[tharkun__]

I'm sorry, but a probiotic that only lists the ingredients as "lactic acid bacteria"? For all you know this could be the equivalent of buying some Danone Activia. It also has "lactic acid bacteria".

I want at least the name of each of the bacteria. Even better would be exact substrains. But if it doesn't tell me whether the main ingredient is a strain that produces histamine (bad for me personally - lots of headaches) or doesn't, this is not going into me.

[graeme]

I don’t know if this answers what you were trying to find, but the probiotic in question is pretty heavily studied….there are even many papers discussing histamine levels

I haven’t had it and can’t vouch for it but it’s not exactly some random probiotic.

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C5&q=vsl+...

[tharkun__]

Nothing against you but, labels, labels, labels. What's so hard about it?

In case anyone is interested, link #3 finally has a list of what's allegedly in there without having to pay to read the 'study':

    Four strains of Lactobacillus (Lactobacillus acidophilus, Lactobacillus plantarum, Lactobacillus casei, and Lactobacillus delbrueckii subspecies bulgaricus), three strains of Bifidobacterium (Bifidobacterium breve, Bifidobacterium longum, and Bifidobacterium infantis), and one strain of Streptococcus (Streptococcus salivarius subspecies thermophilus). 

Why don't they just print it on the thing? What I take does print it on the label and that is why I bought it, because it says exactly what is in there instead of trying to hide it.

Mine's got:

    Sachharomyces Boulardii, Lactobacillus plantarum, Bacillus Subtilis, Lactobacillus lactis, Bifidobacterium bifidum, Lactorbacillus rhamnosus, Bifidobacterium breve, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus salivarius, Lactobacillus acidophilos, Bifidobacterium brevis, Bifidobacterium longum, Lactobacillus paracasei

In that order, i.e. amounts. Is that so hard to print on there? I specifically got that one because I have issues with certain strains. So anything that doesn't have it right on the package? Sorry but you're out. I'm not gonna go try and find studies. Just frickin' write it on there. I tried Actimel and Activia and such and it gives me headaches due to the specific strains that are in there and in concentration vs. the above mix, which has literally cured me and I can eat whatever I want again without getting headaches. Except if I drink Actimel or eat Activia. That brings it out of balance and I suffer the consequences a couple days later.

I'm sure there's a study I can pay for that tells me what's in those, because they don't print it on the package either...