Gut Registry

comparison · release 2026-09-20

Lactobacillus acidophilus La-14 vs Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM

Structured fields rendered from the release dataset. Unknown values retain a reason; price is outside GIS.

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Side-by-side release fields

Each side retains its own unit and denominator. Entity evidence and containing-label observations do not imply a product score or a head-to-head efficacy finding.

Lactobacillus acidophilus La-14

entity · strain

Axis 1 · inverted: containing labels

434 containing label versions; 334 on-market SKUs.

ProductDSLDQuantity disclosurePotency basis
Master Supplements Incorporated TheralacPRO17495612,000,000,000 CFUthrough expiry
Sundown Organics Terrific Tummy Probiotic2408761,500,000,000 CFUthrough expiry
Puritan's Pride Probiotic Acidophilus250628not printed for this organismthrough expiry
Puritan's Pride Probiotic Acidophilus250806not printed for this organismthrough expiry
Nature's Bounty Acidophilus Probiotic277021100,000,000 CFUthrough expiry
LuckyVitamin Acidophilus 2 Billion CFU2830502,000,000,000 CFUthrough expiry
Puritan's Pride Probiotic Acidophilus2860264,000,000,000 CFUthrough expiry
NOW Acidophilus Two Billion3135502,000,000,000 CFUthrough expiry
NOW Acidophilus Two Billion3135512,000,000,000 CFUthrough expiry
Life Nutrition Baby Probiotics 4 Billion Flavorless206054not printed for this organismthrough expiry

Showing up to 10 rows. All containing labels and downloads.

Axis 2 · evidence

A2: entity evidence is shown separately. Evidence amount: 0.81; PubMed RCT records: 6; direction balance: The direction of the study results has not been extracted.

Axis 3 · measurement integrity

Not a measurement product, so this axis does not apply.

Axis 4 · observed review panel

undefined: no review panel matched this side.

Preference-dependent summary and price

GIS: no aggregate entity score. Price: undefined: no observation in this release. Observed: undefined: observation date unavailable.

Printed CFU across the corpus: 100,000,000 – 125,000,000,000 (median 2,000,000,000), measured on 35 of 263 published products carrying it.

Cost per day: $0.27 – $2.13 (median $0.9), measured on 15 of 263 published products carrying it.

Forms: Capsule: 207 · Liquid: 1 · Other (e.g. tea bag): 11 · Powder: 26 · Tablet or Pill: 18, across the 263 published products whose label states a form.

Published product pages carrying it: 263; observed label changes to its own row: 58.

Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM

entity · strain

Axis 1 · inverted: containing labels

160 containing label versions; 117 on-market SKUs.

ProductDSLDQuantity disclosurePotency basis
MuscleTech Performance Series All-In-One Whey + Greens Milk Chocolate63274100,000,000 CFUthrough expiry
Metagenics Ultra Flora Plus DF27785not printed for this organismthrough expiry
Metagenics Ultra Flora Plus27787not printed for this organismthrough expiry
Metagenics UltraFlora Immune Health27788not printed for this organismthrough expiry
Metagenics Ultra Flora IB27789not printed for this organismthrough expiry
Metagenics UltraFlora Children's27790not printed for this organismthrough expiry
NOW Clinical Probiotic Immune33610not printed for this organismthrough expiry
Clean Cleanse Probiotic34828not printed for this organismthrough expiry
Purely Inspired Probiotics +Weight Loss57618not printed for this organismthrough expiry
Purely Inspired Probiotics + Weight Loss63275not printed for this organismthrough expiry

Showing up to 10 rows. All containing labels and downloads.

Axis 2 · evidence

A2: entity evidence is shown separately. Evidence amount: 1.00; PubMed RCT records: 37; direction balance: The direction of the study results has not been extracted.

Axis 3 · measurement integrity

Not a measurement product, so this axis does not apply.

Axis 4 · observed review panel

undefined: no review panel matched this side.

Preference-dependent summary and price

GIS: no aggregate entity score. Price: undefined: no observation in this release. Observed: undefined: observation date unavailable.

Printed CFU across the corpus: 100,000,000 – 11,500,000,000 (median 5,000,000,000), measured on 5 of 79 published products carrying it.

Cost per day: $0.27 – $1.4 (median $1.04), measured on 4 of 79 published products carrying it.

Forms: Capsule: 64 · Other (e.g. tea bag): 2 · Powder: 4 · Softgel Capsule: 4 · Tablet or Pill: 5, across the 79 published products whose label states a form.

Published product pages carrying it: 79; observed label changes to its own row: 29.

Elsewhere in this release

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Findings computed over the whole corpus: La14 vs ncfm identifiers · Strain naming census

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Citation

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Ivitskiy, I. (2026). Lactobacillus acidophilus La-14 vs Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM. Gut Registry, release 2026-09-20. Elanvale Ltd. https://gutregistry.com/vs/lactobacillus-acidophilus-la-14-vs-lactobacillus-acidophilus-ncfm/

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Release claims

  1. Lactobacillus acidophilus La-14 prints strain designations for 430 of 434 observed organisms (99.1%), compared with 161 of 161 (100.0%) for Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM. Window: NIH DSLD snapshot Sep 2026.

    430 / 434 organism rows · NIH DSLD snapshot Sep 2026 · comparison.naming · checked 2026-09-20T00:00:00Z · snapshot b7633f732437

  2. Lactobacillus acidophilus La-14 states through_expiry on 198 of 434 observed labels (45.6%), compared with 81 of 160 (50.6%) for Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM. Window: NIH DSLD snapshot Sep 2026.

    198 / 434 observed label versions · NIH DSLD snapshot Sep 2026 · comparison.potency · checked 2026-09-20T00:00:00Z · snapshot b7633f732437

  3. Lactobacillus acidophilus La-14: 6 PubMed records indexed as human randomized controlled trials match the published query (as of 2026-09-15). 6 records (retracted records excluded; 0 retracted records match the query separately). Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM: 37 PubMed records indexed as human randomized controlled trials match the published query (as of 2026-09-15). 37 records (retracted records excluded; 0 retracted records match the query separately).

    Lactobacillus acidophilus La-14 PubMed queryLactobacillus acidophilus NCFM PubMed query

    6 / 43 PubMed records in the union of both compared entries, of which 0 are shared by the two · NIH DSLD snapshot Sep 2026 · comparison.evidence · checked 2026-09-20T00:00:00Z · snapshot b7633f732437

  4. 0 of 2 compared entries have a numeric price: Lactobacillus acidophilus La-14, No numeric price observation is available in this release.; Lactobacillus acidophilus NCFM, No numeric price observation is available in this release.. Window: NIH DSLD snapshot Sep 2026.

    0 / 2 compared entries · NIH DSLD snapshot Sep 2026 · comparison.price · checked 2026-09-20T00:00:00Z · snapshot b7633f732437

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