dried bacillus subtilis fermentation product

What it is

A dried fermentation of Bacillus subtilis, another hardy spore-forming organism, long used in animal feed and increasingly in pet 'gut health' claims. Its survival story matches B. coagulans'; its pet-specific evidence file is thinner still.

Why it's in pet food

Feed-industry heritage meeting pet-marketing demand — subtilis strains are cheap to produce and robust to process. As ever, the strain and the delivered dose decide whether anything biological happens.

How Bowlmark scores it

Scores are deterministic math over the printed label — the rules below apply to every product identically, and nothing estimates or fills in a blank.

A roster honesty note: the recognized-organism list names lactobacillus, bifidobacterium, E. faecium, and B. coagulans — not B. subtilis. Its label wording still matches through the generic 'fermentation product' term, so with a CFU guarantee the +4 fires anyway; the credit is coming from the phrasing, not the species. The engine counts what advisors listed, and this page says where the seams are.

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Foods that list dried bacillus subtilis fermentation product

Ranked by score where scores exist. Placement here is never sold.

• Diamond Naturals All Life Stages Dog Chicken & Rice Formula91
• Diamond Naturals Small Breed Adult Dog Lamb & Rice Formula91
• Taste of the Wild Lowland Creek Feline Recipe with Roasted Quail & Roasted Duck91
• Taste of the Wild Sierra Mountain Canine Recipe with Roasted Lamb91
• Taste of the Wild Ancient Mountain Canine Recipe with Roasted Lamb90
• Taste of the Wild Ancient Wetlands Canine Recipe with Roasted Fowl90
• Diamond Naturals Active Cat Chicken Meal & Rice Formula88
• Diamond Naturals Adult Dog Beef Meal & Rice Formula88

Sources

• ACVN — probiotics in commercial diets
• WSAVA Global Nutrition Committee — Selecting a pet food

Related ingredients

• dried bacillus coagulans fermentation product
• dried bifidobacterium animalis fermentation product
• dried enterococcus faecium fermentation product
• dried lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product
• dried lactobacillus casei fermentation product
• dried lactobacillus plantarum fermentation product

Further reading

• The marketing dictionary: which label words mean anything
• The guaranteed analysis, decoded