{"id":1936,"date":"2024-01-22T22:07:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T22:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ngdcare.nl\/product\/uncategorized\/water-kefir\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T10:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T08:53:13","slug":"water-kefir","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.ngdcare.nl\/en\/product\/veterinary-health\/orthomolecular-supplements\/water-kefir\/","title":{"rendered":"Fermented probiotics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"max-width: 860px; font-family: sans-serif; color: #333; line-height: 1.7;\">\n<div style=\"background: #eaf4ea; border-left: 4px solid #2b5040; padding: 18px 22px; margin-bottom: 28px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: 1rem; color: #162920;\"><strong>This supplement helps with:<\/strong> recovery of the intestinal flora after antibiotics, deworming or other medication, recurring intestinal complaints, fluctuating stools and a weakened immune system. Phase 2 of the NGD Care Bowel Protocol. For dogs, cats and humans.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 1.2rem; color: #2b5040; border-bottom: 2px solid #eaf4ea; padding-bottom: 8px; margin-bottom: 16px;\">How does Fermented Probiotics work?<\/h2>\n<p>Most probiotics contain one to five isolated strains of bacteria. Fermented Probiotics is different: it is a freeze-dried fermented water kefir complex with more than 50 strains of bacteria and yeast in their natural symbiosis. That symbiosis is exactly what a healthy gut microbiome needs. Not one strong species, but a broad ecosystem of microorganisms that reinforce and balance each other.   <\/p>\n<p>After antibiotics, deworming or chronic medication, the disturbed microbiome grows back more lopsided: pathogenic and opportunistic species are the first to be given space. Adding five trunks does not solve that structurally. Fermented Probiotics offers microbiome diversity as it occurs in nature: bacteria and yeasts, in the proportions created during fermentation. The chicory inulin in the formula acts as a prebiotic that supports the colonization of the added strains and stimulates the production of short-chain fatty acids for intestinal barrier repair.   <\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 1.2rem; color: #2b5040; border-bottom: 2px solid #eaf4ea; padding-bottom: 8px; margin: 28px 0 16px;\">What does this supplement do?<\/h2>\n<ul style=\"padding-left: 20px; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">More than 50 bacterial and yeast strains in natural symbiosis for broad microbiome diversity<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Restores the intestinal flora after antibiotics, deworming, flea medication or other medication<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Strengthens the gut barrier via SCFA production and tight junction support<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Supports the immune system via mucosal IgA production and microbiome balance<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">Chicory inulin as a prebiotic for optimal colonization and synbiotic effect<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 1.2rem; color: #2b5040; border-bottom: 2px solid #eaf4ea; padding-bottom: 8px; margin: 28px 0 20px;\">When do you see results?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-size: .88rem; color: #666; margin-bottom: 20px; font-style: italic;\">Microbiome recovery is a gradual process. The first strains are establishing themselves quickly, but true diversity building and barrier restoration requires weeks of consistent use. The first effects are visible in stool quality and energy.  <\/p>\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit,minmax(160px,1fr)); gap: 3px; margin-bottom: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #eaf4ea; padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: .72rem; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: .1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #2b5040; margin-bottom: 8px;\">Week 1-2<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: .85rem; color: #333;\">First tribes settle. Stool consistency improves. Less flatulence and bloating.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #d5e8d5; padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: .72rem; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: .1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #2b5040; margin-bottom: 8px;\">Week 2-4<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: .85rem; color: #333;\">More stable stool. Better appetite and vitality. Coat and skin quality begins to improve through the gut-skin axis.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #c4dcc4; padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: .72rem; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: .1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #162920; margin-bottom: 8px;\">Month 1-2<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: .85rem; color: #333;\">Microbiome diversity structurally recovers. Fewer recurrent infections. Better food intake and noticeably more energy.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #2b5040; padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"font-size: .72rem; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: .1em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #d5cd47; margin-bottom: 8px;\">Month 2+<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: .85rem; color: #fff;\">Daily maintenance dose for structural microbiome support. Combine with Prebiotic Fibers for maximum synbiotic effect. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #fff8e1; border-left: 4px solid #d5cd47; padding: 14px 18px; margin-bottom: 28px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: .85rem; color: #5a4000;\">Don&#8217;t see any difference after 6 weeks? Contact us via our app or email, or schedule an intake with integrative veterinarian Stefan Veenstra. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 1.2rem; color: #2b5040; border-bottom: 2px solid #eaf4ea; padding-bottom: 8px; margin-bottom: 16px;\">Composition per capsule<\/h2>\n<div style=\"background: #fff; border: 1px solid #dde8dd; padding: 18px 20px; margin-bottom: 28px;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 10px; font-size: .85rem; font-weight: bold; color: #2b5040; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: .06em;\">10 million bacteria and yeasts<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 6px; font-size: .88rem; font-weight: bold; color: #162920;\">Yeasts:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 12px; font-size: .86rem; color: #555;\">Kluyveromyces lactis, K. marxianus, K. bulgaricus, K. fragilis \u00b7 Candida kefir, C. pseudotropicalis \u00b7 Saccharomyces torulopsis holmii, S. cerevisiae, S. pastorianus, S. radaisii<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 6px; font-size: .88rem; font-weight: bold; color: #162920;\">Bacteria:<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 12px; font-size: .86rem; color: #555;\">Lactobacillus brevis, L. collobiosus, L. acidophilus, L. casei, L. helveticus, L. delbrueckii, L. lactis, L. fructivorans, L. hilgardii, L. kefir, L. kefiranofaciens, L. kevirgranum, L. parakefir \u00b7 Lactococcus lactis, L. lactis diacetylactis, L. cremoris \u00b7 Streptococcus salivarius, S. lactis \u00b7 Acetobacter aceti, A. rasens \u00b7 Betabacterium vermiforme, Enterococcus durans, Leuconostoc cremoris, L. mesenteroides<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: .86rem; color: #555;\"><strong style=\"color: #162920;\">Prebiotic:<\/strong> Bacterial extract, Chicory inulin<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"font-size: 1.2rem; color: #2b5040; border-bottom: 2px solid #eaf4ea; padding-bottom: 8px; margin-bottom: 16px;\">Why NGD Care Fermented Probiotics?<\/h2>\n<div style=\"overflow-x: auto;\">\n<table style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: .86rem;\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"background: #2b5040; color: #fff;\">\n<th style=\"padding: 11px 14px; text-align: left; font-weight: 600; width: 34%;\">Characteristic<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 11px 14px; text-align: left; font-weight: 600; width: 33%;\">NGD Care<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 11px 14px; text-align: left; font-weight: 600; width: 33%;\">Medium supplement<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background: #fff;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; font-weight: 600;\">First result<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; color: #2b5040;\">Noticeable from week 1-2 in stool, week 2-4 in coat and energy<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; color: #888;\">Variable, often difficult to measure<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f9fcf9;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; font-weight: 600;\">Deployment<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; color: #2b5040;\">As part of systemic Bowel Protocol phase 2: optimal effect<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; color: #888;\">Used separately: limited effect in severely disturbed microbiome<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #fff;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; font-weight: 600;\">Form of<\/td>\n<p> administration<\/p>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; color: #2b5040;\">Capsule of freeze-dried water kefir, only active substances<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; color: #888;\">Powder or tablet: often with fillers and flavorings<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f9fcf9;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; font-weight: 600;\">Scientifically substantiated<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; color: #2b5040;\">\u2705 Yes clinical and veterinary examination kefir 2020-2025, Frontiers Microbiology<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; color: #888;\">Variable, rarely veterinary specific<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #fff;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; font-weight: 600;\">Human Grade quality<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; color: #2b5040;\">\u2705<\/td>\n<p> Yes<\/p>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; color: #888;\">Often not<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f9fcf9;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; font-weight: 600;\">Green label<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; color: #2b5040;\">\u2705 Yes free of synthetic fillers<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; color: #888;\">Rarely<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #fff;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; font-weight: 600;\">Free of flavours and fragrances<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; color: #2b5040;\">\u2705<\/td>\n<p> Yes<\/p>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; color: #888;\">Often not<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f9fcf9;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; font-weight: 600;\">Free from animal by-products<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; color: #2b5040;\">\u2705<\/td>\n<p> Yes<\/p>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; color: #888;\">Often not<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #fff;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; font-weight: 600;\">Part of systemic protocol<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; color: #2b5040;\">\u2705 Yes phase 2 Bowel Protocol, Giardia Protocol, Operation Recovery Package<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; color: #888;\">\u274c Individual supplements<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #f9fcf9;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; font-weight: 600;\">Developed by veterinarian<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; color: #2b5040;\">\u2705 Stefan Veenstra DVM<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; border-bottom: 1px solid #eaf4ea; color: #888;\">Rarely<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background: #fff;\">\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; font-weight: 600;\">Personal guidance<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #2b5040;\">\u2705 Intake possible via Naturally Healthy Animals<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding: 10px 14px; color: #888;\">\u274c Not available<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: .75rem; color: #aaa; margin-top: 8px;\">Comparison based on common probiotic supplements for dogs and cats on the Dutch market.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background: #2b5040; color: #fff; padding: 20px 24px; margin: 28px 0;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 10px; font-size: .85rem; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: .08em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #d5cd47;\">Part of a protocol<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px; color: rgba(255,255,255,.88); font-size: .95rem;\">Fermented Probiotics is the probiotic core of phase 2 of the Gut Protocol, the Giardia Protocol and the Operation Recovery Package for microbiome recovery in dogs, cats and humans.<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline-block; background: #d5cd47; color: #162920; padding: 9px 20px; font-weight: bold; font-size: .85rem; text-decoration: none; letter-spacing: .04em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ngdcare.nl\/en\/product-category\/veterinary-health\/protocols\/\">View the Bowel Protocol<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin: 28px 0;\">[trustindex no-registration=&#8221;google&#8221;]<\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #c8dbc8; padding: 20px 24px; margin: 28px 0;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 4px; font-size: .85rem; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: .08em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #2b5040;\">Works well with<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 16px; font-size: .82rem; color: #888;\">Fermented Probiotics restores microbiome diversity. The supplements below enhance this recovery through additional pathways. <\/p>\n<div style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr; gap: 12px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #f9fcf9; padding: 14px 16px; border-left: 3px solid #d5cd47;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 4px; font-weight: bold; color: #162920; font-size: .9rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ngdcare.nl\/en\/product\/veterinary-health\/orthomolecular-supplements\/enzyme-mix-1-kopie\/\">Biofilm Balance<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: .83rem; color: #555;\">Biofilm Balance breaks down the biofilm that protects pathogenic bacteria. Fermented Probiotics then fills the vacant niche with healthy strains. Together the core of the transition from phase 1 to phase 2 in the Bowel Protocol.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #f9fcf9; padding: 14px 16px; border-left: 3px solid #d5cd47;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 4px; font-weight: bold; color: #162920; font-size: .9rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ngdcare.nl\/en\/product\/veterinary-health\/orthomolecular-supplements\/prebiotics\/\">Prebiotic Fibers<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: .83rem; color: #555;\">Fermented Probiotics provides the probiotic strains. Prebiotic Fibers provides the prebiotic substrate for colonization and SCFA production. Together the most complete synbiotic in the NGD Care range.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #f9fcf9; padding: 14px 16px; border-left: 3px solid #d5cd47;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 4px; font-weight: bold; color: #162920; font-size: .9rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ngdcare.nl\/en\/product\/veterinary-health\/orthomolecular-supplements\/liposomal-humic-and-fulvic-acid\/\">Gut Barrier Support<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: .83rem; color: #555;\">Fermented Probiotics builds microbiome diversity. Gut Barrier Support restores the tight junctions and gut barrier so that the new microbiome strains find an intact environment. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background: #f9fcf9; padding: 14px 16px; border-left: 3px solid #d5cd47;\">\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 4px; font-weight: bold; color: #162920; font-size: .9rem;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ngdcare.nl\/en\/product\/veterinary-health\/orthomolecular-supplements\/liposomal-vitamin-b-complex\/\">Active Vit B-Complex<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: .83rem; color: #555;\">After antibiotics or long-term intestinal complaints, B vitamin deficiencies are common. Vitamin B-Complex provides the cofactors that the restored intestine can optimally absorb through the improved intestinal barrier. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border: 1px solid #c8dbc8; padding: 18px 22px; margin: 28px 0; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: space-between; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 4px; font-weight: bold; color: #2b5040; font-size: .95rem;\">Want to know more about the science behind this supplement?<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; color: #666; font-size: .88rem;\">Stefan Veenstra DVM explains why microbiome diversity is the key to a resilient gut system and how water kefir approaches this differently than regular probiotics.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a style=\"display: inline-block; background: #2b5040; color: #fff; padding: 9px 20px; font-weight: bold; font-size: .85rem; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; letter-spacing: .04em;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ngdcare.nl\/en\/blog-en\/fermented-probiotics\/\">Read the blog<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"border-top: 2px solid #eaf4ea; padding-top: 20px; margin-top: 28px; display: flex; align-items: center; gap: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"background: #2b5040; color: #fff; width: 48px; height: 48px; border-radius: 50%; display: flex; align-items: center; justify-content: center; font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1rem; flex-shrink: 0;\">SV<\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0; font-size: .88rem; color: #555;\">Developed and clinically substantiated by <strong style=\"color: #2b5040;\">Stefan Veenstra DVM<\/strong>, integrative veterinarian and founder of NGD Care. <a style=\"color: #2b5040;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.stefanveenstra.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More about Stefan \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-size: .78rem; color: #999; font-style: italic; margin-top: 24px; padding-top: 16px; border-top: 1px solid #eee;\">Dietary supplement for animals. 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