleep.
- ProbiTec®
Akkermansia is a food supplement and should not be used as a substitute for a balanced, varied diet and a healthy lifestyle.
Keep out of the reach of young children.
Do not exceed the recommended daily dose.
Store in a cool, dry place.
Not
suitable for pregnant or breastfeeding women, or children.
- RRP 30 capsules: €49.95
If you have any questions about this or other products and ingredients, please do not hesitate to contact us on +34 91 386 53 70.
- Cani et al. Akkermansia muciniphila: paradigm for next-generation beneficial microorganisms. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2022 Oct;19(10):625-637. improves metabolism in obese and diabetic mice. Nat Med. 2017 Jan;23(1):107-113.
- Plovier et al. A purified membrane protein from Akkermansia muciniphila or the pasteurized bacterium
