BioGaia is a Swedish biotechnology company that develops and sells probiotic products and solutions that support people’s health. Our products are based on Lactobacillus reuteri (L. reuteri). This is a “good” and friendly bacterium – a probiotic – that helps battle the “bad” micro-organisms in the digestive tract.

Welcome to China-Biotics! Headquartered in Shanghai, China-Biotics, Inc. was founded in 1999 and is one of China's largest suppliers of probiotics. Probiotics are beneficial, live bacteria used as dietary supplements and food additives to improve intestinal health and digestion. The Company's product portfolio contains live microbials made with proprietary technology. Currently, these products are sold over-the-counter under the "Shining" brand through large distributors to more than 1,000 pharmacies and 100 supermarkets in Shanghai, Jiangsu and Zhejiang. Shining is one of the most recognized brands in Shanghai. The company also supplies probiotics as bulk additives for the food industry.

Essum AB has profound knowledge and acknowledge competence in the area of clinical bacteriology. Experienced, internationally known Swedish medical researchers and physicians from the core of the company. The partners in the firm all started out as researchers at Umeå University. The research is focused on preventing and/or treating bacterial infections by making use of probiotic bacteria of the normal flora. Realizing the market potential in their area of research, they formed Essum AB in 1989. The company is today well ahead in the development of probiotic bacterial cultures, and the close collaboration with the university is continuing. The application of the research ideas on the market has been succesful. The major market product today are VERUM HÄLSOFIL® and VERUM® HÄLSOYOGHURT, two probiotic fermented milk products. The public interest in these products has steadily increased since their introduction on the Swedish market, and sales have risen year by year.