I am trying to find the manufacterer that uses a specific process for
encapsulating acidophilus bacteria for human consumption. the
encapsuation process uses calcium alginate beads. thanks and good
luck!
Steve Ellis

Using calcium alginate is not a patented method of one company. It is
used because it can better concenctrate bacteria into a pill (see
http://www.shaping-the-future.de/pdf_www/125_paper.pdf). I would guess
that enzyme therapies uses it, and maybe american health-- if it has
between 10 billion and 100 billion cells per gram (or CFU) then it
most likely used the technique, and the fact that enzyme therapies
calls them "pearls" makes me think that they use some sort of probably
2% calcium alginate in distilled water. I imagine you could look on
the bottle and see if one of the inactive ingredients is calcium
alginate? Maybe that helps?

punkinje...were close! i came across the shaping the future pdf
myself..thank you..we are both on the same track. is there anyway to
find the acutal manufacturer of the micro beads "pearls"? that is
where i'd like to go....companies like enzymatic therapy are the
retail distributors which is what my company does also...thank you
again
steve

i have upped the price of my question..I am still looking for the
actual manufacturer of acidophillus filled micro beads which are
distributed by Enzymatic Therapy...these beads use calcium alginate as
part of the ingrediants and are called calcium alginate micro beads. I
need to go right to the source. thank you...
Steve Ellis

Hey, I'm not a google researcher, so I don't get paid for anything,
but this site may help:
http://www.labdepotinc.com/chemicals/default~letter~c.aspx
It doesn't sell it in the form of beads, but you could probably make
your own. If you took the time to search through all the results for
"lab supplies calcium alginate" you could probably find something.
Good luck!