Dried Lactobacillus Casei Fermentation Product
Our ingredient score: 4 / 5 · Probiotic or enzyme · How We Score
On the label these appear as "fermentation product" and are live bacteria such as Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium, Enterococcus faecium and Bacillus, called probiotics. Bacillus spores survive heat; most other bacteria do not survive the heat of making dry food, so they are usually coated onto the kibble after cooking.
Common Questions
Is Lactobacillus casei safe for cats?
Dried Lactobacillus casei fermentation product is a dried culture of a lactic acid bacterium often used in fermented dairy and probiotics. Tufts veterinary nutritionists say there is not yet evidence that probiotics improve wellness in animals without illness, and that results are strain specific. No specific risk for cats appears in the sources we checked. If your cat has a medical condition, ask your veterinarian before using probiotic foods.
Source: sites.tufts.edu
Why is Lactobacillus casei in cat food?
Lactobacillus casei is added as a probiotic. Makers coat it onto kibble after cooking and list it on the label to signal gut support. Like other Lactobacillus species, it does not form spores, so the amount that stays alive depends on how the food is made and stored.
What is Lactobacillus casei?
Lactobacillus casei is a lactic acid bacterium that turns sugars into lactic acid. In 2020 scientists reclassified the old Lactobacillus genus into 25 genera, 23 of them new, and this species moved to one of the new genera, Lacticaseibacillus, as Lacticaseibacillus casei. Pet food labels still use the older name. It is the same organism either way.
Source: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Should I choose a cat food for its probiotics?
Tufts veterinary nutritionists say there is no evidence that foods with probiotics give pets a benefit over foods without them. They suggest that if a probiotic is wanted, a concentrated supplement from a company with proven quality control is a better route than a food claim. Pick the food on its overall nutrition, and ask your veterinarian about probiotics separately.
Source: sites.tufts.edu
How does Pettings score dried Lactobacillus casei fermentation product?
Pettings gives dried Lactobacillus casei fermentation product 4 out of 5 and lists it as a probiotic or enzyme ingredient. It appears on 6 of the 149 dry cat foods we list. The ingredient score reflects the ingredient alone, not the amount in any one recipe. Each food's page shows how it scores overall.
How Foods With Dried Lactobacillus Casei Fermentation Product Compare
Dried Lactobacillus Casei Fermentation Product is on the label of 6 of the 149 dry cat foods we list.