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PROBIOTICS

Products with this unspecific ingredient may be composed of any the specific substances listed below. The evidence shown is based on the most concerning group member.

Asthma/Respiratory

No Data, Some Concern

Skin Allergies &
Irritation

No Data, Some Concern

Developmental &
Reproductive Toxicity

No Data, Some Concern

Cancer

No Data, Some Concern

Environment

No Data, Some Concern

Top scoring factors: Safer ingredient; No information available on this substance.

This unspecific ingredient, Probiotics, can be found in 18 products.

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Probiotics
Micro-organisms may have the potential to provoke sensitising reactions.

some

3. Guidance on the Biocidal Products Regulation Volume V, Guidance on Active Micro-organisms and Biocidal Products. European Chemicals Agency.

Probiotics
benign, health

low

Shira Doron & David R. Snydman. 2015. Risk and safety of probiotics. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America 60 Suppl 2, S129-34.