LeanBiome Ingredients: Nine Species, Inulin, Green Tea Phytosome and the Full Label

A probiotic label rewards a minute of attention, and this one keeps the minute short. Seven lines make up the panel, each with a dose beside it, followed by a brief list of capsule materials. Below, every line gets a plain-language note, so you know what is inside the pair of capsules that make up a day.

The LeanBiome label at a glance

The serving is a pair of capsules, and a 60-capsule bottle therefore holds 30 servings. The figures are per serving. We list the blend strains alphabetically, which is our own ordering.

Ingredient	What the panel prints per 2 capsules	Form or part
Lactobacillus gasseri	10 billion CFU, weighing 25 mg	Live bacteria
Lactobacillus rhamnosus	5 billion CFU, weighing 10 mg	Live bacteria
Proprietary blend of B. bifidum, B. breve, B. lactis, B. longum, L. fermentum, L. paracasei and L. plantarum	5 billion CFU, weighing 10 mg in all	Live bacteria sharing one figure
Inulin	200 mg	Chicory root
Green Tea Phytosome	300 mg	Decaffeinated green tea leaf extract with sunflower phospholipid
Sphaeranthus indicus	300 mg	Herb extract
Garcinia mangostana	100 mg	Mangosteen pericarp

The capsule also holds gellan gum, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, magnesium stearate, microcrystalline cellulose and silicon dioxide. Adding the three live-bacteria lines gives 20 billion CFU, a sum we made ourselves from the printed figures.

What each line is

Each note says what the item is, nothing more. Any aim for the formula belongs to the seller, and we label it that way.

Lactobacillus gasseri

Lactobacillus is among the best-known probiotic genera, and gasseri is one species in it. This line opens the panel and holds the biggest probiotic count, half of the 20 billion we add up.

Lactobacillus rhamnosus

A second Lactobacillus species, one that probiotic researchers have studied a great deal. It sits on line two at 5 billion CFU.

The seven-strain blend

Seven names share a single figure here. Three are Lactobacillus (fermentum, paracasei, plantarum) and four are Bifidobacterium (bifidum, lactis, longum, breve). The blend gets one total, 10 mg and 5 billion CFU, and the label does not divide it strain by strain. So every line carries a dose, though this one is shared.

Inulin

Inulin is a soluble fiber from chicory root and a few other plants. People often call it a prebiotic, meaning gut bacteria can feed on it, which makes it a natural companion for the live cultures beside it.

Green Tea Phytosome

This is a decaffeinated extract of green tea leaf (Camellia sinensis) bound to a phospholipid from sunflower. A phytosome is simply a plant extract joined to a phospholipid. The seller calls its version Greenselect Phytosome, and the label gives the line its own 300 mg.

Sphaeranthus indicus

An herb native to South Asia that has a long history of traditional use. The label lists it by its botanical name at 300 mg, and it shares the top amount on the panel with the green tea line.

Garcinia mangostana

Mangosteen, a tropical fruit with a thick purple rind. The label specifies the pericarp, which is that rind, at 100 mg.

What the formula is meant for

Lean for Good describes the aim as backing a balanced gut microbiome within a weight-management routine. That is the purpose it states for the product overall, not a promise about any one line. It also credits the acid-resistant, delayed-release shell with helping live bacteria arrive in the gut, which we repeat as its own description.

Other ingredients

Five capsule materials close the label, as listed in the table above. The seller calls the product vegan friendly and free from gluten, dairy and soy, among other things. Those are its words, so check the panel itself for anything that matters to you.

How the amounts line up

Probiotic lines are counted in CFU (colony-forming units) as well as milligrams, so here is the panel sorted by weight.

Ingredient	Amount	Place on the label
Green Tea Phytosome	300 mg	Tied for the largest weight
Sphaeranthus indicus	300 mg	Tied for the largest weight
Inulin	200 mg	Third largest
Garcinia mangostana	100 mg	Fourth
Lactobacillus gasseri	25 mg	Largest probiotic line
Lactobacillus rhamnosus	10 mg	Second probiotic line
Seven-strain blend	10 mg total	Shared by seven strains

Weight is not the same as CFU, which is why the probiotic lines look small next to the plant extracts. Bacteria are counted in the billions.

Reading the CFU lines

CFU stands for colony-forming units, the usual way to count live bacteria in a capsule. LeanBiome prints 10, 5 and 5 billion for its three probiotic lines. Adding them gives 20 billion, and we want to be clear that the addition is ours. The label does not print a grand total.

Questions for your pharmacist

Take these along if you want a professional to look the label over.

• Does anything on the panel overlap with other supplements I take?
• Is this suitable for me if I am pregnant, nursing or taking medicine?
• Does my immune status change how I should start a probiotic?

Keep taking your prescribed medicines. The pharmacist is a good ally here.

Habits for reading any probiotic label

• Start with the serving. On this label it is two capsules.
• Do the division. Sixty capsules gives 30 servings.
• Find the CFU. Look for the count at the end of each live-bacteria line.
• Spot shared lines. A blend can group several strains under one total.
• Read the last line. Other ingredients tell you what the capsule is made of.

Using it

The serving is a pair of delayed-release capsules each day with a little water, and the seller leans toward mornings before food. One bottle is a month, so two last 60 days, three last 90 and six last 180. Choose the supply you will realistically finish.

Why a short label works

A short label lets you do what a sales page cannot: check for yourself. Seven lines, a dose on each and a five-item list of other ingredients let you compare LeanBiome with whatever else is on your shelf, ask your pharmacist a specific question or simply decide you are comfortable. That clarity, plus a 180-day refund promise on all three packages, is a big part of why LeanBiome scores 9.2 for ingredient selection in our review.