Before answering your question I have to explain the way bacteria are measured. Most companies shake up their bacteria to get individual readings in the Millions or Billions. When you understand that bacteria work in colonies not individually this doesn’t make sense.
We need to know how many colonies there are. For example Acidophilus is a bottom feeder, so most of them colonise around the lower part of the digestive system. This is why just having one or two bacteria in a formula is of little value. The broad spectrum (like in FermPlus) colonizes the whole system.
FermPlus has a minimum of 27 million colonies per gram. Now multiply this by thousands (as there are thousands in each colony) and times by 5 to get a 5gm serve (a teaspoon) and you have a figure in at least the billions.
The next thing to take into account is the fact that the FermPlus bacteria are stronger for many reasons, they have been bred to withstand heat, cold, pesticides, preservatives and much more, making them a far more active and alive than commercially produced bacteria. They can even survive 12% Alcohol.
One other point is the bacteria have been bred from food, (this is where man originally got his bacteria) unlike most companies who use the less expensive way of producing bacteria using dairy as their base, or some even use soil based organisms.
What is most important is that the bacteria in FermPlus are alive in the pot. The bacteria feed on the wholefoods and keep on multiplying after it is made, unlike a tablet or capsule. The wholefoods act as a prebiotic.
The double take is that the bacteria have broken down the food they are in and now the nutrients from those foods are more readily available.
To my knowledge no other product offers such a power packed powder.