Essential Formulas Celebrates 25-Year Anniversary

In 2025, Texas-based Essential Formulas Inc. (EFI) celebrated its 25th Silver Jubilee anniversary. Its commitment to research, education and innovative product development has been vital to shaping the probiotic market. EFI was established in 2000 as the exclusive U.S. distributor of the award-winning probiotic line from world-renowned Japanese microbiologist Dr. Iichiroh Ohhira (1936-2016). In 2015, ...

Obituary: Jack Steve Speer (1951-2021), Essential Formulas GM

Jack Steve Speer, 70, general manager at Texas-based Essential Formulas for 13 years, died  on Monday, November 22, 2021. Speer was born on October 14, 1951, and lived in Lake Dallas, TX. In memory of Speers, the Essential Formulas staff released a statement: “To our dear friends and business associates, It is with great sadness ...

Essential Formulas Celebrates 20th Anniversary

Texas-based Essential Formulas Incorporated (EFI) is commemorating its 20th anniversary offering scientifically proven probiotic products that empower people to lead healthier lives, according to the company. EFI was established as the sole U.S. distributor of microbiologist Dr. Iichiroh Ohhira’s award-winning probiotic products and in 2015 added the pioneering Reg’Activ Formulas with ME-3. “At EFI, we are intensely proud of 20 years leading the ...

Abstract on Postbiotic Metabolites by Essential Formulas’ Pelton Awarded Top Honor

Texas-based Essential Formulas’ Science Director, Ross Pelton, RPh, PhD, CCN, won first place honors for his poster abstract on “Postbiotic Metabolites: The New Frontier in Microbiome Science”  during the prestigious “Microbiome & Probiotics Series: USA” annual conference held Oct. 29-30, in San Diego, CA. Pelton’s scientific abstract was one of 17 preliminary entries chosen by the Microbiome ...

Essential Formulas’ Paper on Postbiotic Metabolites Published

Ross Pelton, RPh, PhD, CCN and Texas-based Essential Formulas’ director of science has written a scientific paper titled “Postbiotic Metabolites: The New Frontier in Microbiome Science,” which was published in the June 2019 edition of The Townsend Letter, the Examiner of Alternative Medicine. “For several decades, the primary focus of microbiome science has been identifying and the naming of specific species ...

Essential Formulas Incorporated (EFI) SOS Winter References

References: Miriam Webster Online Dictionary, www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/microbiome Pelton R. Postbiotic Metabolites: What They Are and Why They Are Important, https://essentialformulas.com/postbiotic-metabolites/. Research carried out and reported by many different scientific laboratories. Computers in Spaceflight: The NASA Experience. Chapter Two: The Apollo guidance computer: Software. https://history.nasa.gov/computers/Ch2-6.html. Mayer E. The Mind-Gut Connection. New York, NY. Harper Collins, 2016, p. ...

Essential Formulas Updates Box Design for Dr. Ohhira’s Probiotics

Essential Formulas Incorporated (EFI, Texas) announced the launch of a redesigned packaging emphasizing streamlined, consumer-friendly product information for Dr. Ohhira’s Probiotics. While the updated box is new, the formula based on more than 30 years of research remains the same—the only three-year fermented whole-food supplement that consumers worldwide depend on for improved digestive and microbiome health, ...

Essential Formulas’ Researcher Has Probiotic Paper Published in Townsend Letter

Ross Pelton, RPh, PhD, CCN and director of scientific research with Texas-based Essential Formulas, published his scientific paper “Lactobacillus fermentum ME-3: A New Era In Glutathione Therapy” in the June 2017 edition of the The Townsend Letter, the Examiner of Alternative Medicine. “Probiotic research is fast transforming our understanding of human health as science is discovering exclusive ...

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Dr. Ohhira, Probiotic Innovator, Dies at 80

On March 1, Iichiroh Ohhira, PhD, developer of world-renowned Dr. Ohhira’s Probiotic Formulations (known as OM-X in Japan), passed away after a brief illness. He was 80 years old. “This is extremely sad news for everyone at Essential Formulas. I had the privilege of working with Dr. Ohhira for many years and considered him not ...