put allergen information on the bottle
If you want me to try a new probiotic, please put allergen information on the bottle.  I take probiotics daily, and the bottle on my preferred Garden of Life brand, (Prostate+ variety) clearly states: Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Soy Free.  These ADDOT WellLife Probiotic Capsules ARE NOT so-labelled.  In my experience, the vast majority of probiotic supplements don’t make the non-dairy claim, and many explicitly say they contain milk.  Because milk is typically the medium on which the lactobacillus active ingredients in the probiotic are grown.  That raised my suspicion, and that’s not a good thing when I’m trying a new product that I’m putting in my stomach.  Because I’m allergic to dairy and gluten.  They both make me sick for a period of weeks, and they take down my sinuses and other parts of my immune system and potentiate sinus infections and other respiratory ailments.  I get severe fatigue and headaches for weeks.  I’m not lactose-intolerant, so I don’t get indigestion with dairy.  After digestion, it gets into my bloodstream and cleansing it takes time.<br /><br />In choosing to order these ADDOT WellLife Probiotic Capsules, I looked carefully to ensure they were non-dairy and gluten-free.  And under the 4th bullet down under About This Item on the Amazon product page, we’re assured that they’re, “Free of gluten, wheat, dairy, sugar, soy, yeast, preservatives, and unnecessary additives.”  BUT THERE’S NOTHING ON THE BOTTLE TO INDICATE THIS.  There is a disclaimer on the Amazon product page, (below the Reviews section) that basically says the actual product may contain different ingredients than what’s on the product page.  And to always read the label before consuming a product.  I’m paraphrasing this disclaimer, so if you’re interested, please refer to it on the product page.  Good advice, it seems.<br /><br />Also, the product page headline banner says they have 1800 Billion CFUs.  Seems odd that’s not stated as 1.3 Trillion.  But the rest of the product page says it’s 60 Billion, but you have to read the fine print ON THE PHOTO of the label to see that’s per serving size of (3) capsules.  With a serving size of (3) caps, 90 caps makes 30 servings and 30 times 60 Billion makes 1800 Billion (1.8 Trillion).  But the TOTAL QUANTITY of CFUs IN THE BOTTLE is not usually the way probiotics state their content.  It’s typically per serving, and if it’s the sum of CFUs for the whole bottle, they say that.  Not a big deal, there’s not room in the headline banner description to qualify it.  But when I’m talking about earning my trust, making me do math until I get the right formula for the stated CFU quantity isn’t your best pitch.<br /><br />That said, I opened the bottle and took a capsule to honestly review this product.  And I had more sinus inflammation than usual the next couple of days.  The increased sinus inflammation may or may not have been related to taking one capsule of this probiotic.  But given the dearth of allergen information on the bottle, I don’t expect to continue testing this brand.  They didn’t gain my trust.  I can’t recommend them.
Rating: 3 stars