Aug 12, 2026 · 15 min · 10 segments
In this episode, Dr. Greg Eckerle, technical service manager with Novonesis, breaks down the classifications of eubiotics into individual product categories and defines expectations. **This episode…
Greg EckerleGuest
Frederick RidenourHost
So there's always changes in nomenclature, right? And so I think people are always looking to put things into buckets and brackets and do things.

So it's an additive that plays an essential role in supporting performance, health, welfare, gut health.

That is grabbing probiotics, prebiotics, and postbiotics, which in and of themselves are different categories.

I think those would fit to the phytochemical nature under this just general term of eubiotic to support animal performance, health, and well-being.

No, I think one of those were that, and that's where we need to broaden out and classify.

And it's kind of like biology 101, where we look at panus lupus starts at dog, and then we go into the breeds of dogs, and then we go into our species and all that phylum tree.

I think eubiotics has that same kind of tree where if we have a probiotic, those are still living organisms that adapt and help the host in a beneficial way.

Then we have our prebiotics that work, and those are kind of like our oligosaccharides.

And they're providing nutrition and some other benefits to the host, but they're not a living organism.

And then we have a postbiotic that's coming in, and those are more like our cultures from yeast or fungus or bacteria.

Again, not living, but they're providing benefits to the host in different ways and fashions and different portions of the gut.

then we have the phytochemicals essential oils and and botanicals coming in and doing modulations in their way but they're not technically a bacteria or yeast origin so it's like cinnamon aldehyde taking the oil from cinnamon would have a benefit and and things like that so that's we need to look at how each class can be put in through manufacturing differently, where their survivability is, and find a best suit.

And a lot of these are going to have synergistic effects, but understanding the roles and things play as differences across categories.

So there's always changes in nomenclature, right? And so I think people are always looking to put things into buckets and brackets and do things.

So it's an additive that plays an essential role in supporting performance, health, welfare, gut health.

That is grabbing probiotics, prebiotics, and postbiotics, which in and of themselves are different categories.

I think those would fit to the phytochemical nature under this just general term of eubiotic to support animal performance, health, and well-being.

No, I think one of those were that, and that's where we need to broaden out and classify.

And it's kind of like biology 101, where we look at panus lupus starts at dog, and then we go into the breeds of dogs, and then we go into our species and all that phylum tree.

I think eubiotics has that same kind of tree where if we have a probiotic, those are still living organisms that adapt and help the host in a beneficial way.

Then we have our prebiotics that work, and those are kind of like our oligosaccharides.

And they're providing nutrition and some other benefits to the host, but they're not a living organism.

And then we have a postbiotic that's coming in, and those are more like our cultures from yeast or fungus or bacteria.

Again, not living, but they're providing benefits to the host in different ways and fashions and different portions of the gut.

then we have the phytochemicals essential oils and and botanicals coming in and doing modulations in their way but they're not technically a bacteria or yeast origin so it's like cinnamon aldehyde taking the oil from cinnamon would have a benefit and and things like that so that's we need to look at how each class can be put in through manufacturing differently, where their survivability is, and find a best suit.

And a lot of these are going to have synergistic effects, but understanding the roles and things play as differences across categories.
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