Calcium Butyrate Postbiotic – ButiShield™ 35% Butyric Acid – Gut & Microbiome

✔️INNOVATIVE MICROBIOME & IMMUNE SUPPORT. ButiShield™'s patented MicroPEARLS™ technology delivers over 35% butyric acid in a slow release, nourishing intestinal cells with vital energy, maintaining a robust gut barrier, encouraging a balanced microbiome and digestive environment, and acting as a signalling molecule to regulate key metabolic processes.

✔️100% VEGAN, NO SYNTHETIC BULKING OR ANTI-CAKING AGENTS, HIGH QUALITY GMP STANDARDS. At Time Health we believe in clean nutrition which is why you won't find any nasty stuff in our products including any synthetic bulking or anti-caking agents. Manufactured in compliance with high quality GMP standards.

✔️100% RECYCLABLE POUCH & TREE PLANTED. To reduce environmental impact, our Calcium Butyrate is packaged in 100% recyclable materials. We are proud supporters of Ecologi's reforestation projects and plant a tree with every single order!

🌳OVER 100,000 TREES PLANTED AND COUNTING. We are proud supporters of Ecologi’s reforestation projects and contribute to tree planting efforts in the UK and abroad!

✔️ 100% RECYCLED AND RECYCLABLE BOTTLE. We aim to close the loop on plastic. Our bottles are made entirely from recycled plastic (rPET) and are also 100% recyclable in standard kerbside recycling.

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