Essum AB

ESPID 20229-13 May in Athens Oral presentation “the PROBAC study”. Probiotic mix versus placebo – a food supplement for preschool children in Sweden.

Now we have joined together in one company:  Essum AB, Lactica AB and Probac AB = Essum Probiotics This means that we have skin probiotic products on the market and a new family probiotic product coming soon. We have the friendly Lactococcus lactis L1A in Verum Hälsofil and Lactobacillus rhamnosus LB21 in Verum Yoghurt. We…

Prebiotic cello-oligosaccharides The biomass-derived prebiotic cello-oligosaccharides (COS) from forest residues and from the cellulosic tunic of marine invertebrate Ciona intestinalis was developed at Luleå University of Technology. The brand-new cello-oligosaccharides (COS) from forests and seas were tested in the laboratory at Essum AB for their prebiotic activity by stimulating the growth of gut bacteria like…

Essum celebrates 30 years with a big party at Umestan in Umeå.

Essum AB celebrates 30 years of probiotic development. The famous Verum-brand was launched and is still the biggest milkbased probiotic product in Sweden.

Biochemical Process Engineering at Luleå University of Technology are the first to develop probiotics from on-edible forest and sea resources. Essum in Umeå will evaluate the prebiotic’s health properties and whether it can be used for human consumption. If you want to read more about it click the link below! https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/178151?returnurl=https://www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-Display/ItemId/178151

Today one of our local newspapers released an artical about our probiotics. We are happy that more people are acknowledging probiotic reserach. Probiotics can provide inexpensive and safe treatments and may reduce antibiotic prescriptions.

We are currently testing a new mix of probiotic strains on preschool children to see if we can improve their health during the winter season. Under the direction of Umeå University Hospital and in a cooperation with Essum and Winclove. For more information click the link to the right.