Probiotic Testing

Probiotic Product Testing

Probiotic product testing has become vital to a supplier’s success in this booming market. Probiotics are growing rapidly in popularity among the food and beverage industry due to their health benefits. As a result, buyers are looking to ensure the potency and purity of products they purchase. It has thus become increasingly important for manufacturers to have data to support the viability and identity of their product(s).

Our team of microbiologists and research experts provides probiotic testing services to:

Selective Enumeration which enables you to Assess Viability as organisms must be alive, in sufficient concentration, to deliver their probiotic effects.
Species Verification to Ensure Quality by confirming target organisms are present in the product.
Shelf-Life Studies that Reveal Survivability by monitoring probiotic organisms’ survival throughout the product’s expected shelf-life.

Assess Viability through Selective Enumeration

Organisms must be alive and in sufficient numbers, to deliver their probiotic effects. Our selective culture methods enable us to target specific probiotic organism(s) and determine the colony forming units (CFU) that exist in your product.
Confirm Target Organisms through Species Verification

Ensure the quality of your product by confirming your specific target organisms are present. We use culture morphology and DNA sequencing methods to verify presence of target probiotic microorganisms.
Reveal Survivability through Shelf-Life Studies

Monitor the survival of probiotic organisms throughout a product’s expected shelf-life by testing levels of viable probiotic organisms over time and under various storage conditions.

Types of Probiotic Products

Our probiotic testing is performed on a wide variety of products. Below are a few examples.

Probiotic Strains

Don’t see the probiotic strain you’re looking to test? Just ask!

Bifidobacterium spp.	Lactobacillus acidophilus	Lactobacillus rhamnosus
Bifidobacterium longum	Lactobacillus brevis	Saccharomyces boulardii
Bifidobacterium bifidum	Lactobacillus casei	Streptococcus thermophilus
Bifidobacterium breve	Lactobacillus fermentum	Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Bacillus subtilis	Lactobacillus plantarum	Aspergillus oryzae
Bacillus coagulans (Lactospores)	Lactobacillus delbrueckii subs. bulgaricus	Leuconostoc species

…and More!

At AEMTEK, our experts use specialized media for selective enumeration to ensure the most accurate and dependable results.

Product	Probiotic Strain(s)	Expected Total Count	Reporting Unit (i.e. cfu/?)