Sodatide Ingredients and Amounts per Capsule

Sodatide has three active ingredients and four helpers. The actives are two prebiotic fibers and one blend of three probiotic bacteria. Together they weigh 347 mg per capsule.

The helpers make the capsule itself work. They form the shell, fill the space and keep the powder flowing. Each active is shown below with the amount printed on the Supplement Facts panel.

Chicory root inulin is the largest ingredient in Sodatide, at 211 mg. Inulin is a chain of fructose units that human enzymes cannot split. So it passes the stomach and small intestine and reaches the colon intact.

Once there, it becomes food for bifidobacteria and other microbes. In one trial, 12 g a day of chicory inulin for four weeks raised Bifidobacterium and made stools softer (Vandeputte et al., 2017). Results vary by inulin type, though. A long-chain inulin did not raise bifidobacteria at 10 g a day in another study (Bouhnik et al., 2004).

Most inulin sold commercially is extracted from chicory root. It is also found in onions, garlic, leeks and bananas. Our post on inulin vs. resistant starch compares the two fibers side by side.

Potato resistant starch is the second fiber in Sodatide, at 100 mg. It is starch that does not break down into sugar in the small intestine. Raw potato starch is one of the classic sources.

Resistant starch feeds a different set of bacteria than inulin does. Many of them make butyrate, a short-chain fatty acid that fuels the cells lining the colon. In a study of 28-34 g a day of resistant potato starch, butyrate rose by about 29% on average, and about 63% of people responded (Baxter et al., 2019).

Pairing two fibers spreads the food across more kinds of bacteria. That is the main reason formulators combine them. Note that some well-known resistant starch research used maize, not potato (Maki et al., 2012).

Bifidobacterium infantis is one of the first bacteria to settle in a breastfed baby's gut. It belongs to the bifidobacteria, the same group that inulin feeds. That makes it a natural partner for the fiber in Sodatide.

The main human research used one strain, 35624. In 362 women with IBS, only the 100 million CFU dose of that strain beat placebo for symptoms (Whorwell et al., 2006). Probiotic effects are tied to specific strains, so results from one strain do not carry over to all of them (Hill et al., 2014).

Clostridium butyricum is named for what it makes: butyrate. It forms spores, a tough resting stage that helps it survive stomach acid and storage. It has been sold as a probiotic in Japan for many years.

Safety work on one strain, MIYAIRI 588, found it lacked the main toxin genes linked to harmful Clostridium species (Isa et al., 2016). Rare bloodstream infections have been traced to C. butyricum products, mostly in people with weak immune systems (Sada et al., 2024). That is why anyone in that group should talk to a doctor first. See Sodatide side effects for the full picture.

Akkermansia muciniphila lives in the mucus layer that coats the inside of the gut. Its name means "mucus lover." It has drawn a lot of research interest over the past decade.

In a small trial of 32 adults, 10 billion pasteurized cells a day for three months improved insulin sensitivity by about 29% (Depommier et al., 2019). European food safety experts later judged pasteurized Akkermansia safe for adults up to 34 billion cells a day (EFSA NDA Panel, 2021).

Few gut products carry this species at all. Our explainer on Akkermansia muciniphila covers the research in more depth.

The label lists four other ingredients. None of them is an active. They exist so the capsule can be made, filled and stored well.

These four are among the most common helpers in capsule supplements. The amounts are small and are not printed, which is normal for inactive ingredients.

The label is short, and the gaps say as much as the lines. Sodatide lists no caffeine, no green tea extract and no other stimulant. It lists no added sugar, sweetener, flavor or color.

There is no gelatin, because the shell is hypromellose. There are no dairy or wheat ingredients. The pack carries vegetarian, gluten free and dairy free seals, which match what the label lists.

You swallow the capsule whole, so there is no taste to mask. That is why no flavor system is needed.

The two fibers and three bacteria follow one path through the gut. Here is the order in which they do their work.

The fiber amounts in Sodatide are much smaller than the amounts used in fiber studies. The probiotic amount is given in milligrams, while studies count cells, so it cannot be compared directly.

A smaller dose does not prove the product fails. It does mean the studies above tested a different amount. The table sets the numbers side by side.

If you want studied fiber amounts, beans, oats, vegetables and fruit add grams, not milligrams. Sodatide fits well as an easy daily add-on to those foods. Directions are on how to take Sodatide.