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About LactoWell
The Science Behind LactoKids
Most probiotics are killed by stomach acid before they reach your gut. Here is what we did about it.
The Problem
The bacteria in a probiotic can only work in your intestine. Getting them there alive is harder than it sounds.
To reach the intestine, every probiotic has to pass through the stomach, where the acid level sits at around pH 2.4. Most probiotic bacteria are destroyed at that level. So the strain count on the label, and the CFU number, means very little if the bacteria do not survive the journey.
This is the problem we built LactoKids around solving.
The Technology
What is SPCC Coating?
The SPCC Coating is the name for the protective layer created by the patented Double Microencapsulation Technology. It wraps around each probiotic strain.
There are 2 layers. The first layer is designed to survive the strong acids in the stomach and bile duct. Then the second layer dissolves naturally once it reaches the intestine, where the pH is close to neutral.
After that, the bacteria is free to do their work!
The Key Insight
Strain count and CFU numbers only matter if the bacteria survive the trip.
Most brands compete on how many strains they include, or how high their CFU count is. But if those bacteria are destroyed by stomach acid before reaching the gut, the numbers on the label are irrelevant.
SPCC Coating solves that. It is why LactoKids delivers results that most probiotics cannot match, even when those products list the same strains.
Step by Step
How the SPCC Coating Works
The diagram below traces the journey of a LactoKids probiotic from ingestion to delivery. Each strain is sealed inside its SPCC shell, passes intact through the stomach's acid environment, and is released once it reaches the intestine at the correct pH level.
Test 1: Acid Resistance
Clinical Reactive Test Results
The first clinical test simulated the conditions inside the human stomach. We exposed the SPCC-coated probiotics to an acid environment at pH 2.4, which matches typical stomach acid.
The coating remained completely intact at that level. It only began to dissolve at pH 6.8, which is the pH found in the intestine.
This confirms that LactoKids probiotics pass through the stomach untouched and are released in the right place.
Intact at pH 2.4 (stomach acid). Dissolves at pH 6.8 (intestine). The coating works exactly as designed.
Test 2: Strain Survivability
Clinical Survivability Test Results
The second test looked at survival rates for five of the most commonly used probiotic strains — the same strains found in most competing products.
Without SPCC Coating, between 50% and 60% of each strain survived. With the patented SPCC Coating, survival rates rose to between 96% and 99%.
The same strains. The same conditions. The difference is the coating. That gap is why LactoKids produces results that other probiotics, even those listing identical strains on the label, consistently fail to match.
Without SPCC: 50–60% survival. With SPCC: 96–99% survival.
What This Means
Surviving the journey is only half of it.
We hold the same standards for ingredient sourcing, manufacturing, and batch testing. See what goes into every box of LactoKids.
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