According to the scientific definition by the International Scientific Association for Probiotics and Prebiotics (ISAPP, 2021), postbiotics are “a preparation of inactivated microorganisms and/or their components that confers a health benefit on the host.”
In other words – a postbiotic is not a living microorganism, but its legacy: a mixture of cell fragments, metabolites (compounds produced by microbes during their life), and signaling molecules that remain biologically active.
A POSTBIOTIC IS NOT A BACTERIA, BUT WHAT MAKES A BACTERIA BENEFICIAL.
Postbiotics contain what microbes produce during fermentation—for example, short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), organic acids, amino acids, peptides, polysaccharides, B vitamins, or polyamines such as spermidine.
These components are stable, precisely defined, and immediately recognizable by the body. The result is an effect that is fast, predictable and safe.
A POSTBIOTIC IS NOT A BACTERIA, BUT WHAT MAKES A BACTERIA BENEFICIAL. WHILE PROBIOTICS DELIVER BACTERIA, POSTBIOTICS DELIVER WHAT MAKES THEM VALUABLE – THEIR BIOACTIVE PRODUCTS.